Broads With Rods Fishing Tournaments for Women

Broads With Rods Fishing Tournaments for Women Broads with Rods is a non profit and charitable organization that hosts an annual fishing tournament for women and young girls.

Established by Nora Hooker in 2008 to help local citizens and charities through the fun of fishing. Our tournaments are a one day tournament for ladies only. With the entry fees, sale of dinner plates, t shirts and koozies, live auction and raffle we are able to award $600.00 for each of the top winners in each category of the largest slot red, trout and flounder. We added a 2nd place spot for our

Lady Anglers in 2014. We also have a few fun pots but the largest portion of the funds are donated to organizations that service those in need.

02/24/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: We want to let you know that we have decided not to hold our annual Broads with Rods Fishing Tournament for Women in 2026. Fred Ho**er, who is the operation part of the tournament, began feeling sick last May. Thank God his heart surgery on January 28th took place without complications but made it difficult to prepare for the event. He continues to recover well but we decided to cancel our tournament due to another upcoming surgery. I do sincerely apologize for the late notice and, with all my heart, thank you so much for supporting Broads with Rods. We love and appreciate everyone that participates in it and we hope to continue it 2027. Blessings to all!!
Nora and Fred Ho**er

Broads with Rods Fishing Tournament for Women just dropped off the donated items for the Kerr County Flood Relief Effort...
07/22/2025

Broads with Rods Fishing Tournament for Women just dropped off the donated items for the Kerr County Flood Relief Effort at Rips Thrift Shop in Brazoria, Texas. First and foremost we give God all the honor and glory for making this possible, thank you to the staff and volunteers at Rips for the delivery of these items to those in need, and to all that donated. A huge thanks to the Broads that donated, Carol Groves and Captain Randall Groves, Paul and Samantha Stallberg, Uvaldo N Crystal Zavala, Texas Pipeline Haulers, JAN Commercial Cleaning Service for your giving hearts!!! May God continue to shine His face on the victims and their families with peace, courage and strength that surpasses all understanding.

07/11/2025

NOTICE-NOTICE-NOTICE-NOTICE:
Broads with Rods, in coordination with Rips Thrift Store in Brazoria, will be collecting items for the flood victims in Central Texas. Once again, I am looking to our community, our neighbors, friends, and family for help. Our target date to deliver donated items is Tuesday, July 22nd. Items needed are: non-perishable food items, water, hygiene items, bedding, blankets, towels, cleaning supplies of all kinds, diapers (all sizes), first aid items, detergents, boxes of gloves, etc. You may bring your donated items to my home at 235 Veselka Rd in Freeport. Please call me at 832-229-7197 if you have questions. Please feel free to share my post on your page. Thank you so much for your help and may God shine His face on all the victims, volunteers and especially the children.

Broads with Rods Fishing Tournament for Women delivered the proceeds from our 17th Annual Fishing tournament to the fami...
05/14/2025

Broads with Rods Fishing Tournament for Women delivered the proceeds from our 17th Annual Fishing tournament to the family of our local hero, Deputy Jesus Vargas this afternoon. His brother, Eddie Vargas, received $28,100.00 in a cashiers check and $305.00 cash for a total of $28,405.00. A heartfelt thank you to everyone that took part in making this possible. May God shine His face on The Vargas family and bless them with courage, strength and peace that surpasses all understanding.

Broads with Rods is so honored to have Carol Walden and Freda Filipp as our true Broads. They have fished every tourname...
05/12/2025

Broads with Rods is so honored to have Carol Walden and Freda Filipp as our true Broads. They have fished every tournament since 2008 without fail and held the title of Ho's with Po's for several years. Dean Walden has been their captain and has taken good care of our Broads. Congratulations to Carol Walden, Freda Filipp and Dean Walden. You make us proud!

A question was asked on Saturday at Broads with Rods Tournament for Women regarding one person placing twice in the same...
05/12/2025

A question was asked on Saturday at Broads with Rods Tournament for Women regarding one person placing twice in the same category. Our angler claims she has fished many tournaments and has never seen one person place and win twice in the same category. She felt this was not right. Broads with Rods Tournament is very strict and adheres to the rules of the Texas Parks and Wildlife. We have had 17 tournaments and no one ever questioned this. Every tournament is different with different rules. Our rules are simple and we do accept multiple placements in the same category. Thank you.

Thank you, Paul and Samantha Stallberg for everything you did to help Broads with Rods! You coordinated everything for u...
05/12/2025

Thank you, Paul and Samantha Stallberg for everything you did to help Broads with Rods! You coordinated everything for us and Brazoria County Sheriff's Dept and especially for the patrol car that represented Deputy Jesus Vargas with such honor and respect. Paul Stallberg is running for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Pl. 2. Thank you. Paul and Samantha, for all your help!

