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NE Texas Anglers, Chad Petrie & Kirk Fulton Win the 2022 State Championship

Posted on April 1, 2022 Written by Brent Stafford

Day 1 Individual Results
Day 1 Big Bass Results
Day 1 Club Team Results

Day 2 Individual Results
Day 2 Big Bass Results

Accumulated Individual Results
Accumulated Club Team Results

Day 2: Northeast Texas Anglers come from third pace to win the Team Division of the 2022 State Championship and bragging rights for a year! Congratulations to Charles Armstrong, Terry Anderson, Josh Risinger, Josh Plott, Chance Kennison and Jeff Maroney!! Outstanding effort. Even small fish count.

Century Bass club holds on for second place team and Denton County Bass Club comes in third.

Boater Division: Chad Petrie with Century Bass Club hangs tough to seal the deal and takes first place in the Boater Division with a 2 day total of 27.34 lbs. Gary Martin with HOT Bass Assassins takes second place with a 2 day total of 22.27 lbs. Robert Thierry with Seven Coves Bass Club 2 wins third place with a total of 22.04 lbs.

Co-Angler Division: Kirk Fulton with Cen-Tex Basshunters holds the lead to win the Co-angler division by 0.29 lbs with a total weight of 16.57 lbs. Second place went to Jon Gipson with Houston Bass Bandits 2 with a total weight of 16.28 lbs. Third place co-angler spot went to Clayton Smith with The Bass Club. He had a two day total weight of 14.62 lbs.

Big Bass in the Boater Division: First Place Big Bass: 8.74 Jeffery Cox – Seven Covers Bass Club
Second Place Big Bass: 7.77 Denis Hastings – Denton County Bass Club

Big Bass in the Co-Angler Division: First Place Big Bass: 6.88 Mike Aaron – Denton County Bass Club 2
Second Place Big Bass: 5.58 Andrew Rutherford – Seven Covers Bass Club 2

Day 1 of the 2022 State Championship on Lake Belton started calm and cool at 44 degrees. As the day progressed the wind blew a steady 15-20 mph but there was plenty of sun.

Century Bass Club leads the Team standings with a total of 21 fish that weighed 47.25 lbs. In second is Denton County Bass club with 44.52 lbs and Northeast Texas Anglers are in third with 43.85 lbs.

In the Boater category, Chad Petrie with Century Bass Club is consistent as always with a limit of fish that weighed 14.33 lbs. The second place boater is Charles Dodd with Onalaska Bass Club with 5 fish that went 12.42 lbs. In third place is Jon Harshbarger with Century Bass Club with five that went 12.31 lbs.

Big bass on the Boater side belongs Denis Hastings with Denton County Bass Club with a 7.77 lb fish.

On the Co-Angler side, Kirk Fulton with Cen-Tex Basshunters brought in a limit of 3 fish that weighed 11.73 lbs. Kirk is the State Treasurer and is helping his club out tremendously! Second place co-angler was Bruce Carter with Denton County Bass Club with 3 that weighed 11.20 lbs. Third place co-angler was Mike Aaron with Denton County Bass Club 2 with 3 fish that weighed 9.86 lbs.

Big bass on the co-angler side belongs to Mike Aaron with Denton County Bass Club 2 with a 6.88 lb kicker.

Tomorrow promises more good weather with the possibility of larger bags.

Filed Under: Club Division, News, North Central Region, North East Region, North West Region, South East Region, South Region

Team Championship Update

Posted on May 23, 2021 Written by Brent Stafford

The Texas Bassmaster Team Trail Championship moves back to it’s originally scheduled dates. October 23-24, 2021. Ed Dillow. SE Region Director, has agreed to be there to run the software. The NW Region Director, Kelly Hudson and NE Region Director, George Bryan, will be hosts for the Championship.

The lake and ramp remain the same. Lake Hubbard Creek at the Sandy Creek public boat ramp.

Brent Stafford
Team Trail Director

Filed Under: News, North Central Region, North East Region, North West Region, South East Region, South Region, Team Division

Byerly, Williams & The Bandits Take the 2021 State Championship

Posted on April 30, 2021 Written by Brent Stafford


5/1/21: Nathan Byerly, Beaumont Bass Anglers, wins the Boater division of the 2021 Adult State Championship at Sam Rayburn. Nathan had 10 fish for a two day total of 25.46 lbs. He sacked em on day 2 with a flat side crank bait and had a limit in the boat by 7:05 am. He culled several times and by the end of the day that limit included a 7.35 lb kicker. Congratulations Nathan!


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Clyde Williams, Houston Bass Bandits, wins the Co-angler division with a six fish two day total of 14.46 lbs. The cool thing about Clyde’s day 2 sack was a 10.42 lb kicker that was a beauty! Congrats Clyde on breaking the 10 lb mark.


And the winning Team….Houston Bass Bandits!! Their two day total was 41 fish for 88.63 lbs. Congratulations to the Team champions!!

Left to Right
Gayland Heard, Clyde Williams, Bill Watts, Richard Howell, Darrell Saucier, Charles Watts, Randy Fleeman (State President)

Good job to the individual and Team winners! However, the second objective of the State Championship is to add 10 members to the State Team that will represent Texas at the 2022 Central Divisional tournament. Here they are.

From the Boater division the top five anglers are:
Nathan Byerly – Texas BASS Nation 2
Albert Collins – Nacogdoches Bass Club
Ryan Robinson – Nacogdoches Bass Club 2
Kyle Fontenot – Katy Bassmasters
Brandon Simoneaux – Vidor Bass Anglers Assoc. 2

From the Co-Angler Division the top five anglers are:
Clyde Williams – Houston Bass Bandits
David Porter – Century Bass Club
Derek Ard – Texas BASS Nation 1
Pete Ellioh – Vidor Bass Anglers Assoc.
Randy Knight – The Bass Club 3


See tournament results and a photo gallery on the State Championship page.

Filed Under: Club Division, News, North Central Region, North East Region, North West Region, South East Region, South Region

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