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The North Central Region finishes up on Amon Carter & Ray Roberts. Hallmark and Sciuto emerge as Angler and Co-Angler of the Year

Posted on May 9, 2024 Written by Brent Stafford

Amon Carter Individual Results
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The North Central Region held its final two qualifying tournaments of 2024 on Lakes Amon Carter and Ray Roberts on May 4th and 5th. 

          On Saturday morning, under overcast skies and light drizzle, the anglers launched their boats on Amon Carter from basically inside the boat ramp parking lot as the lake levels had risen significantly from the recent rains.  Both lake levels were well into the flood pool according to Andrew Wren, Assistant Regional Director and president of the Tarrant Christian Bass Club.  Andrew was the acting tournament director for the events as I was in Florida for my daughter’s graduation from college.  At takeoff, with the Angler of The Year title still very much in question, the anglers went their separate ways, fishing both the “old” and “new” sides of the lake.

Upon returning to weigh in at the end of the day, it was Angler Justin Hallmark and Co-Angler Joe Sciuto, both from Big Sandy Bass Club, who finished on top. With the only limit among the boaters, Justin’s five  weighed in at 12.57 pounds, edging out second place finisher Andrew Wren, who weighed in three fish for 9.82 pounds including the big bass of the tournament, a 3.49 pound Amon Carter behemoth.  Andrew said he was on the right size fish but had a few shake off and prevent him from filling his limit.  According to Hallmark, who fished with Co-Angler Joe Sciuto, (neither of which had ever been on the lake), all of the fish they weighed in, with the exception of one, were caught on Flukes in 2’-12’ of water on the new/clear side of the lake.  Justin also stated they caught keepers on the old/dingy side of the lake on swim jigs but “those fish wouldn’t cull.”  Sciuto’s three fish limit weighed 5.13 pounds and was enough to clinch the Co-Angler of the Year Title.  Impressive wins for Justin and Joe considering they fished the lake for the first time, but I am sure it won’t be the last based on Justin’s remark that “Amon G. was a neat lil’ lake to fish!”

          There was still one unanswered question heading into Sunday’s tournament on Ray Roberts and that was who would be the North Central Region Angler of the Year.  Starting out overcast Ray Roberts was in a stingy mood, as Ray Roberts can get, and the conditions turned partly cloudy and humid by afternoon weigh in.  None of the anglers or co-anglers would bring in a limit, but apparently the opportunity was there.  In the end, Justin Hallmark brought 4 fish to the scales for a total weight of 10.36 pounds, taking first place and securing the Angler of the Year title.  Justin said he was just “junk” fishing with each of his four keepers coming on a different bait.  He said he “lost #5 twice, once on a walking bait and one about 3-4 pounds on a shaky head at the boat.”  Two of the four fish came off the dam.  Angler Andrew Wren brought in 3 fish for 8.62 pounds which was good enough for second place.  He stated that he lost two fish that were easily over 4-5 pounds each first thing in the morning but couldn’t buy a bite after 9:00 a.m.   On the Co-Angler side it was Zac Stacy, Big Sandy Bass Club, who took down Joe Sciuto for the win with a nice 5.40 pound Ray Roberts beauty and taking the big bass honors.

The North Central Region will finish out the year with the Regional Championship on Lake Richland Chambers in October and it should be “one for the books”!  Special thanks to Andrew Wren for running the final qualifying tournaments while I was away.    

I want to thank all of the anglers that fished the North Central Regional trail this year.  Even though the field size was a little smaller in numbers than usual, I believe the guys really had a good time getting to know everyone involved and participating in some friendly smack talk all while enjoying the sport that we love. I am looking forward to seeing you back next year as we continue to re-grow our region!

Stephen Farrar
North Central Regional Director
Club Division
Sfarrar@texasbass.org

Filed Under: Club Division, News, North Central Region

Watkins Wins April Tourney on Choke

Posted on April 24, 2024 Written by dleach

This past Sunday, April 21st at Choke Canyon saw 19 anglers square off in the fourth event of the TBN South Region Individual Trail. Overcast skies and windy conditions gusting to 40 throughout the morning, and finishing the day with bluebird skies made for some tough fishing.

