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Steve Scherrey Wins Big Bass Tournament




Steve Scherrey of Conway became the first two-time winner of the Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza on Sunday, thanks to a 6.98-pound bass worth $50,000 that he caught Saturday in Post Lake near Tichnor.

Scherrey also won the tournament in 2000 when the first-place prize was $100,000. He's fished the tournament every year since, but he hadn't won another dime until Sunday.

"I never thought I'd win it again," said Scherrey, a retired manufacturing manager for International Paper Co. "After not cashing a check for 13 years, it made the second time around a little more special."

For prize money purposes, the Arkansas River was divided into five pools. Anglers who caught the biggest bass from the other four pools each won $10,000. William Fitzgerald of Greenbrier caught the biggest bass from the Dardanelle Pool (6.87 pounds), and David May of Little Rock won the Little Rock pool with a 6.85-pound bass. A 5.69-pounder caught by Karry Dedmon of Huntington won the Fort Smith pool, and Jason Hamilton of Star City caught a 5.63-pounder to win the Pine Bluff Pool.

Scherrey said he intends to split the money evenly with Jim Langley, his fishing partner for the past three years. Scherrey said Langley provided a big assist in landing the fish. It bit a chartreuse Booyah buzzbait with a chartreuse "clacker" blade and a chartreuse/white skirt on about the fifth cast of the morning.

"I had the drag set really tight, and I was using 20-pound line," Scherrey said. "He started taking line, and I told Jim that it was a really, really big fish."

Scherrey said the fish went under the boat and then around the boat, and then back under to the other side. Scherrey clambered around the deck trying to keep up with it. Langley netted the fish and hauled it aboard. Scherrey said he grasped the bass by the lip and hoisted it out of the net. The fish shook, and the hook fell out.
Scherry lost his grip, and the fish fell to the floor. "Jimmy tackled it," Scherrey said. "He just jumped on top of it and bear-hugged it. I put him in the livewell, and everyone around was yelling, 'Yea! Way to go!' "

Believing the fish weighed about 6 pounds, Scherrey took it to an official weigh station.
"When that thing lit up 6.98, we were really surprised, and very excited," he said.

Scherrey said he'll use his part of the prize to refurbish his 1991 Bass Cat bass boat and to pay for his family's vacation. Winning this time is a bit different than when he won in 2000, he said, adding that he split that prize with his brother-in-law and longtime fishing partner Ron Peek.

"At that time we still had kids at home, so money was hard to come by," Scherrey said. "That was a life-changing experience."

Back then, Scherrey sad his mother-in-law took him aside for a little heart-to-heart.

"She said, 'Your wife has never had a new car,' so she told me that's what I ought to do with the money," he said. "I bought my wife a brand new Tahoe."

ANOTHER GRAND PAYDAY
Conway resident Steve Scherrey hadn’t won any prize money in the Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza since winning what was then the $100,000 grand prize in 2000. But that didn’t stop him from trying to become the tournament’s first two-time winner.

“Our strategy was just to go fishing, and the only place that had some lily pads was Post Lake,” the 59-year-old packaging salesman said. “We just go fishing like we go at Lake Conway or anywhere else.”

Scherrey topped the overall leaderboard with a 6.98-pound catch at the 8 a.m. hour Saturday in the Dumas/Pendleton pool of the Arkansas River and sweated through Sunday’s action to take home the $50,000 grand prize. It’s the fifth straight year that the overall-winning fish was caught in the Desha County water.

“I caught my fish in 2000 in Post Lake, and that’s where I caught my fish this year,” said Scherrey, who used a buzz bait.
During the winners’ celebration near the Arkansas River bridge in North Little Rock on Sunday, Scherrey said his fishing partner Jim Langley provided him with the hook. Scherrey said he will split the $50,000 with Langley.

Star City’s Jason Hamilton also had to sweat out Sunday before pocketing $10,000 for winning the Pine Bluff pool. His 5.63-pound winner was the first fish in four years of competing in the Bonanza that he weighed.

“Really by the fight he put up on the line, and then once I got him into the boat, I knew that could possibly be a decent-money fish,” the 32-year-old state penitentiary worker and Woodlawn High alumnus said. “I got to the weigh-in as fast as I could and made sure he stayed alive, and I came out the overall pool winner.

