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2025 SCHEDULE CHANGE, NORTH CENTRAL REGION

Posted on June 2, 2025 Written by DaShon Peck

June 2, 2025 – The North Central Region of the Texas Bass Nation, Club Division, has changed the location of the 6^th and final qualifying tournament set to be held on June 22, 2025, on lake Texoma to Lake Ray Roberts. The tournament will still be held on June 22^nd, however, instead of Texoma, the event will take place on Lake Ray Roberts with the official launch located at Johnson Branch of the State Park. Your can register for this event at texasbassonline.com/nc-tournaments.

When asked about the change, Stephen Farrar, the North Central Region Director, had this to say: “While I am generally opposed to making any changes to the North Central Region tournament schedule once it has been set and posted at the beginning of the year, there are certain instances where a change is necessary based on safety concerns or conditions that are outside of the Region’s control. In this instance, Lake Texoma crested at 18 feet above conservation pool approximately three weeks ago, the highest it has been in over a decade, and as of today the lake is still almost 13 feet above conservation pool. With limited access to the lake, the potential threat of floating debris, and an additional 12 inches or so of rain expected in the coming weeks, I thought it was best to give the anglers who have participated in the North Central Region trial this year to have a say in whether to move the tournament to a different lake as well as which lake that would be”

The participating anglers, by a slim margin, voted to move the lake to Ray Roberts on June 22, 2025, setting up back to back tournaments on Ray Roberts to finish out the 2025 North Central Region tournament qualifying schedule.

“I would like to thank all of the participating anglers for their assistance and cooperation in this regard, as well as their patience and understanding during this process”. – Stephen Farrar, Regional Director.

If you need further information concerning the lake change or general information about the north central region, club division tournaments or membership, please visit www.texasbassonline.com/nc-tournaments or contact Stephen Farrar, North Central Regional Director at SFarrar@texasbass.org.

Stephen Farrar

North Central Region Director

Texas Bass Nation, Club Division SFarrar@texasbass.org

O.H. Ivie Truitt Dominates

Posted on June 2, 2025 Written by DaShon Peck

O.H. Ivie turns out to be fishing better than most thought! Russell Truitt came out swinging, taking home first place and big bass! Congrats to all the guys that cut a check!

1st & BB Russell Truitt $2302

2nd Luke Roberson $954

3rd Matthew Murphy $650

4th Michael Cates $330

5th Jason Ray $167

6th Jody Morris $90

Huge thanks to our sponsors Native Watercraft and Newport Vessels!! Next event will be Stillhouse!!!

Duc Tran

North Central Region: Peck and Fudge Take Top Honors In A Grinder On Lake Belton

Posted on May 19, 2025 Written by DaShon Peck

The North Central Region, Club Division’s, fourth qualifier of the year took place on Sunday, May 18^th on Lake Belton. The tournament was quite challenging, and the anglers would face numerous obstacles on the road to victory. Everyone knows that the first hurdle to clear on Lake Belton is grinding through the plethora of dinks and swimmers to bring their total weights up, and in that regard, Belton was true to form. However, Belton had other tricks up her sleeve on this day.

The deceptively calm and pleasant conditions experienced by the field at take off quickly deteriorated into chaos as the wind picked up and grew stronger as the day progressed, ultimately gusting over 35 mph. The wind did not stop it from being very humid and sticky all day, and the fact that there was no shortage of wake boaters only served to enhance the “fun”. As if that was not enough adversity, about an hour or so before weigh in, a most impressive thunderstorm rolled across the lake bringing with it some serious lightning and ensuring that the boat ramp would be a zoo. Despite all that, the anglers preserved and at the end of the day, it was boater DaShon Peck and non-boater Jordan Fudge, both with The Colony Bass Club, who dodged, ducked, dipped, dived, and dodged their way to the top of the leaderboard.

DaShon Peck would bring in the only limit on the boater side, weighing 8.51 pounds and anchored by the big bass of the tournament, a 2.27 pound small mouth. DaShon pocketed a total of $696 for his efforts. Second place on the boater side with 4 fish weighing 7.10 pounds was Andrew Wren, Tarrant Christian Bass Club, and his big fish weighed 2.20 pounds…oh so close Andrew!

Jordan Fudge’s three fish limit, the only limit on the non-boater side, weighed 5.28 pounds, and gave Jordan his second win in a row along with a $288 payday. Well done Jordan! Second place non-boater with 2.96 pounds was The Colony Bass Club angler, Chris Demiglio, again making up some ground on the current non-boater leader, Alonza Brown, tightening the race for non-boater angler of the year.
The last two qualifying events of this year will be June 21^st at Ray Roberts and June 22^nd at Texoma. Ray Roberts has been showing out all year and Texoma will be interesting to say the least! Be sure to register for these tournaments so that you don’t miss out on the action and your chance to show off your bass fishing prowess! See you in June!