Lake Stillhouse - FOM Centex Tournament
May 27, 2006

Lake Stillhouse 2006 Results
Tournament Pictures

Lake Stillhouse Hollow near Belton, Texas was the fourth stop on the Fishers of Men Central Texas Tournament Trail. The fifth and final event is scheduled on Lake Buchanan June 24, 2006.
Nearly 100 fisherman and their families attended the pre-tournament meeting hosted by Price of Peace Lutheran Church in Belton, Texas. We enjoyed Rudy’s Country Store & BBQ as they always bring some of the best “worst” BBQ in the State.
Mark and Rebecca Maynard lifted the roof singing good ol’ gospel music, and they are simply wonderful to listen to. I can’t wait to hear them again at Lake Buchanan.
I was honored to introduce Jeff Fritcher founder of Legacy Outfitters to our family of anglers and their families. Jeff’s love for the outdoors and his love for Christ is evident when you hear him talk. The men today need to step up and be the men we are called to be by God, in our homes and out in the world. Are you living a legacy worth leaving?
This message was especially meaningful to me as we honored the life of Gene Greenberg, a fellow FOM member, a brother with the Shenandoah Christian Bass Club, and a friend. He was a decorated soldier who did two tours in Viet Nam, where he was near fatally wounded but would return home to begin his Legacy. He married his wife Carol, and they had two sons Trey and Brandon. Through the pain, both mental and physical, they had a covenant and would take the steps necessary to build their home putting Christ first.
Gene’s love of Christ was obvious by his love for his wife and children. Gene never gave up and never complained. His life should be a testimony to each of us. Are you living a legacy worth leaving? Gene did.

Stillhouse Marina was our host Saturday for the launch and weigh in. We launch a field of 40 teams at 6:05 to a warm breezy summer like day.
Stillhouse Hollow is a favorite for the Central Texas fisherman as this clear grass Corp of Engineer lake is known for its big bass lurking in the deep hydrilla or near the hard wood spread out across the lake. Today would generate some excitement for sure.

Repeating his win from last year Randy and wife Tammy Gass from Llano took first place with a five fish limit at 22.61 pounds. Randy told me they fished the same pattern as last year. The key was utilizing two drift socks over the outside edge of grass on 25 feet throwing a Texas Rigged Zipper Worm. Being able to control the drift into the weed line helped them stay in the bass’ strike zone long enough to entice the strikes. “Tammy actually had 15 pounds in the boat by 7:30” said Randy, “I was more than happy to be the net man” They would stick with this pattern and continue to cull fish throughout the day.
Taking second place was Charles Whited of San Marcos, Texas and Flint Fisher from Elgin, Texas. They brought in 4 bass to the scales weighing 22.24 pounds, which included a 7.32 pound kicker. They scraped out their limit pitching a 1 ¼ oz jig in to the heavy grass in about 20 foot of water.
Third place went to Lance Wenmohs of Round Mountain, Texas and Mike Clark of Marble Falls, Texas weighing in the second big bass of the day at 7.60 with a total weight of 18.88 pounds focusing on main lake points with grass in 10-15 feet; they were dragging a Carolina rig with creature baits, and flukes. Lance told me the bigger fish were caught early in the morning.
The Big Bass honors got to Mike Van Brockin and Randy Grounds with a 9.90 large mouth bass.


Finishing off the rest of the top 8 paying positions are:
4th Mike Hastings/Joey Wilson
5th Mike Van Brocklin/Randy Grounds
6th Mike Payne/Phil Warren
7th Bill Shelnutt/Dave Titus
8th Charles Gerhart/Kevin Pederzani




As always it take an awesome team to run a tournament. I want to acknowledge the outstanding team that makes it happen;
BJ Stamper, Kory Grelle, Cody Grelle, Bill Ellis, Garrett Ellis, Gary Freeman, John Hyndman, Jeremy Blevins, Brandon Blevins, A special thank you to Doug Cruts and his daughter CJ of Crosswind Productions for making your services available to us. THANK YOU.

I want to express my heart felt gratitude to our local sponsors that truly make our tournaments what they are, and we could not be successful with out them. And I ask everyone to please support them at every opportunity. For more information you can access them at our web site www.fomcentex.com. Geneva Enterprises, Sportsman’s Warehouse Round Rock, Academy, Roy’s Rulers, O’Reilly’s Auto Parts, Leverage Lures, Georgetown Shirt Company, Rudy’s Country Store and BBQ, The Catfish Landing of Burnet, Printing Solutions, Kistler Custom Rods, Wave Worm, Doc Waters Lures, The Texas Outdoor Zone, County Line Magazine, Coyoteck Custom Embroidery, Hill Country Bible Church.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fine companies that make Fishers of Men possible; Triton Boats, Mercury, Strike King Lure Company, Outdoors, All Star Rods, Solar Bat, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Keelshield, Marshall’s Marine Lake City SC, Kistler, Jones Chevrolet, All-Terrain Tackle, Dual Pro Charger, XTools, Lowrance, Buckeye Lures, Stanley Jigs, Castrol, Deka marine Master Batteries, Spike-It, Jacobs Glass, Motorguide, Hooah Energy Bars & Drinks, Hot Rods Marine Care Products, SOSPENDERS, River Bottom Lures, Shakespeare, Diamond Cut Jeans, T&H Marine BASS Rx, and Keep Alive.