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NE Texas Anglers, Chad Petrie & Kirk Fulton Win the 2022 State Championship

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Day 1 Individual Results
Day 1 Big Bass Results
Day 1 Club Team Results

Day 2 Individual Results
Day 2 Big Bass Results

Accumulated Individual Results
Accumulated Club Team Results

Day 2: Northeast Texas Anglers come from third pace to win the Team Division of the 2022 State Championship and bragging rights for a year! Congratulations to Charles Armstrong, Terry Anderson, Josh Risinger, Josh Plott, Chance Kennison and Jeff Maroney!! Outstanding effort. Even small fish count.

Century Bass club holds on for second place team and Denton County Bass Club comes in third.

Boater Division: Chad Petrie with Century Bass Club hangs tough to seal the deal and takes first place in the Boater Division with a 2 day total of 27.34 lbs. Gary Martin with HOT Bass Assassins takes second place with a 2 day total of 22.27 lbs. Robert Thierry with Seven Coves Bass Club 2 wins third place with a total of 22.04 lbs.

Co-Angler Division: Kirk Fulton with Cen-Tex Basshunters holds the lead to win the Co-angler division by 0.29 lbs with a total weight of 16.57 lbs. Second place went to Jon Gipson with Houston Bass Bandits 2 with a total weight of 16.28 lbs. Third place co-angler spot went to Clayton Smith with The Bass Club. He had a two day total weight of 14.62 lbs.

Big Bass in the Boater Division: First Place Big Bass: 8.74 Jeffery Cox – Seven Covers Bass Club
Second Place Big Bass: 7.77 Denis Hastings – Denton County Bass Club

Big Bass in the Co-Angler Division: First Place Big Bass: 6.88 Mike Aaron – Denton County Bass Club 2
Second Place Big Bass: 5.58 Andrew Rutherford – Seven Covers Bass Club 2

Day 1 of the 2022 State Championship on Lake Belton started calm and cool at 44 degrees. As the day progressed the wind blew a steady 15-20 mph but there was plenty of sun.

Century Bass Club leads the Team standings with a total of 21 fish that weighed 47.25 lbs. In second is Denton County Bass club with 44.52 lbs and Northeast Texas Anglers are in third with 43.85 lbs.

In the Boater category, Chad Petrie with Century Bass Club is consistent as always with a limit of fish that weighed 14.33 lbs. The second place boater is Charles Dodd with Onalaska Bass Club with 5 fish that went 12.42 lbs. In third place is Jon Harshbarger with Century Bass Club with five that went 12.31 lbs.

Big bass on the Boater side belongs Denis Hastings with Denton County Bass Club with a 7.77 lb fish.

On the Co-Angler side, Kirk Fulton with Cen-Tex Basshunters brought in a limit of 3 fish that weighed 11.73 lbs. Kirk is the State Treasurer and is helping his club out tremendously! Second place co-angler was Bruce Carter with Denton County Bass Club with 3 that weighed 11.20 lbs. Third place co-angler was Mike Aaron with Denton County Bass Club 2 with 3 fish that weighed 9.86 lbs.

Big bass on the co-angler side belongs to Mike Aaron with Denton County Bass Club 2 with a 6.88 lb kicker.

Tomorrow promises more good weather with the possibility of larger bags.

Bode Takes the Win on Conroe with 31.6#

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The Southeast Region held its 4th event on Lake Conroe. Weather patterns were hinting to a slugfest and it held true. Had some nasty weather the day before which had some anglers nervous but tournament day turned out to be gorgeous and also a new moon the night before.

Collin Bode with the Bass Club took honors of 1st place and 1st place Big Bass with 31.59lbs and a 8.47 kicker, followed by Tim Jahn with the Bass Club with 24.84lbs and a 7.94 kicker. 3rd place went to Ronnie Wagner with the Bass Club with 24.43lbs with a 5.29 kicker. 2nd Big Bass went to Jason Slot with the Houston Bass Bandits with a 8.28 toad.

Collin had his initial limit in the first hour of fishing for around 25 pounds with two swimmers. Collin was targeting flats with channel swings and creeks close by. Throwing purple pearl/ yellow wooly dawg tx rigged.  Around 10:00 he caught one around 6 pounds and at this point he had no idea which fish to cull because he had no scale. Luckily Kenny Curlee was in the area and he was kind enough to let him borrow his scale so Collin could make an accurate cull, so Collin wanted to thank him for that. He also do wanted to point out that some other fishermen were in the area, and we were all able to fish around each other, get along, and have a good time. Everyone was respectful to one another. Those guys are truly a class act.

Wanted to throw a shout out to our sponsors Swagger Tungsten and Jordan Marine. Also a big thank you to April Plaza Marine for the welcome and awesome hospitality!

Next up April 23 Sabine River!

Northwest Region Fishes Possum Kingdom

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The Northwest Region of the Texas BASS Nation held two separate one-day tournaments on Possum Kingdom Lake, March 12th & 13th.

Tournament #1 started with air temps in the low 20’s making it tough on the fisherman. Kelley Hudson used his home lake advantage to take the win bringing in a 5-fish limit weighing 18.12 lbs.

Tom Enloe took 2nd place with 5 fish weighing 13.25 lbs.

New member Freddy De La Paz took 3rd place with 11.25 lbs. Freddy also had Big Bass of the day with a beautiful 8.18 lb largemouth.

Tournament #2 brought warmer air temps but winds in the 20 mph range.

New member Jacob Sepeda took first place with a 5-fish limit weighing 14.90 lbs. Jacob also had Big Bass of the day with a 5.05 lb chunk.

Troy Montgomery took 2nd place with a limit weighing 10.23 lbs.

Floyd Kaerwer came in 3rd with 4 fish weighing 8.86 lbs.

Thanks to Tracie & Jim at Possum Hollow for the accommodations and great food!

The next two NW Region events will be on the hottest bass lake in the country, O.H. Ivie, April 23rd & 24th.

Kelly Hudson
NW Region Director

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O.H. Ivie Tournament

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Justin Brucker takes the win on O.H. Ivie!! O.H. Ivie was tough for many, but the few that found them did great! Justin Brucker won 1st place with a 84.5″ netting him $1514. Phillip Wyatt got 2nd with 83.75″ netting him $801. Cristian Astorga came in 3rd with 79″ taking home $500. Daniel Merritt got 4th place with 77.25″ taking home $321. […]