May 28-29, 2010
Fleetwood Hollinger finds a fish on a competitor's jug
Billy and Taylor Johnson
Van Waren cooking his famous hush puppies
Houseboat on the way to the weigh-in
Lakehouse, scene of the action
Big Daddy Lawler emceed the weigh-in
Ken and Jamie with a good blue
At the weigh-in
Bryant Hollinger with a good blue
Bryant Hollinger, J. T. Dailey, Steve Terry
Jeremy Jones with a fish as teammate John Powell Webb looks on
Reining Champs Adam and Bain watch the fish come in
Bain Henderson and a nice bucket of fish
Johnny Webb ran the scales as the fish were weighed
The crowd looks on
The reining champs load up the scales
The M. F. Flatheads team and a big haul of fish that put them over the top
The M. F. Flatheads and some of the fish that put them in first place
Nobody went home hungry with this spread of food
Ken Chesnut tends the hush puppies
Chief Cook Van Waren and his apprentice Conner
Billy Johnson and his state of the art lie detector machine
Billy Johnson readies his lie detector machine
Billy Johnson and Johnny Webb preparing for the lie detector test
William Morton goes under the test
Shawn Jordan on the lie detector test
Jason Haynes on the lie detector test
Lee Chesnut flew in from Vermont to award the Big Fish Award that was named in
his father's honor.
Billy Chesnut was one of this river's great catfishermen.
Larry Gaston was awarded the "Best New Team"
Newly crowned Catfish Queens
Grace Bender and Elizabeth Crosswhite
2010 Winners
(L to R) Jason Haynes, Shawn Jordan, Jason Ledbetter