The CCA Star Tournament officially honored all the winners of its 2012 edition at a special awards banquet in early October.
More than 40,000 anglers fished this year’s tournament, which ran from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
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Below is a full list of the winners:
Regular Division
Tagged Redfish---In this division, 6 of the tagged reds were caught. Of those, 3 were winners and 3 did not qualify. All winners are in order of the date of catch.
First Truck/Boat Package Winner: David Matula, caught TA364, on June 17, weighed in at Caney Creek Marina.
Second Truck/Boat Package Winner:
Tony Gonzalez, caught TA424, also on June 17, weighed in at Roy’s Bait & Tackle.
Third Truck/Boat Package Winner:
Ralph McGrew, caught TA413, on July 21, weighed in at Roy’s Bait & Tackle
Flounder (18-inch min. length)---Winner: 7 pounds, 8 ozs. Holland Dekeyzer; First Runner Up: 7 pounds 7 ozs. Maria Garcia; Second Runner Up: 6 pounds 12 ozs. James Combs; Third Runner Up: 6 pounds 9 ozs. Julian Lopez; Fourth Runner Up: 6 pounds 8 ozs. John Gill.
Sheepshead---Winner: 8 pounds 6 ozs. Jonathon Garay; First Runner Up: 8 pounds 1 oz. Lorenzo Alba; Second Runner Up: 6 pounds 14 ozs. Rene J Garcia; Third Runner Up: 6 pounds 13 ozs. Ana Lisa Garza; Fourth Runner Up: 6 pounds 11 ozs. Robert Ibarra
Gafftop---Winner: 7 pounds 11 ozs. Chris Brown; First Runner Up: 7 pounds 1 ozs. Sean McGuire; Second Runner Up: 7 pounds 1 oz. Michael Darder*; Third Runner Up: 7 pounds 1 oz. Jessica Darder*; Fourth Runner Up: 7 pounds 0 ozs. Dan Chilek Jr.
Speckled Trout (Upper Coast)---Winner: 8 pounds 10 ozs. Michael Fesco; First Runner Up: 8 pounds 6 ozs. Buddy Schaub; Second Runner Up: 8 pounds 3 ozs. Christopher Schwartz; Third Runner Up: 8 pounds 0 ozs. Seth Martinez; Fourth Runner Up: 8 pounds 0 ozs. Brandon Rochner.
Speckled Trout (Mid Coast)---Winner: 9 pounds 8 ozs J Santos Ramirez III; FirstRunner Up: 8 pounds 4 ozs. Raymond Gann; SecondRunner Up: 8 pounds 2 ozs. Ronald Gaylor; ThirdRunner Up: 8 pounds 1 oz. Chad Novack; FourthRunner Up: 8 pounds 0 ozs. Laura Alaniz.
Speckled Trout (Lower Coast)---Winner: 9 pounds 7 ozs. Weldon West; First Runner Up: 9 pounds 6 ozs. David Smith; Second Runner Up: 9 pounds 1 oz. Abundio Garza; Third Runner Up: 8 pounds14 ozs. Richard Gidrey; Fourth Runner Up: 8 pounds 11 ozs. Neal Brodbeck.
Kingfish (30 pounds min.)---Winner: 52 pounds 0 ozs. William Hendrix; First Runner Up: 50 pounds 2 ozs. Nicole Stockton; Second Runner Up: 49 pounds 4 ozs. Michael Weide; Third Runner Up: 45 pounds 0 ozs. Neal Nygaard; Fourth Runner Up: 37 pounds 8 ozs. Tanner White.
Dorado (20 pounds min.)---Winner: 41 pound 4 ozs. Stephen Filtsch; First Runner Up: 40 pounds 10 ozs. Miguel Prida; Second Runner Up: 40 pounds 0 ozs. Peggy Hughes; Third Runner Up: 39 pounds 10 ozs. Kurt Roedel; Fourth Runner Up: 38 pounds 8 ozs. Michael Hoffman.
Ling (cobia)---Winner: 81 pound 0 ozs. John F. Shults; First Runner Up: 71 pound 12 ozs. James L. Chide; Second Runner Up: 64 pounds 10 ozs. Joshua Cotter; Third Runner Up: 62 pounds 6 ozs. Matt McCauley; Fourth Runner Up: 59 pounds 14 ozs. James Manning.
StarKids Division
Flounder (18-inch min. length)---Winner: 6 pounds 12 ozs. Briley Eason; First Runner Up: 6 pounds 4 ozs. Dylan Gill; Second Runner Up: 6 pounds 2 ozs. Constantine Malouf*; Third Runner Up: 5 pounds 4 ozs. Hunter Wernecke; Fourth Runner Up: 5 pounds 2 ozs. Layton Stary
