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Well, summer is amongst us, and that means the best fishing tournament in Texas, the CCA Texas STAR Tournament has released all the tagged Redfish, and the tournament has begun. There’s over $2,000,000 in prizes, including trucks, boats, UTV’s, and scholarships. Don’t forget to register as you must have to be in it to win it!
Now, back to chapter business. We hosted our sold-out 45th Annual Rio Grande Valley Chapter Banquet on March 28, 2025, at the Mission Event Center. WOW, what an amazing event with a huge turnout despite the bad weather and flooding in the RGV the day before the event. We saw nothing but smiles and laughter throughout the whole event as the camaraderie was strong amongst all attendees.
At this time, we would like to give a heartfelt thank you to the 2025 banquet items sponsors: L&F Distributors (Multi-Year Exclusive Title Advertiser), L&G Concrete (Raffle Girls), Payne Auto Group (Hats), Ron Hoover RV & Marine (Bar), Texas Tops Truck Accessories (Taco Truck), Pathfinder Public Affairs (Goodie Bags), Luby’s of McAllen and Pharr (Catering Dinner & Appetizers), Clark Chevrolet and Clark – Knapp Honda (Tumblers), Shallow Sport Boats (Boat Facilitator), Tow Boats US Arroyo – Port Isabel (Key Chains & Game), Turtlebox, Four Paws Animal Hospital (Towels), Hess Air (Koozies), Lone Star National Bank (Bucket Raffle), Andy’s Marine (GameGuard Bags), Rental World (Silent Auction), Spikes Ford (Turtlebox), KWigglers /Mansfield Knockers (Casting Game), South Texas Sinus Institute (Sunglass Straps), Bar-B-Cutie SmokeHouse, and Texas Hunters and Sportsman’s Expo.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who made it out and supported us. In addition, I personally would like to thank the chapter board members and volunteers for their hard work and dedication! The success of CCA and of this chapter would not be possible without the dedicated support of all the sponsors, attendees, donors, and volunteers! We look forward to seeing y’all soon as we are planning our next event, so stay tuned.
Officers
President: Javier Suarez
Vice President: Leslie Gonzalez
Treasurer: Robert Palomares
Banquet Chairman: David DeLeon
Boat Chairman: Louis Zimmer
Clay Shoot
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Banquet
The 2025 banquet was held on Friday, March 28th and it was one of our best yet! Thank you to all attendees, volunteers, and sponsors for your support, together we helped raise crucial funds that will help ensure the health and conservation of our marine resources and anglers’ access to them here in Texas. Stay tuned for 2026 banquet details.
Board
Allen Shields
Marisol De La Garza
David DeLeon
Raul Moreno
Lee Roy Veland
Austin Payne
Chris Marshall
Leslie Gonzalez
Willie Gossett
Mike Frazier
Ted Sunderland
Sarah Anne Robledo
Aaron Heller
Joe Thomas
Louis Zimmerer
JD Cuellar
Donna Shawhan
Erica Garza
Danny De La Vina
Crystal Suarez
Danny Jansen
Julian Lopez
Dr. Norma Cavazos
Ruben Arcaute
Ken Medders Jr.
Gilbert Alaniz
Alexis Sosa
Javi Suarez
Michelle Frazier
2025-2026 CCA Rio Grande Valley Exclusive Title Advertiser

