The 2023 Texas B.A.S.S. Nation State Championship Tournament will be held on Lake Ray Roberts. Site for the tournament will be the Lake Ray Roberts Marina. Official practice days for the tournament will be Tuesday and Wednesday, April 11 & 12 with competition days on Thursday and Friday, April 13 & 14. THERE WILL BE NO OFF-LIMITS DAYS FOR THIS TOURNAMENT. Further details will be provided as they are available.
Respectfully,
Ron Jones
Vice President
Texas B.A.S.S. Nation
Saturday was a great weather day as far as summer weather is concerned. Light breeze in the morning that increased through the day and not as hot as the previous day. We scaled back on the bag limit to 3 fish in the interest of fish care and everybody checked in at 1:00 pm. We paid four places at the tournament.
Congratulations to David Kipp & Justin Rogers that brought a limit to the scales that went 11.99 lbs. They also had the big bass of the day that went 5.49 lbs.
Second place went to Brian Jones and Matt Russell, also with a limit, that weighed 11.49 lbs.
Third place went to Ty Grissom and Mark Grissom with a total weight of 7.67 lbs. Their big fish went 4.99 lbs.
Fourth place went to Bill Huskins and Ed Caskey with a limit that went 7.52 lbs.
We decided to invite the top two teams from this event to the Team State Championship on Rayburn September 9-10. So congratulations to the Kipp/Rogers Team and and Team Grissom. Brian Jones actually finished second in this event but was already qualified for the State Championship so we moved down the standings. Kipp/Rogers & Team Grissom be attending the State Championship with a chance to move on the National Team Championship on Lake Hartwell in Anderson SC December 7-10, 2022.
The Northwest Region held its 2022 Regional Championship on Lake Brownwood June 11 & 12. The weather was hot and the boat traffic was heavy but these anglers still managed to bring some nice limits to the scales.
Grayson Morrow took the win in the boater division with a two-day total of 27.74 lbs. Grayson was runner-up at last year’s championship and it was only a matter of time before he got the win.
On the non-boater side, new member Shayne Dupree brought in a 3-fish limit each day for a total winning weight of 15.98 lbs. Shayne has been a contender at every tournament this year and the win was well deserved.
These two young men have punched their ticket to be on the Texas state team and represent the Northwest Region at the 2023 Texas BASS Nation Central Regional!
This year’s AOY Jacob Sepeda took 2nd place in the boater division with23.62 lbs followed by Tom Enloe with 23.38 lbs and Troy Montgomery with 22.62 lbs. Paul Hedrick took 2nd place in the non-boater division with 13.01 lbs followed by Derrick (Bo) Ard with 12.41 lbs and Royce Scheetz with 10.27 lbs. Tom Enloe also had Big Bass for the boaters with a nice 6.07 lb largemouth. Big Bass on the non-boater side went to Shayne Dupree with a 5.12. Congratulations to all the anglers who made the championship and thanks to those who came out and fished with us this year. I look forward to seeing you all again in 2023!
Kelley Hudson Northwest Region Director