Team Results
Big Bass Results
2025 Southeast Region Team Standings

5/17/25: An overcast 76 degree calm Saturdady morning at Scott’s Ridge on Lake Conroe presented perfect fishing conditions. Except that it was hot with no wind. Of course that changed over the course of the day since we are in Texas. A light breeze kicked in around noon and was consistent through weigh-in at 2 pm.

The first team to weigh-in was Pat Fairchild and Wyatt Wimberly of Midlake Money Pit BBQ in Broaddus, TX…and their sack held up. The first time on the lake in 20 years, Pat & Wyatt brought five fish to the scales that weighed 19.37 lbs with a 7.19 lb kicker and big bass of the event. That combination earned them $1052.

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Second place went to the Team of Tye Grissom & Mark Grissom with a solid five fish limit that weighed 18.72 lbs and icluded a 6.78 lb kicker fish. This team is the current leader in Team of The Year standings with one event left. They think they have it wrapped up but Brian Jones thinks otherwise. Toledo Bend will be the deciding event and Brian feels good about his chances on that pond.

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Third place goes to the team of Terry Service and Erik Green also with a five fish limit. Their sack weighed 16.02 lbs. Terry injured his knee Friday and came off the IR list to compete. Looks like he held up all day with the help of a butt seat. Terry & Erik will have a say in what happens on Toledo Bend also. Second place in the TOY standings is not a bad place to be.

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The final qualifying tournament in the SE Region will be June 8, 2025 on Toledo Bend at the Hwy 255 Ramp Sam Force Collins Park. Its not too late to register!! Get your third tournament in and qualify to fish the Team State Championship. You could be the next Classic contender.

Brent Stafford
Team Division Director
Texas BASS Nation
(832) 922-5510

5/17/25: If you want to bring a winning sack to the scales on Lake Belton the local regulars will tell you need to upgrade your limit beyond the “Belton Bullets”   Those numerous 14 inchers that are plentiful where the Leon River in the Brazos River Basin sprawls through Bell and Coryell counties.  Storms with lighting and thunder changed the bite and behavior overnight from practice days to tourney day for most of the field.

Doug Cole and Joe Sciuto brought in the biggest bass at 4.10 pounds and took home $190.  The biggest bass above a “Belton Bullet”

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Will Curlee and Nathan Ahle pitched jigs on bluff walls that secured a 3rd place limit with some beautiful Belton smallies that totaled 12.72 pounds and a $430 payday.

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James Seymour and Casey Garica spent their day in 15-20 feet of water off ledges throwing jigs to earn $ 860 bucks with a solid second place bag at weigh- in. 

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Curtis Daniels and Terry Anderson asked when the next derby is going to be at Lake Belton.  This was there first time to fish for ” Belton Bullets”   Their 14.54 pounds bested the field as they focused on wind- blown points with a combination of swimbaits, drop- shots and crankbaits for $1,590 

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The North Central Region Texas Bassmaster Open Team Trail’s last event with be at Lake LBJ  June 14^th @ the LBJ Yacht Club and Marina.   Those teams that fish 3 events qualify for the TBOTT State Championship @ Cedar Creek  Sept. 10^th -13th.

David Rosenquist
Team Division NC Region Director
Texas BASS Nation

NW Region TOY Standings

As with any sport, participation is the key. Several Teams in the Northwest Region were consistent as far as participation is concerned but the thing that sets a Team apart is weight. The Team Division uses points plus weight for it’s scoring sytem at each qualifying tournament through the year. The weight part of the points system means that not only were you there…your bag of fish was consistently heavier than the other Teams that participated.

Mike Schooler and Randy White rose above the field by 38.65 points over five tournaments in 2025 to take the Team of the Year title! Congratulations to Mike and Randy!! Plaques will be presented to them at the Team State Championship in September on Cedar Creek in Gun Barrel City.

Here are the top ten Teams in the running for Team of the Year in the NW Region. We appreciate every Team that participated this year.

Team of the Year is an accomplishment but the goal is to qualify for the State Championship and beyond. Those Teams that fished in at least three tournaments through the year are qualified to fish the Texas BASS Nation Team State Championship. From there, the top finishing teams will move on to the National Championship December 3-6, 2025 on Lake Hartwell South Carolina. The winner of the four-day National event featuring the best grass-roots anglers in the country will fill the final spot in the 2026 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour.

Brent Stafford
Team Division Director
Texas BASS Nation
(832) 922-5510