Hamilton did not fish Sunday and went to church instead.
“I really didn’t just hound on it,” he said. “I left it up to the good Lord today. I left it in his hands. If the good Lord insists on something happening, there ain’t going to be anybody who’ll defeat it.”

Hamilton said he’ll pay his tithes with the money, as well as buying his wife a new vehicle and upgrading his boat.
He and Scherrey weighed their winning fish at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Competition began at 6 a.m. each day of the three-day tournament.
“That’s the best hour for fishing,” Scherrey said. “The fish are the most active for the first two hours of the morning. You got low light, you don’t have a lot of sunlight, and that’s when the fish feed.” Scherrey credited his friend Vernon Dumond of Jefferson County for introducing him to the Coal Pile area of the Dumas/Pendleton pool, which has produced many winning fish in the Bonanza since the tournament’s 1989 inception. Scherrey has fished in the event every year.

“Pine Bluff is a good pool, but gosh, Dumas has so many big fish and backwater,” Scherrey said.
After his partner receives his $25,000 share, Scherrey will use some of his keep on a vacation to Orange Beach, Ala., and will make improvements to his 1991 BassCat boat. He gave his wife a car after winning the 2000 Bonanza.




Waylands 12 Point - Muzzle Loading




Steve took this deer Sunday October 23 at about 6:00 pm with a muzzleloader. He was the only person to go to church in Mt Ida that afternoon. Everybody else wanted to get out early and hunt all afternoon. Once he got back from church, walked out behind the cabin, sat on the ground, thirty minutes later, and boom. Guess the others should have gone to church too.

For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

 





Connor Lammert gave a verbal commitment to Coach Rick Barnes to play basketball for the University of Texas.
This was a press conference in San Antonio where the announcement was made. He looks happy and will have to work hard.
He is a senior in high school now.









Monster Deer
Gary Hamm and the first deer of season





Connor Lammert's team won tournament in Las Vegas.
The D1-Ambassadors from San Antonio won the tournament! 8 straight wins!


By Joel Francisco
ESPN Recruiting
Connor Lammert (San Antonio/Churchill)
2012, PF, 6-9, 210 pounds
After evaluating the lengthy forward, it's not surprising that Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M and Stanford are hotly pursuing the versatile 4-man. The left-handed Lammert has a soft shooting touch out to the 3-point line and a high basketball IQ. In addition, he has some bounce and runs very well in transition. He could also be deadly in a high-low offensive set due to the aforementioned shooting touch and innate passing ability. Look for Lammert to make a push into the ESPNU 100.







Young Guns Class B World Series Fast Pitch Softball Champion


The United States Sports Specialty Association (USSSA) held its 2011 girls ages 10 Class B
World Series Fast Pitch Softball Championship in Branson July 18-24.
Natalie Scherrey was a member of the Young Guns team.
The Young Guns won 9 games and Won The Championship game 6-2
Natalie had 2 hits in the Championship game.















Clark and Connor Lammert And Family


SAN ANTONIO - The number one high school team in town just keeps rolling toward the playoffs. Churchill is now 29-4 after a blowout win over Roosevelt Friday night. Good teams like the Chargers always talk about trying to become a family, but at Churchill there's no need. They already are family

District champion Churchill Chargers play like a family (because they are)
Watch Video




Special year with Clark and Connor on varsity together this year. Clark is a Senior at 6'7 1/2" and Connor is a Junior at 6'9". They make a good team at the four and five position.

From Texas Baskeetball Inc. San Antonio Churchill 77 San Antonio Madison 63
The Firm of Lammert & Lammert gave Madison the business down low as Senior Clark (25 pts) & 2012 Connor (22pts) led the way. Senior Andre Scott had 17 for Madison.

The Lammerts have Churchill poised for a deep playoff run



BRIDAL SHOWER FOR SARAH STUTTS

SAVE THIS DATE! BRIDAL SHOWER FOR SARAH STUTTS! SATURDAY, APRIL 2nd 1:00 – 3:00. (INVITATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING) This is Anna’s first child to get married so we hope to have a great turnout of family. BE THERE!



Sloane Belt With Santa


 






Story Of Steve's Buck


The story of Steve’s hunt really started before Nov. 21, because he had scouted out the area of the Seed Orchard for the last two months. After a long walk he finally found a spot on the most southern northeastern section part of the Orchard. His instincts told him where a big buck would have to live. There was abundant amounts of acorns all around, water for drinking, and plenty of tall brush and grass for bedding. After bush-whacking a 200-yard trail, he found two large deer trails that intersected each other. This was the spot for the end of the fatal attraction for Mr. Buck. He setup his stand 20 feet up on a weather oak which was a loner oak amidst the Piney Trees.

