Saturday ,July 31,2010 contestants weathered
the extreme heat and the 1st annual Catfish Yum Lake o the Pines Tournament is in the books .There were two ways to win in
this tournament and William Thornton of Island View won both of them . Mr. Thornton won the big stringer award with a weight
of 11.25 lbs. and he also won the heaviest fish award with a catfish weighing 3.45 lbs. This tournament paid five places for
the heaviest stringer of five fish and one place for the biggest catfish .The top 16 and pay out were as follows:
1st Place - William Thornton of Island View - $405
2nd Place - Bubba Lawrence of North Shore - $255
3rd Place - Daniel Mauldin of North Shore - $200
4th Place - Dean Smith of Harleton - $150
5th Place - James Walker of Jefferson $100
6th Place - Aaron Mask of North Shore
7th Place - Marty Mayfield of Marshall
8th Place - James Gentry of New Diana
9th Place - Cole Barnes of North Shore
10th
Place - Wilma Casteen of North Shore (Top Lady Angler)
11th
Place - Walter Abernathy of New Diana
12th Place - Colton Knuckols
of Harleton
13th Place - Jerry Hodges of Henderson
14th Place - Donald Maxey of Harleton
15th Place - Joey Terra of Hallsville
16th Place - Sam
Akins of Longview
