April 2^nd started off a beautiful day for fishing. The weather was wonderful at McGowen Valley on Lake Whitney. Operation Blessing of Johnson County and the Cleburne Bass Club  work together hosting the Tournament every year. Johnson County came together once again in making our 5^th Annual Fishing tournament a great big Success!!

2022 we had 27 teams that fished with us. Unfortunately, the fish thought it was still April Fools’ Day, and a few of our teams did not get a single nibble. We hope they will be back again next year to battle with the bass. To quote Mayor Cain, “While they call it fishing and not catching, they also say a day on the water is better than one in the office.  While the fish didn’t cooperate, the auction winner and I had a great time enjoying God’s creation on a beautiful day on Lake Whitney.” Next year we will try to get the fish to cooperate for the tournament! Even though the fish weren’t on board for all of the teams, one team managed to take 1^st place and get the biggest bass. Congratulations to the Pinnacle Bank team of Justin Stewart and Russel Farmer—their string of fish weighed 21 ½ lbs. and their Big Bass was over 6 lbs.!

Thank you to our corporate sponsors: SouthWest Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Cleburne, The Heights Church of Cleburne, Parkway Buick GMC of Sherman, Lone Star AG Credit of Cleburne, Pinnacle Bank, Rangaire Manufacturing Company of Cleburne, Cleburne Ford, Powerhouse of Burleson, Cleburne HEB, 88.3 The Journey of Keene and Dwight Newsome Construction of Burleson. These contributors to Operation Blessing of Johnson County enable us to continue to feed and clothe the residents of Johnson County. Finally A giant thank you to Our Board Members that come to the tournament and help make the day an over the top event. Craig Cheyne, Kevin Humphreys, Kirk Cross, and Dianne Major.

Since 1980, Operation Blessing of Johnson County has been a faith-based organization whose mission is to share God’s Word and His love, and to let that love flow through to those who are hurting and in need. Thank you for all who participated in the fishing tournament.  This has been the biggest year yet!