Late in the day Steve first saw the buck ambled slowly along a ridge leading gradually up from a valley. He was only 100 yards out when Steve first spotted him. There was little doubt that this Seed Orchard bruiser was a shooter. The only question in the Steve's mind was: Will I get a shot?

As Steve watched, the buck rubbed two small trees and headed for a larger tree with a 6-inch diameter. This tree came out of the forest floor at a 45-degree angle and turned upward about 18 inches off the ground. Oddly, the whitetail eased toward the tree and knelt down on his knees. With focused aggression, he methodically scarred the bark on the bend in the trunk. Steve remained calm, hoping to get a close shot at this buck.

Returning to a standing position, the deer continued walking up the ridge. It soon became evident to Steve that the buck was going to parallel his position at a respectable distance. A 200-yard broadside shot might well be the best he'd earn at the animal. He drew his rifle and hoped that the animal would stop naturally for a standing shot. But no, in a instance it bolted away disappearing in the thick underbrush.

Dejected Steve thought about calling it a day but decided to stay another 20 minutes as the sun was starting to set.

After a 10 minute wait the same buck came out into a opening between two large pine trees. Steve drew up his rifle knowing this shot at about 375 yards would be difficult but possible. With one eye peering through the scope he located a spot just below the shoulder and shot. The buck jumped twice than fell down like Obama’s latest ratings.

Although remarkable shots like this are possible with light winds and the right equipment, most whitetail hunters would be wise to limit their shots to 350 yards unless you are a experience marksman like Steve. And this is only if you know your gun is accurate enough for that distance and you have the skill to make a sure shot. There's a huge difference between being capable of making a clean, long-distance kill and taking an unethical hit-or-miss pot shot.

Louis reminded me of this - "One time Steve Scherrey Sr. killed a deer so small it blew out of the back of his truck."








Ron says “This is the 9 point taken from the bowels of the Ouachita National Forest. It had the cunning of a fox, and the blood thirst of a grizzly. We had to place our stand elevated to the dizzying height of 100 feet in the trees just to keep it from attacking us, and even with this precaution, it came close to goring a leg.

I'm pretty sure it is the one I missed in muzzle loading season. It had a grazing prior bullet wound on its front left leg that may have been from where I missed it after my bullet hit a limb. Who knows?”

It looks like Ron saved someone’s life by taking this deer down.




Nic killed his the first morning by the cabin with one shot.
John Ben killed his at the seed orchard left handed, one eye closed with one shot.
John Ben's was a 12pt but it broke off it's G3 on the left side so it is a 11pt.

     



Wayland Parker - Archery 8 Pt. Oct. 2010






Gary Sr. says "Looks like a 9 point but there is a 1 inch kicker
on the back side of the antler...really a 10 point.
Took me three days to find him in a creek,
buzzards had located him first. Had to take pic with my phone."



Gary Jr. with first deer of the season






Rock Bottom Band 1971 ---- Louis Stutts on Tamborine




Kids Having Fun July 4th Weekend








STEVE SCHERREY GOT A HOLE IN ONE
16th hole Burns Park 128yds 6-6-10

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Callie Ann In The Van Buren Pageant


Three "Little" Angels


BLAST FROM THE PAST
Heh Cowboy


  

Louis Stutts Won The 2010 NFL Pick'em


     
     The trophy is on view at Pro Football Hall of Fame located in Canton, Ohio

     


LEWIS & CLARK OZARK ADVENTURE RACE
November 7, 2009
Team: Josh Scherrey, Mitzi Scherrey, Bryan Scherrey

Team: David Scherrey, Pat Scherrey, John Brehmer















John Ben got this 7 point at the cabin.
This is a European style mount.





Gary's Birthday At Devil's Den 2007

Deer Camp 2006
UNLIKELY HUNTERS!!



Picture Of The Cooks!! Just kidding!

Deal Them Cards


Four Ace's


Watching John Closely!!


I'm All In


Johnny Is Taking Their Money!!


Where Did My Hair Go?!!


Roasting Marshmallows


Easy Pickens


Closeup Of The Hidden Card!!


What's The Extra Card On Your Lap John?!!!