On Saturday April 17, 2010 the Ft. Bend County Deputy Sherriff’s Association held its annual Coleto Creek Bass Tournament.

After a beautiful week of sunshine those that headed down to the lake on Friday to do a little pre-fishing were met by torrential rains. The rains fell almost all-day with intermittent sunshine. Well on Saturday morning the skies were cloudy and the temperature was pleasant. We all took to our boats and at 7:15 am the 24 teams entered in the tournament made a shotgun start for their favorite fishing hole. Despite the rising waters, almost 10” of rain, several persons still caught a limit (5) of fish. As the tournament neared its end at 3:00pm, about 1:15pm the bottom fell out again with heavy rains, thunder and lightning. Let me tell you if you have never been in a boat travelling at 60mph in a driving rain, it feels like you have been shot in the face with birdshot. It hurts like hell. The weigh-in had to be moved inside the pavilion with the following results:

1^st place     Herzog and McGee     13.35lbs              $550.00

2^nd place    Keith and Breaux        12.09lbs              $500.00

3^rd place     Bautista and Moore    10.80lbs              $400.00

4^th place     Franklin and Penny    10.30lbs              $300.00

5^th place     DeLeon and Drenna     9.39 lbs             $200.00

6^th place     Butera and Butera        9.38lbs              $120.00

1^st Big Bass        Herzog                 6.11lbs              $120.00

2^nd Big Bass       Goodson              4.57lbs              $100.00

The total amount of money collected from the teams was $2880.00 with a pay out of $2290.00. The remainder of the money went to pay for the rental of the pavilion for two days, Bar-B-Que meal, soda waters and beer. We also want to thank the Sheriff and the Chief Deputy for their monetary donations. Despite the conditions everyone seemed to have had a great time and the camaraderie was even better, if you miss it next year you will miss out on some great fun in being with your co-workers. Thanks to all who participated and a special thanks to Joe Lancaster for setting it all up.