Bubba's Auctions #18241 Bubba Shannon Whitton A huge shout to our awesome Auctioneer, Bubba Whitton!!! Bubba always ma...
05/12/2025

Bubba's Auctions #18241 Bubba Shannon Whitton A huge shout to our awesome Auctioneer, Bubba Whitton!!! Bubba always makes our tournaments so amazing and successful!!! Proceeds from our live auction were $27,800.00. With additional cash donations from our community of $605.00 Broads with Rods was able to donate a total of $28,405.00 to our local hero Deputy Jesus Vargas family. Bubba Whitton donated his Auctioneer service to our tournament and is also running for Justice of the Peace in Precinct 1, Pl.2. Thank you, Bubba, for your amazing work. God bless you, Sir!!! Also, we want to thank everyone that donated to our auction: Frank Hagdorn of Manvel Mattress, Donnie and Sharon Bulanek of Bulanek Farms of Danbury, Brook Auer, Jason Kresse, Elite Auto Detailing, Randall Groves with Groves Fishing Guide Service, Texas Gulf Coast Adventure'ses, Texas Pipeline Haulers, Phillip Thompson with Avid Angler, Dr. Hugh Patton, Quadvest, Diaz Family, Les McDonald, Speck Homes, Gerald Shelton, Waterloo Rods, McCoys in Clute, First State Bank in Clute, First State Bank Angleton, Pierre and Cindy Ducros,Felix and CIndy Varagas, Laguna Rods, Gerald Shelton with G-**ot, Pat Tumlinson, Robert McCormick with Rooster’s Crow Guide Service, LLC, Paul and Samantha Stallberg, Sheriff Bo Stallman, Captain Marks Capt. Mark's Bastrop Marina and staff, Smokin' Ds, Fred Ho**er, Brad Ho**er Larry and Allen Klentz, Evan and Mary Burris, Gale Froberg, Lisa Brewer, Captain Marks Capt. Mark's Seafood Market, Rene Key with Guild Mortgage, Faust Distributing, Del Papa Distributing, Gulf Coast Rescue Squad, Mud Drag Racing of Matagorda, Jesse and Maria Aguilar, and everyone that participated in our auctions. We want to thank our volunteers that helped with the auction especially our Auction Coordinator, Eloy Saldivar, our Spotters, Brad Ho**er and Paul Stallberg. A special "THANKS" to Paul and Samantha Stallberg for coordinating all the activity with the Brazoria County Sheriffs Department and our Chaplain, CJ Waller that said our opening prayer for the Vargas Family.

A huge THANK YOU to all our Broads that fished in our 17th Annual Broads with Rods Fishing Tournament for Women on Satur...
05/12/2025

A huge THANK YOU to all our Broads that fished in our 17th Annual Broads with Rods Fishing Tournament for Women on Saturday, May 10th 2025 at Captain Marks Bastrop Marina! As always, it was a huge success! We thank you for believing in our mission to bless others. Our winners are:
FUN POTS:
Largest Croaker-Tracy Isabell-.7-$305.00
Largest Hard Head-Salty Sisters-1.9-$305.00
Red with Most Spots-Vanessa Bembry-5 Spots-$305.00

Largest Flounder:
1st-Maddie Luftland-2.2
2nd-Jordan Brown-2.1
3rd-Samantha McCart-2.1

Largest Trout:
1st-Slayin & Filetin'-2.6
2nd-Sherri Kubin-2.6
3rd-Slayin & Filetin-2.6

Red Fish:
1st-April Dubroc-9.1
2nd-April Dubroc-8.6
3rd-Jordon Brown-7.5

Lil' Broads:
1st-Callie Clawson-1.7 Received $60.00
2nd-Blair Mosely-1.6 Received $40.00

All 1st place winners received $912.50 along with a fish necklace charm from Mr. Phillip Thompson with Avid Angler, 2nd place winners received $547.50, and 3rd place winners received $365.00.
Congratulations to ALL our WINNERS!

05/09/2025

Notice: We just confirmed that Captain Marks Bastrop Marina will have plenty of finger mullet and live shrimp! They will open at 5:30 a.m. for registration, fuel, bait, snacks, etc. Best of luck to all our Broads!!!

Childrens picnic table constructed and donated to Broads with Rods by Fred Ho**er! Come to Captain Marks Bastrop Marina ...
05/08/2025

Childrens picnic table constructed and donated to Broads with Rods by Fred Ho**er! Come to Captain Marks Bastrop Marina for food, music and fun at our Broads with Rods Fishing Tournament for Women on Saturday May 10th! Ceremony begins at 5:00 p.m.

Octagon table constructed and donated to Broads with Rods by Fred Ho**er for our 17th Annual Fishing Tournament. Hope to...
05/08/2025

Octagon table constructed and donated to Broads with Rods by Fred Ho**er for our 17th Annual Fishing Tournament. Hope to see you there!!!

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Freeport, TX
77541

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