Karen Holtz,Federation of Christian Anglers & Sportsmen

“Fishin With AMission”

The second tournament of the F.O.C.A.S. season on Lake Kinkaid brought out 95 boats who had a sunny but windy day to compete. Lake Kinkaid continues to be rough fishing with only 27 boats bringing 38 fish to the scales for a total of 116.86 lbs.

The Father and Son team of Charles and Charlie Ragle brought in the only limit and won the tournament with a margin of 5.8. Their limit weighed in at 15.56 and earned them a check for $1,800. They fished in one section of the lake using a Mad Dog Spinner bait and caught their fish shallow early in the day. Charles Ragle Sr., is from St. Jacobs, ILand Charlie, Jr. is from O’fallon , IL. They are sponsored by Mad Dog Spinner Baits and Bass Cat Boats.

Jack Watkins of Belleville, ILand Steve Odom of Granite City, ILcaught three keepers and weighed in at 9.76 for Second Place. Fishing Carolina rigs on the inside part of secondary points, they had their last keeper around noon. Pay day for them was $ 1,150.00. Jack is sponsored by Scenic Rivers Boat and Motors, Bonne Terre, MO, Castrol Oil, Hartog Distributing and Flying Fisherman Sunglasses.

Another Father and Son partner team, Mike and Kyle Radake, Cape Girardeau, MO had three keepers which weighed in at 8.54 lbs. Using Carolina rigs and working the main lake points, Dad gave son, Kyle all the credit for the catches. He commented he was just along net the catch. They are sponsored by Foutz’s Hunting and Fishing Shop in Cape Girardeau, MO. Acheck for $750 was theirs to take home.

F.O.C.A.S. encourages fishing with a spouse or youth, which earns you points in the Family Divsion. First and Second Big Bass was won by two father and son teams who are regulars to the F.O.C.A.S. tournament trail. First Big Bass went to Robert and Aaron Nosbisch from Collinsville, IL. They brought in a 6.01 lunker and earned a check for $570.00 and a Wizard Rod. Add that to their $350.00 earned for 6th place and they took home, $920.00 for the day They caught their fish early on a Lucky Craft crank bait, crawfish colored CB001. They are sponsored by Outlaw Rods, a F.O.C.A.S. sponsor.

Second Big Bass with a weight of 4.76 was won by Father and son team of Jim and Josh Jenkins. They took home $380.00, plus an Outlaw Rod. The Jenkins are another F.O.C.A.S. sponsor, The Millstadt Storage Center.

The remaining pay out places: 4th PLACE Vitale and Vitale 2 fish 7.36 lbs $550.00 5th PLACE Goessman 3 fish 6.38 lbs. $450.00 6th PLACE Nosbisch and Lake Kinkaid First Place winners, Nosbisch 1 fish 6.01 lbs Charles Ragle Jr. and Sr. with their $350.00 15.56 lb. limit which earned them $1,800. 7th PLACE Jenkins and Jenkins 1 fish 4.76 lbs $250.00 8th PLACE Huie and Keller 1 fish 4.68 lbs $175.00 9th PLACE Luttrell and Dearworth 1 fish 4.05 lbs $125.00 10TH PLACE Boschert and Cox 1 fish 4.01 lbs $100.00

F.O.C.A.S. wants to thank all of our sponsors and welcome one of our newest, Open Season, Inc., Belleville, IL. Open Season is owned by Bill Slaten who fished his first F.O.C.A.S. tournament with his wife Kim this weekend.

Like all F.O.C.A.S. tournaments, there was food Father and son team, waiting for the anglers when they came into the Robert and BLAKE weigh in. Brats and sodas were handed out free to all Nosbisch with their the participating anglers. winning Big Bass atIt’s not too late to fish our tournaments and qualify for the Classic in October. You have to fish four to qualify and we have four left this season. Our next the F.O.C.A.S. Lake Kinkaid tournament. tournament will be held on Rend Lake, May 15th. Call the office at (618) 2356373 for information or to register by credit card. Visit our web site at www.focasoutdoormagazine.org for schedules, points and pictures of our events. F.O.C.A.S. is “Fishin’With AMission.”

May 1 • June 19 • Aug. 14 8:15am-5:15 pm • FREE!