Fronts from the West pushed windy condictins to East Texas Saturday. Lake Palestine saw 20+ winds and made for rough conditions but someone always finds feeding fish!
First place went to the Team of Patrick Fairchild & Wyatt Wimberley with a limit of five fish. Their sack weighed 13.49 lbs. They biggest kicker was in the 3 lb class but not big enough to take big bass honors. With this win Fairchild & Wimberley secured Team of the Year in the NE/SE Region of the Team Division as well. Congratulations to these guys. They won three of the six events this year and have been consistently showing up and showing out for three years. Way to go guys!
Second place went the Team of Chris Glass & Sean Sticker with a five fish limit that weighed 12.87 lbs.
Big bass of the tournament went to Skp Aldriedge with a 5.31 lb fish. Skip & Brad Lamb came down from the North Central Region to fish with us on Palestine. They needed one more tournament to qualify for the State Championship! They are in baby!!
This wraps up the qualifying tournament trail for 2026. The next event will be the Team State Championship September 11-12, 2026 on Cedar Creek hosted by Gun Barrel City. We will have a drive through weigh-in at the city Pavilion.
Thanks to everyone that participated this year and hope to see you in September!!
Brent Stafford
Team Division Director
Texas BASS Nation