Texas B.A.S.S. Nation

Bassmasters’ Creed: I promise to create among my fellow anglers, and the public in general, an awareness of my Chapter’s and Society’s contributions to angling, conservation and outdoor recreation. I will encourage and instruct the youth of my community in the art of bass fishing. I pledge myself to full adherence to all conservation codes and to detect and report any polluter of our nation’s waters.

2019 North Central Region Championship

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NCR Championship Results

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Congratulation to our 2019 champions, Albert Collins and Steven Farrar who will be on the 2020 Texas State Team. All the anglers had a real great time and the weather was great for fishing.

We want to thank our sponsors that helped out in a big way and made our championship even better.

Fred Shelton with Shelton & Shelton Plumbing: Day 1 big bass pot – $250
Gary Bowien of Bowien Heating & Air: Day 2 big bass pot – $250
Hershel Smith of Air One Heating & Air: Steak Dinner for all contestants
Kenny Barfield of Centex Bass Hunter: Cooking & service for the meal

The North Central Region staff has pulled through all year for the region and state events and I would like to thank my whole staff.

Mike Kersey – Asst Director
James McDonald – Tournament Director
Art Seay – Tournament Coordinator
Corina Fleeman – Finance
Nick Fleeman/Chase Fleeman – Tournament Staff
David Glezman & Ron Jones for all their support for the year.

We started out weak and came out strong at the end. Next year’s trail is looking really strong with lots of anglers already wanting to fish our trail.

Randy Fleeman
North Central Region Director
Texas BASS Nation

North West Region Championship – Lake Brownwood

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The North West Region Championship was held on Lake Brownwood October 12-13, 2019. The anglers were met with the strongest cold front of the year on the second official practice day and started the tournament on Day #1 with 40 degree temperatures. Despite the weather most anglers managed to catch some fish.

Troy Montgomery end up in first place on the boater side with a two-day total of 23.61 lbs. Troy also had big bass on Day #1 (4.03 lbs) and Day #2 (4.28 lbs). Troy will be representing the North West Region as a boater at the 2020 Central Regional as part of the Texas State Team. Congrats Troy! Andy Ortega, North West Region Angler of the Year, finished a close second with 21.23 lbs. Third place in the boater division went to Bryan Schmidt with 17.04 lbs.

On the non-boater side Brandon Soliz took first place with a two-day total of 14.60 lbs. Brandon will be joining Troy at the 2020 Central Regional as part of the Texas State Team on the non-boater side. Great job Brandon! Tom Enloe took second place non-boater with 10.21 lbs and Glenn Hahn ended up in third place with 9.63 lbs despite never fishing the lake before.

I want to thank all the anglers for coming out and supporting the North West Region this year. I would also like to encourage all North West Region members to fish the State Championship this coming year. All you have to do is be a BASS member, pay your state and national dues, and be in good standing with your affiliated club! Hope to see you on the water!

Kelly Hudson
North West Region Director
Texas BASS Nation

Texas Bassmaster Team Trail Championship – Stillhouse

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Day 1 Results
Day 1 Big Bass
Day 2 Results
Overall Big Bass
Overall Results

Day one of the Team Championship started cool at 50 degrees and overcast. The skies cleared, the sun came out and all 17 teams weighed in fish.

The team of Larry Simcox and Mark Ames “Team Sasquatch” leads the field with a 5 fish limit weighing 15.79#. They had a 7.41# kicker in the bag that helped the cause tremendously.

In second place is Brian Jones and Matt Russell, also with a 5 fish limit, and total weight of 15.60#. Their big fish was 4.81#.

Big fish of the day was 7.51# brought in by the husband and wife team of Gary and Paula Bowien and they are in fifth place.

The top 4 teams have between 15# and 16#. The next 5 teams are between 12# and 13#. It going to a tight race tomorrow!!

Day 2 was a carbon copy of Day 1 as far as the weather was concerned. However, the weights went UP for a few teams.

Taking big stringer honors on day 2 was the team of Russell Pasket & Dale Michael with a 26.14# sack and a 7.27# kicker. That sack took them to the overall tournament top spot with a 2 day total of 38.12# and a check for $1000.

Second place overall was the team of Brian Jones and Matt Russell with a 2 day total of 36.95# and a check for $600.

Third place overall was the team of James Seymour & Tony McBride with a 2 day total of 30.86# and a check for $400.

Overall big bass honors went to the team of Gary & Paula Bowien with a very respectable 7.51# fish they caught on day 1.

And the TEAM of THE YEAR is……….

Byron Albrecht and Michael Johnson with 982 points.

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Stop #2 Canyon Lake – Kayak Division

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Event #2 is in the books! Huge congrats to Rolando Nandin for securing the win and big bass! Jacob Moeller got 2nd, Ote Shaw got 3rd, and Jesus Reyes got 4th! The south wind made things pretty hairy at the end of the day. We had and angler flip his kayak and was not able to recover […]