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NW Region Championship – Possum Kingdom

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The NW Region of the Texas BASS Nation held its 2020 Regional Championship on Possum Kingdom Lake October 24th & 25th. The weather, as usual, threw us a curveball dropping the temperatures from the 80’s on Thursday to the low 40’s on Saturday to start the tournament. PK was already fishing tough like many of the lakes in Texas this year, but as they say “someone always finds the fish”.

Jim Simpson led the boater division on Day #1 bringing in a 5 fish limit weighing 17.28 lbs. On Day #2 Jim put the hammer down bringing in a 5 fish limit weighing 23.69 lbs which included a beautiful 8.08 lb stud for Big Bass of the tournament. Jim’s two-day total weight was an impressive 40.97 lbs! Way to go Jim! Mike Pruitt came in second with a total weight of 24.58 and Kelley Hudson was third with 22.96.

The co-angler division was a much tighter race with all three of the top finishers within ounces of one another. Bobby Maynard brought in a 3 fish limit each day for a total weight of 12.85 lbs to take the win. Jarret Robertson was a close second with 12.68 and David Zak finished in third with 12.34.

Sonny Morrow was also recognized as our 2020 NW Region Angler of the Year! Sonny is an outstanding young fisherman that holds his own against some pretty good sticks here in the west. Sonny will receive free entry into all NW Region events this coming year. Congrats Sonny!

I want to thank Tracie and Jim and the rest of the staff at Possum Hollow for their hard work and hospitality. Providing hot dogs at the weigh-in for all the hungry fisherman was just icing on the cake. If you’re looking for a great place to stay on PK this is it!

North Central Region Championship Results

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The North Central regional held its 2020 championship on Hubbard Creek on the 24 and 25 of October, 2020. The weather was great, a little cool on the first day and the wind was perfect both days which contributed to some great fishing.

Day one proved that the tournament was going to be close one with Brian Bustilloz with a five fish limit of 18.63 with a 6.87 kicker. In second was Byron Albrecht with a solid 16.54 and Justin Royal with 16.52.

Then on the Co Angler side Randy Fleeman came in with a three fish limit for 8.84 followed by Jim Justus with 3 fish for 4.89.

Day two was pretty much the same except the leaderboard changed with the win going to Byron Albrecht with a final total of 32.59 pounds and being crowned the champion for the North Central region moving him to the 2021 state team.

In a very close second was Justin Royal with a final weight of 30.62 pounds. Justin earned the title of 2020 Angler of The Year. No small feat on any tournament trail. This means you were the most consistent angler in the field, all year.

On the Co-Angler side, Randy Fleeman went wire to wire with a final day three fish limit of 11.79 pounds. That gave him 6 fish for a two day total of 20.63 pounds. In second on the co-angler side was Dalton Walters with 6 fish total of 14.96 pounds. That put Fleeman on the State Team for 2021, his third year in a row to advance to the state Team.

Dan Watson earned the title of 2020 Co-Angler of The Year. No small feat on any tournament trail. This means you were the most consistent co-angler in the field, all year.

Back To Back On Big Sam

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The Region held its two final events back to back to wrap up the 2020 Season which proved to be an interesting and challenging season with Covid lurking around.

The SETX BASS Nation Region wrapped up its final two events of the 2020 season on Sam Rayburn lake, which also also wrapped up the highly sought after Angler of the Year title which went to Daniel Davis from The Bass Club. It was a close race down the final event. Ned Westmoreland from Seven Coves came in a close 2nd and Justin Royal from Vidor Bass Anglers came in 3rd.

Pretournament reports were that it was going to a tough event then weather reports of high winds all weekend long. Well the weather held up its end of the story, the high winds made it a struggle to get to some of the anglers prime areas or any serious offshore spots. But a few managed to find some quality fish and weigh in limits.

Justin Royal was the Overall winner and Big Bass Saturday Sept 19, 2020:

“I targeted windblown banks, using a Power Tackle “The one” 03 7’6” rod and a Spanish bone 6th sense Speed wake over hydrilla on the south end of Rayburn. My Phoenix 920 Elite powered by my Yamaha 250 Sho was key in being able to get down south where I wanted to fish with how rough the lake was.”

Garret Smith was the Overall Winner Sunday:

“First off want to give a big thanks to my Uncle Robert Royal for allowing me to fish out of the back of his boat all season. We starting our day using soft plastics and I caught my kicker fish first in the same place I lost a good one Saturday. We then ran down to mid lake targeting hydrilla in 3-5ft of water using a variety of moving baits where I was able to cull my way up to 15.60.”

Ron Gunter Big Bass Winner Sunday:

“Big bass on Sunday was caught near the back of a main lake drain in four foot of water with grass. The fish bit a Carolina rigged senko.”

The final field is set for the Region Top-40 Championship to be held on Lake Whitney, October 30-31. We wish all our championship participants good luck and safe travels!

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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 […]