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Battle At Belton

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The Texas B.A.S.S. Nation Southeast Region returned to Lake Belton for its 4th event of the 2020 season.  Due to current COVID-19 regulations in regard to social distancing, the Region had to adhere to a speedy weigh-in at Temples Lake Park.

Pre-tournament reports indicated it was a battle to find both quality and quantity, which held true as nearly half of the field did not weigh a fish.  Adding into the difficulty with clear skies and heat was the amount of pleasure boat traffic, making safe navigation an additional challenge.

Regardless of the conditions, some managed to find limits.  The BASS Club angler Kenny Curlee found keepers early on topwater changing to a Carolina-rig later in the day fishing big rocks, earning him the #1 spot with 9.47 pounds.  Vidor Bass Anglers Justin Royal came in a close 2nd with 8.98, followed by fellow VBAA member Mark Martin with 8.68.

Daniel Davis earned the Big Bass spot with his 5.27, Carolina rigging over rock piles in 25 feet.

As summer heat begins, so has the Angler Of The Year race. Ned Westmoreland continues with the AOY lead, but with Daniel Davis in a close second.  However, the Region will take a break until September 19 & 20, where we will finish the year with back-to-back tournaments to finish the unprecedented 2020 season. 

Full Results At:  https://texasbassnation.org/se-tournaments

Special thanks to Temples Lake Park for hosting the event, and our sponsors Swagger Tungsten and Jordan Marine.  Also, thank you to the Katy Bassmasters and Seven Coves Bass Club for assisting with the tournament.

Stay safe, enjoy your summer, and we will see you at Sam Rayburn in September!

-DT

North East Region Report

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Covaid-19 has Created a new normal for Bass Fishing!!!!

This report will cover our last two tournaments on Cedar Creek and Bob Sandlin.

Cedar Creek May 17;
The pleasure Boaters were out in full force creating a wash tub effect which made rising sea wall almost impossible! There went my pattern!

Dale Jackson used his swim Bait to catch first place with 16.90 lbs. Very Close behind him was our new angler from the east coast Jeff Lugar with 16.00 lbs. Jeff also brought in 5.10 lb fish for big bass honors. I heard he was throwing a bladed jig around anything that had water around it.

Chad Petrie came in third with 12.20 lbs. Chad would not divulge what he was doing because he said he had another tournament next week.

Rounding out the top four was our tournament Director Cecil Tubb with four that went 9.37 lbs. Cecil said Donna his wife told him to throw brush hogs around boat docks with brush on them. Good advice Donna!

Bob Sandlin  May 31; This was a make up tournament we got in to make our season have 4 derbys. Our top twenty will vote for the Championship lake TBD. The Date will be the August 29 + 30.

First place whet to Mr. Coy Fraizer 20.60 lbs. All I know was he did not catch them  throwing a Carolina Rig? 

Second Place went to Colton Harvick after he had a baby three week ago (His wife had the Baby)! Congratulations on the new born and 15.33 lbs of fish throwing a deep dividing crank bait on long sloping points. Colton also had a 5.56 beauty! 

Third Place went to Jacob Johnson 14.95 lbs. Not sure what Jacob was throwing and no-one wants to know what third place was doing anyhow.

Keith Glasby had Fourth place nailed down with a sack that went 13.79 lbs. I saw three Rattle Traps tied on the rods he had on the front deck ??? 

Jon Harshbarger took Fifth place with 11.67 lbs flipping junk. However Jon Harshbarger is our Angler Of The Year!!!  Congratulations on another great year!!!

See the current 2020 Standings here. Thank you for your support! 

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George Bryan
North East Region
Texas BASS Nation
214.534.0961

North Central Region Report

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The North Central Region was able to get back to business on Eagle Mountain and Granbury on the 30th and 31st of May. It was a blessing to see all the anglers come out to the these two events. The rain held off for two wonderful days the water on both lakes were badly stained which sent guys in a search for cleaner waters and the summer time boat traffic was to say the least, crazy.

Leading the way was Bryan Albrecht from H.O.T with a 1st place finish on Eagle mountain with a 13.20 lbs. sack followed by Justin Royal from Vidor bass club with a 12.26 lbs. sack and coming up in third was Justin Hallmark from big sandy creek with a 8.67 lbs sack and Randy Fleeman from CenTex bass hunters  with big bass at 6.44lbs.

Day two on Granbury was lead again by Bryan Albrecht from H.O.T. with a 13.80lbs sack and followed by Mike Johnson from H.O.T. with a 12.22lbs sack and taking the third spot was Brain Bastilloz from Centex bass hunters with a 10.41lbs and big bass went to Brian Bastilloz with a4.69 lb bass.

Co-Angler side leading day one was Justin Tatum from Centex Bass Hunters with a 8.01lb sack followed by Jim Justus from Bass club of Fort Worth with 5.34lbs and taking the third spot was Teddy Johnson from H.O.T. with 4.74 lbs. Big bass honors went to Justin Tatum From Centex Bass Hunters with a 4.70lb bass.

Day two on Granbury  had CenTex bass hunters completely leading the field. Leading the way was Dan Watson from Centex Bass Hunters with 10.86lbs. Second went to Tom Teajiron from Centex Bass Hunters with 8.89lbs. In third was Justin Tatum From Centex Bass Hunters with 5.52lbs and big bass was also Justin Tatum from CenTex bass hunters with a 3.25 b bass.

Respectfuly,

Randy Fleeman
North Central Region Director
rfleeman@texasbass.org

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