Returning to his winning ways, and holding off the field, Ryan Watkins brought 5 fish to the scales for 13.91 anchored by a solid 6.53 kicker.

>p>Just over a pound back, Cliff Martinez’ full creel weighed in at 12.75 earning Cliff a second place finish. He anchored his 5 fish limit with a solid 6.64 tournament BB winner.

Less than a half pound back and due to a lost fish penalty, Geno Littlewood brought five fish to weigh-in for a 12.67 total and a third place finish. See full results and year-to-date standings.

Ryan Watkins, first place.

Cliff Martinez, second place.

Ryan and Cliff.

The next tournament on the South Region individual trail will be May 19 on Lake Somerville.

Ron Stevenson
Director, Texas B.A.S.S. Nation South Region
rstevenson@texasbass.org
(210) 722-4453

Filed Under: Club Division, South Region, Tournaments

Jacob Bruener Jacks ‘Em at Richland Chambers

Posted on April 16, 2024 Written by Brent Stafford

Individual Results
Big Bass Results
Club Results
AOY Standings | Club Standings

The 2024 Club Division Southeast Region Individual Trail made their fourth stop of the 2024 season, at Richland Chambers out of Oak Cove Marina on Saturday, April 6, 2024, with 35 anglers competing. Due to projected high winds at this was designated a trailering tournament.

The Southeast Region had not been to Richland Chambers since the 2018 season and I was unable to attend, due to other obligations, so I am not sure what the dock talk was going into the tournament. However, looking at the results it was overall pretty tough, but as we always say someone catches them and this tournament was no different.

Nacogdoches Bass Club member Jacob Bruener bested the field with a limit of bass weighing in at 23.54, winning by over a seven-pound margin. Jacob made the trip from the B.A.S.S. Nation Super Regional on the Arkansas River in Muskogee, Ok in time to get on the water for a couple of hours Friday evening. Jacob stated that he had a couple of bites on a frog and decided that he would go with that pattern on Saturday. Jacob said that he targeted shoreline grass and brush and a combination of the two.

Bryan Trahan with The Vidor Bass Anglers Association finished second with a five bass limit that weighed 15.94. Bryan states that he did not catch a bass all day in practice on Friday, so while sitting at the ramp Saturday morning waiting for take-off, he made the decision to tie on a frog and go fish how he likes to fish. Bryan said he stopped in a small cut up the Richland arm that had some emergent weeds in about two feet of water, Bryan worked through that with a White Spro frog and it didn’t produce any bites, so he decided to work them again, except really slow almost working the frog in place, this cadence produced two solid fish telling him what he needed to do. Bryan continued to run this pattern to fill his limit, making his last cull at 2:35PM with a five-pounder. Bryan stated that he did lose several good fish during the day, but after an extremely slow practice he could not be happier with how the day turned out.

The Bass Club member Jody Rhoden finished third overall with a five bass limit tipping the scales at 13.75. Jody states that he found his fish in practice on Friday, by catching a five and a seven pounder at that point he cut his hooks off. Tournament day started off pretty slow, caught one on a swim jig, lost several on a frog, finally got the swim jig bite going again and caught his last fish flipping a bush at 2:05. Jody said it was a tough day overall, but it worked out. This is back-to-back Top 3 finishes for Jody.

Gary Robin with the Vidor Bass Anglers Association had the Big Bass of the event with 8.45-pound RC beauty. Gary’s Big Bass anchored his 2 fish bag for 10.47 pounds earning him the last check. Gary currently holds the lead in the Southeast Region Big Bass of the Year race.

Dillon Y’Barbo with the Vidor Bass Anglers Association had the second Big Bass with an 8.26 pounder that anchored his 3 fish bag for 12.69 earning him fourth place overall. Cool side note the overall big bass and the second big bass came from the same boat.

Thank you to the members of the assisting clubs as well as the Southeast Region Directors for their assistance in conducting a smooth tournament. The Southeast Region next individual event is on Lake Conroe out of April Plaza Marina, on May 18, 2024.

Written by: Robert Royal Southeast Region Secretary

Filed Under: Club Division, News, South East Region

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