The Southeast Region held its 4^th event on Lake Conroe. Weather patterns were hinting to a slugfest and it held true. Had some nasty weather the day before which had some anglers nervous but tournament day turned out to be gorgeous and also a new moon the night before.

Collin Bode with the Bass Club took honors of 1^st place and 1^st place Big Bass with 31.59lbs and a 8.47 kicker, followed by Tim Jahn with the Bass Club with 24.84lbs and a 7.94 kicker. 3^rd place went to Ronnie Wagner with the Bass Club with 24.43lbs with a 5.29 kicker. 2^nd Big Bass went to Jason Slot with the Houston Bass Bandits with a 8.28 toad.

Collin had his initial limit in the first hour of fishing for around 25 pounds with two swimmers. Collin was targeting flats with channel swings and creeks close by. Throwing purple pearl/ yellow wooly dawg tx rigged.  Around 10:00 he caught one around 6 pounds and at this point he had no idea which fish to cull because he had no scale. Luckily Kenny Curlee was in the area and he was kind enough to let him borrow his scale so Collin could make an accurate cull, so Collin wanted to thank him for that. He also do wanted to point out that some other fishermen were in the area, and we were all able to fish around each other, get along, and have a good time. Everyone was respectful to one another. Those guys are truly a class act.

Wanted to throw a shout out to our sponsors Swagger Tungsten and Jordan Marine. Also a big thank you to April Plaza Marine for the welcome and awesome hospitality!

Next up April 23 Sabine River!

The Texas B.A.S.S. Nation Southeast Region held its 3rd event of 2022, February 19th, out of San Miguel Park.  The day started with a 2.5 hour fog delay, cold temps that covered anglers equipment with a nice layer of frost.  While the anglers were concerned about missing the early bite, safety was priority.  However, the Region Directors (encouraged by the anglers) agreed to delay the anglers check-in time 1 hour.

Some anglers were able to make the bite happen, but most reports showed those were few and far between as 31% of the field did not weigh fish.  However, someone always can find them, and Vidor Bass Anglers Association Justin Royal did with a consistent 5-fish limit weighing 17.43 lbs. 

Justin’s bigger fish were biting early in the first hour of daylight. “We left at 9:05 and pulled up to the first spot, and the 7th cast caught a 3.5.”, said Justin.  “This gave me confidence to stick with the pattern of cranking channel swings with a 6th Sense Crush Flat 75x in Wild Shad color, on a Power Tackle PGC 173.  He ran with that the rest of the day and was able to put together a solid limit.

BJ Tarr with The Bass Club took Big Bass for the weekend. He caught that Big Bass using a Kistler Argon 7′ light medium heavy fishing rod and on a 1/2 oz chrome blue Original Rat L Trap. She was his fourth keeper of the day and was caught around 1:30 in the afternoon out of San Miguel. In a protected creek arm that he found in practice that was holding a few solid fish. Fishing shallow flats, ditches and drains to catch his limit that day!

In second was fellow Vidor club angler Nathan Wolfgang with 5 for 15.71.  Rounding out the Top-3 was BJ Tarr with 5 for 14.76, anchored by a 7.47 toad which earned tournament Big Bass. 

Thank you to The BASS Club and Katy Bassmasters for assisting with set-up & weigh-in duties. 

Right in the heart of the spawn, our next event will be March 19th will be our 4th event at Lake Conroe out of April Plaza Marina.

Special thanks to Swagger Tungsten for being a sponsor this year.  Be sure and see your club president for a special discount code for purchase.

Ed Dillow
SE Region Director