Husband and Wife Fishing Team

Gosh it's hot!  We have been working and trying to beat the heat anyway possible.  Get's so hot so fast that when fishing, you need to get there before daybreak and fish fast because the heat gets unbearable.  We are having heat advisories in Louisiana everyday.  Drink plenty of fluids and put on plenty of sunscreen.

OMG!  It is even too hot to fish very long here in Louisiana.  Remeber to drink plenty of water and put plenty of suncreen on.  Want to tell our froend Luke Palmer Congrats on the new sponsors he has.  He is going to be someone to watch out for the future Elites!!

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July!  We worked a few hours at Bass Pro then went and ate at Chili's.  If you are are fishing and out in the heat, please remember to drink lots of water.  Tommy and I usually fish either in the morning or evening and try to stay inside due to the heat.. 

I fished Sam Rayburn for the first time last weekend and it wasn't a good as I would have liked it to be.  Full moon and almost 100 degrees during the day makes a bad fishing day.:/  If you like fishing grass, Sam Rayburn is for you!!  Top water is about all you can fish there unless you rip it through the grass.  Went with some friends though, so we did have a great time laughing and cutting up.  Next trip is Caney Lake!  Tommy or me has ever fished Caney Lake and I am looking forward to it. 

We had the Bass Pro Shops Kids Fishing Rodeo today and it was a blast!!  I have posted pictures on the photo tab.  If you have any better or other picture that was taken today, please send it to me at tdbass@cox.net.  I used my iphone and the pictures were not as good as I wanted. 

Thanks to all that attended today.  Every child got a nice gift from Bass Pro.  Thank you to Dempsy and MIke and the Jr. BASSMASTERS out of Lafayette for volunteering, helping, and fishing today.  What an outstanding group!!  So many of them touched our hearts. 

Wow!  It has been a while since I updated.  We just returned from Holly Grove, Arkanasas yesterday for a Memorial Day weekend get-a-way.  We met Billy Bob, from Florida there and visited Mr. Charlie Lewis and his Family which was a BLAST!!  He fished the very first B. A. S. S. tournament with Bill Dance and Billy Bob.  We fished the White River but it was high and out of the banks and so muddy.  That's ok though!  We had awesome fellowship and some good eating.  Everyone is so nice in Arkansas. 

Congrates to all 2010 seniors on their graduation!!  A few that I know and would like to say how proud we are of them are James Duvall & Dereck Duvall. 

Well, it looks like rain is in the forecast for this whole weekend through next week.  Tommy will be fishing his Team Bass tournament at Lake Concordia on Sunday.  Saturday, we will be at Dreams Day in Clinton for another year.  Every year we look forward to this.  We bring our boat and put it in one of the 5 ponds and let kids fish with us all day.  This year they expect over 160 cancer patients from all over the state of Louisiana to be there so that will be so exciting to see those little faces smiling at you.  Hope you are all doing well!  Thanks for reading!

We had the Outdoors Club Fieldtrip Tournament today which included around 69 kids that attended along with some parents.  We had about five kids that caught their first fish ever and that is so exciting!!  See the pictures in the photo section of this web site.

WOW!! I just wanted to share something awesome with our friends and family

that happened today. Tommy and I have always fished St. Jude and supported

them for years and this year, Tommy fished with a dear friend and St. Jude

patient, James Duvall. We have always said that this was all about the kids

and that if we ever won anything, it would go back to benefit St. Jude

Children or give it to James this year since he is a patient. Well, Tommy

and James fished today and caught a lot of fish but nothing to take to the

scale. They had one last chance to win something in a drawing for a

$17,000.00 boat, without the motor and guess what??? That's right! Out of 167 boats they drew their boat number. The pictures will tell it all. When they went on

stage after they announced their name, Tommy told everyone that the boat was

all James'!! He said that James has been through so much as a cancer

patient that he deserved it. How awesome is it to see an 18 yr. old St.

Jude patient, who has been through heck and back for 3 yrs, 2 hip

replacements at 17, to now have his own boat. Thank you Lord for allowing

us to give back directly to a St. Jude child!!

Hope you have been getting some fishing in with this beautiful weather we've been having. We went Friday to Lake Rosemound and the cool front kind of messed of the fishing but it was such a great day just to get out. 

Tommy and I went to Chag's in New Orleans yesterday and worked all day in a big sale they are having this weekend.  They are great people there at Chag's and they have awesome deals on Culprit, Cast-A-Way rods, and many more of our sponsors products.

I just posted some new pics from the Dreams Come True 2010 Bass Classic of some Dream Children so take a look. 

                                                     HAPPY EASTER!! 

 Please take time to thank God for all the many blessings you have and remember what the true meaning of today is!

Also, check out the new pictures of the Denham Springs Bass Pro Shops family. 

Congrats goes out to 1st place winners of the Diron's Bass Challenge

Raymond "Bubba" Lougue and Anithony Bonadona.  They had 5 fish weighing over 19 pounds.

Don't know about you but, WOW!!  This weather is giving us the fishing fever BAD!!  Tommy and I went to Lake Rosemound in St Francisville yesterday (Friday) and caught about 12 bass, but nothing big.   All of them that were caught were small buck bass.  The water temp was still cool at 64 degress and the water was up a little.  The females should be moving up on the bank soon.  During the spawings months, it's very important to catch and release the females especially.  We really need to do this for the future fisherman, fisherladies and the young people that are coming up.  You can always take a picture of your big fish, release it, then get a replaca made of it.  I hope that everyone is going well.  Stay safe and God Bless!!

All my fishing friends!! Put April 3rd from 2pm - 4pm on your Calendar @ the Denham Springs Bass Pro Shops. Me and some more ladies will be giving a fishing class, and at the same time the men will be giving a fishing class. There will be some great door prizes after the classes for you to win. Hope to see you there!!

Me, Tommy, and his brother-in-law Mitch Caberea headed out this morning to Lake Falcon which is on the Texas/Mexico border. 

The Dreams Come True Bass Tournament was a blast!  With 155 boats and a beautiful day, large numbers of fish were brought in.  17.17 pds won the $10,000 grand prize and the big bass was 6.33 pds.  Thanks to all that participated in this event.  It is all about the kids and making their dream come true!!

Tommy and I will be at the Denham Springs Bass Pro tomorrow. Ladies fishing class at 2pm but we will be there a lot earlier than that. Also, we will be at the Baton Rouge Boat Show in the Triton booth Friday and Sunday! Come see us!! If you are on facebook, look me up! Under Dara Devall Smith.

Had a great meeting with the Dreams Come True Bass Classic Volunteers. Hey guys and gals, don't forget about the Dreams Come True Bass Tournament on March 6th! This will help give dreams to a lot of sick children. It is a lot of fun and great door prizes. The Pre-meeting is at Thomas Marine in Gonzales on March 4th. Hope to see you there!!!

Can you tell we have been busy?  Sorry for no updates in a while.  Tommy has been putting so many hours in at work during the week and on weekends.  He said you got to work while you can.  I just worry about him working so much.  Me, I have been trying to get the ol' taxes done.  Once all this settles down, I have many pictures to post and updates to post, especially about our friend Nick Zewe.  He caught a big largemouth bass and I was able to go see it and take some pics before he donated it to Bass Pro in Denham Spring.  Way to go NICK!!