Co-angler dies at Rayburn Toyota Series event
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Major League Fishing confirmed Thursday afternoon that a co-angler competing in this week s Toyota Series event at Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Texas died after falling from a boat. The MLF press release stated that the boat was not running at the time of the fall.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) recovered the body of the deceased co-angler Thursday afternoon. The incident is currently under investigation by the TPWD and San Augustine County officials.
Officials have not yet released the name of the deceased angler. MLF will provide more information as it becomes available.
TPWD IDs fishing tournament angler who fell overboard By Carrie Provinsal | April 30, 2021 at 9:10 AM CDT - Updated April 30 at 9:25 AM
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - The San Augustine County game warden reports the angler who fell overboard on Sam Rayburn Lake during the MLF Series tournament has been identified.
Thursday at approximately 10:05 a.m., Pete Spencer Lammons Jr., 77, of Houston, fell overboard while fishing in the tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir near the San Augustine Park area.
Attempts were made to rescue Lammons by his fishing partner but were unsuccessful, according to warden Travis Fountain.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, (TPWD), reports Fountain, along with wardens Austin Cryer and Doug Williams, found Lammons by using side-scan sonar of Sam Rayburn Lake.
Pete Lammons, Jets Super Bowl III Tight End, Dies Suddenly 77-Year-Old Drowned Thursday in a Boating Accident at the Start of a Texas Fishing Tournament Apr 30, 2021 at 08:17 AM Copied!
The Jets have lost another member of their Super Bowl family with news that Pete Lammons, the Jets six-year tight end who caught a touchdown pass in the AFL Championship Game win over Oakland and started and caught a pair of passes from Joe Namath in the Super Bowl III triumph over Baltimore, drowned Thursday in a boating accident at the start of a fishing tournament in his home state of Texas.
Former New York Jets, Texas Longhorns championship-winning tight end Pete Lammons dies at 77
Syracuse University graduate
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Pete Lammons, the starting tight end on the New York Jets Super Bowl III championship team and a member of the University of Texas 1963 national champions, died Thursday in a boating accident in Texas, according to authorities. He was 77.
Lammons, an avid fisherman, fell overboard at the dock while preparing for a fishing tournament, according to a news release by Major League Fishing, which sponsored the MLF Toyota Series at Sam Rayburn Reservoir near Brookeland, Texas.
His body was recovered by vessels using sonar, but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, according to MLF.