DaShon Peck

Cord Rawls Cracks the Code at Lake O’ the Pines

Posted on April 16, 2026 Written by DaShon Peck

The Southeast Region Individual Trail held their fourth event of the 2026 season on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Lake O’ the Pines out of Lakeside Park in Jefferson, Texas.

This was many of the 36 contestants first time visiting this lake and pretournament practice results were mixed.

Cord Rawls with the Vidor Bass Anglers Association captured the win with 5 bass weighing 23.20 pounds, anchored by the second Big Bass of the tournament a 5.55 pounder. Cord stated that he targeted hard spots with rock and clay leading out of spawning pockets using a Carolina rig and a jig on the points, as well as a mooch minnow.

Wesley Baxley with The Bass Club came in second with 5 fish weighing 20.48-pounds, Wesley started out the day fishing a shad spawn and caught a few small fish, he then went looking for bedding fish, but was unable to locate as many as he expected to, so he then transitioned to looking for pre-spawners and was able to run that pattern for the remainder of the day.

Arron Slaten with the Seven Coves Bass Club finished third overall with a 5 fish limit weighing in at 19.76 pounds, anchored by the Big Bass of the day a 7.70 pounder. Arron stated that as he was idling out of a ramp, on Friday morning, he graphed some rip rap leading into the cove and noticed a lot of bait in the area, he made a few cast and got a few bites and decided to leave it alone. On tournament morning he was one of the first boats there and spot locked on a spot where he could fan cast around the point and a ledge with a Carolina rig, Arron says he caught between 40-50 fish throughout the day and culled four or five times to his final weight.

Robert Royal with the Vidor Bass Anglers Association won the Senior Division side pot with a 5 fish limit weighing 16.79 pounds and fellow Vidor Bass Angler Mark Grissom was second with 5 fish weighing 15.27 pounds.

Robert Thierry with the Seven Coves Bass Club took home the Edge Rod in open drawing for all contestants still present.

We would like to thank the regional clubs that provided members to serve as tournament volunteers, as well as the Southeast Region Directors for their assistance in conducting the tournament.

The Southeast Region Individual Trails’ next event is on Sam Rayburn, out of Jackson Hill on Saturday, May 2, 2026.

Written by: Robert Royal Southeast Region Secretary

Scotch takes the win at LBJ!!!

Posted on April 16, 2026 Written by DaShon Peck

The weather turned out the be great for LBJ and the fish were biting! We ended up with 34 limits out of the 60 angler’s! There was a total of 292 fish scored. We paid out 6 places out of 60 angler’s. Here are the guys who took home some cash.

1st Matthew M Scotch 95.5″ $2052

2nd Lee Romero 93.5″ $1037

3rd Jeremy Sabolboro 91″ $626

4th Russell Truitt 89.5″ $324

5th Javier Benavides 89.25 $194

6th Phillip Wyatt 88″ $100

Big Bass Don Curlee 22.5″ $600

Huge thanks to our sponsors #voyax and #dobyns

2026 TBN Club Division State Championship – The Sabine River

Posted on April 4, 2026 Written by DaShon Peck

The 2026 TBN Club Division State Championship was held March 27 & 28 on the Sabine River out of Orange, Texas. Anglers competed as 6-man team members as well as individual boaters and co-anglers for cash and prizes including three coveted spots at the B.A.S.S. Nation National Championship in 2027! This year’s event was hosted by the Orange Texas CVB and was kicked off with a registration meeting Thursday night where the anglers were served a delicious meal of crawfish and jambalaya prepared by The Hut. All the anglers and staff members raved about how good the food was!

The first day of the tournament saw all 122 anglers converge on the Orange TX Boat Ramp for an early morning take-off. This is a top-notch tournament facility with a four-lane boat ramp and plenty of parking. The TBN staff all agreed this was a super venue for our state championship. After the benediction and the playing of our national anthem, the anglers were off.

Day #1 of the boater division saw Wesley Bennett of the Piney Woods Bass Club take the early lead with a 5-fish limit weighing 12.16 lbs. Wesley’s catch was anchored by nice 4.19 lb largemouth. In second place was Seven Coves Bass Club angler Aaron Slaten with a 5-fish limit weighing 11.55 lbs that also included a 4.19 lb fish. Rounding out the top three on Day #1 was Trevor Rogge of Canyon Bass Club with 10.40 lbs. Trevor’s 5-fish limit included the Big Bass of the day weighing 4.73 lbs. On the co-angler side, Marcus Crow of the Red Oak Bass Club took the lead with a 3-fish limit weighing 8.66 lbs. Marcus’s catch included a beautiful Sabine River largemouth weighing 5.28 lbs that ended up being big bass of the tournament. Taylor Weldon with Vidor Bass Anglers was second with a limit weighing 5.37 lbs. Cen-Tex Bass Hunters Chris Miller took third with 3 fish weighing 5.26 lbs.

On the final day of the tournament, Chad Petrie with Century Bass Club charged up from fourth place with a 5-bass limit weighing 10.48 lbs to take the win in the boater division with a 2-day total of 20.65 lbs! This makes Chad a 3-time TBN state champion after winning in 2022, 2025, and 2026. Congratulations Chad! Jacob Bruener finished second overall with a two-day total of 19.83 lbs. Third place went to Wesley Bennett with 19.55 lbs.

In the co-angler division, Marcus Crow with Red Oak Bass Club hung on to take first place with a two-day total weight of 16.50 lbs. Second place overall went to The Bass Club angler Tim Jahn with a two-day total weight of 10.04 lbs. Danny Golden with Beaumont Bass Anglers took third with 9.27 lbs.

Congratulations to the top three anglers in each division. You will be representing Texas at the B.A.S.S. Nation National Championships in 2027!

The top 4 teams of this year’s TBN Club Division State Championship were:

1^st place – Century Bass Club – Total weight 69.40 lbs

2^nd place – Canyon Bass Club – Total weight 65.18 lbs

3^rd place – Vidor Bass Anglers #2 – Total weight 62.11 lbs

4^th place – Red Oak Bass Club – Total weight 59.78 lbs

The Texas BASS Nation board of directors would like to thank Orange Texas CVB for being our host this year. We, of course, want to thank our sponsors Classis Chevrolet (www.classicchevrolet.com) , Kast King (www.kastking.com) , and Dobyns Rods (www.dobynsrods.com) .