Texas B.A.S.S. Nation

Bassmasters’ Creed: I promise to create among my fellow anglers, and the public in general, an awareness of my Chapter’s and Society’s contributions to angling, conservation and outdoor recreation. I will encourage and instruct the youth of my community in the art of bass fishing. I pledge myself to full adherence to all conservation codes and to detect and report any polluter of our nation’s waters.

TBN State of the Union

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Dear Texas BASS Nation members,

As your new State President I have a few updates on what has been happening. This year we as a board of directors made changes to the format and how the state championship will be run and thank you guys for your great response. We are so proud of all you guys and the way you have come together as clubs in support of your regions and the state.

The State Championship will be taking place from April 29th through May 1st at Sam Rayburn. This year we have 224 anglers signed up which is double previous years. All the clubs and Regions have done a great job getting registrations to me in plenty of time. And, it’s not too late to sign up if you are still on the fence. We as a board want to make this a great event and want all of you to have fun. We have food being catered, we will be issuing plaques to the top seven teams, we will also be issuing  plaques to the top seven boaters and non-boaters in the field.

We will have lots of free giveaways, we will be selling T-shirts this year for all the anglers that would like to have one and we ask each club to bring their raffle prizes as you have in past years. We will also have Carhartt donating discount cards for the anglers that want to purchase apparel at a much lower cost. I wear their shorts and I know we are fast approaching the hot mouths but don’t forget the winter clothing. Yamaha has come on line in a big way. For those of you running Yamaha, I have a list of things you can purchase through your state president for your outboard motor. Mercury as always has supported us again this year with a free prop give away. I have purchase a couple of more that will be going up on silent auction starting at the purchase price. We have cases of oil and many other things.

I personally want to thank all of you for your support of myself and the board of directors. We also want to welcome some new staff members, Nathan Byerly – Youth Director, Dave Terre – Conservation Director, Brent Stafford our IT Director is also our new Texas Bassmaster Team Trail Director, Charles Harkless, a former President, has come online with our team as the new Sponsorship Director. We also have plans in the works for a Kayak Director along with a new series. We will keep you posted on that.

While all of you are at the State Championship, please let us know if we are doing anything right. If we are doing anything wrong, let us know that as well and I promise you will receive an answer back.

I look forward to serving you guys for the next two years and thank you again for all your support.

Randy Fleeman
President
Texas BASS Nation

SE Region Double Header on Rayburn

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Visit the SE Region Tournament page to see individual tournament results.

The SE Texas BASS Nation held its 3rd and 4th events for the season on famed Lake Sam Rayburn. With over 100+ anglers on both days. March usually promises big females and big bag weights and the lake did not disappoint for some. There were multiple patterns but there were a few that lead the field. The lake was on the rise leading up the weekend and also a few cold fronts as normal this time of the year. Saturday turned out to be a warm day, mostly cloudy and little breeze. Sunday on the other hand had to be a trailering event due to extreme high winds and possible rains.

Saturday 3/27/21:

Saturday we had a great turn out of anglers. The winning spot went to Gary Robin with the Vidor Bass Anglers Association. He had the winning weight of 20.21 lbs and also the honors of Big Bass of the day with a 9.52 HOG that anchored his win. Gary stated he locked his rod in hand setup with a plum apple wacky worm and targeted shallow cypress trees some button willows, mostly solo trees on points.

Second place went to Justin Royal with Vidor Bass Anglers with a stringer of five that went 17.90 lbs and kicker that went 6.75 lbs.

Third place went to Pete Bruener with Nacogdoches Bass Club with a limit that topped the scales at 17.55 lbs. and a kicker that went 6.11 lbs.

Sunday 3/28/21:

Sunday’s overall winner was Albert Collins with Nacogdoches Bass Club. His five fish stringer that went 17.76 lbs. Albert targeted inside grass lines and bushes with a frog and a Thunder jig.

Justin Royal with Vidor Bass Anglers took big bass honors on Sunday with an 8.13 lb kicker. “I was targeting irregularities in the grass throwing a 6th sense 4.4 divine swimbait”.

Second place went to Derrick Shoffitt with Nacogdoches Bass Club. His limit tipped the scales at 17.64 lbs. Derrick also had second place big bass for the day with a kicker that went 7.44 lbs. “It looked bigger than that”.

In third place was Ed Grisham with The Bass Club. Ed’s limit of bass went 17.16 lbs. His big fish was 7.32 lbs.

Next up is April 17th on Lake Palestine launching out of the Villages. I would like thank our sponsors, Jordan Pro Fuel, Swagger Tungsten, Seagar Line, Fish Monkey apparel, 13 Fishing, and Impulse Rods.

Texas Bassmaster Team Trail First Qualifier on Rayburn

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For those teams interested in an easy and economical way to the Bassmaster Classic, get on board with TBTT. For a $150 entry fee fish with a friend, compete for bragging rights and qualify for the TBTT Championship in October. For more details, rules and online registration visit the TBTT page.

The first qualifier for 2021 is scheduled for March 20th at Jackson Hill Park.

Texas B.A.S.S. Nation is pleased to offer its membership another path to qualify for the Bassmaster Classic. Your team must qualify to compete in the Texas Bassmaster Team Trail (TBTT) Championship. To qualify for the TBTT Championship your team must participate in at least two (2) qualifier events to receive automatic qualification to the TBTT Championship. To qualify for Team of the Year a team must participate in all three (3) qualifier events and the TBTT championship. The TBTT Championship is a two day event where the highest finishing team or team(s) will earn a berth to the National Bassmaster Team Championship. The National Bassmaster Team Championship is an entry fee based, national, two day event where the top three teams advance to the Bassmaster Team Classic event, which will be held the same week, following the Bassmaster Team Championship. Six boats will be provided at the Bassmaster Team Classic event, whereby each competitor will then compete individually to win a birth to the Bassmaster Classic.

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Truitt Takes The Win At Stillhouse Lake!

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We had 48 anglers that came out to play for this event, and the Central boys sure showed everyone that their lakes can produce some huge numbers! Russell Truitt took home the win in both the NTXKC and Texas Bass Nation events with his 100.75″ stringer, taking home over $2797 for both events! Huge thanks […]