13 teams battled the elements at Choke Canyon Reservoir during the second stop of the 2024 Texas Bass Nation South Region Team Trail this past Saturday. A front pushed in with steady 15-20 knot Northwesterly winds and overcast skies that kept temperatures in the 40’s most all day.

Team Nilssen/Littlewood returned to the top of the podium this month, grinding out a limit for 12.76 pounds. Second place was a battle, going to Team Ferro/Bishop with a five fish limit for 10.33 pounds. Third place Team Rodriguez/Gulley also had 10.33 pounds, but lost the tiebreaker as they only had 3 fish weighed. Tournament big bass went to Daniel Rodriguez with a 4.61 pound largemouth. See full results and year-to-date standings.

(R to L) Dan Rodriguez, Tom Nilssen, Geno Littlewood, Thomas Ferro, Ricky Bishop

The next round of the South Region Team Trail will be at LBJ on the 23rd of March launching from McNair Park. Look forward to seeing you at the ramp.

Team Results
Big Bass Results

Despite a severe cold front arriving Friday afternoon, we had 28 teams show up with 32 degree temperature and 25 MPH  north winds for the first tournament of the year for the North Central Region at Squaw Creek Lake. Even though the windy and cold conditions posed a challenge for anglers, 118 fish were weighed in with zero dead fish!  Average weight per fish was 2.71 pounds.

The team of Mike Zierath and Steve Caldwell finished first with 18.65 pounds anchored with Big Bass of the tournament  of 5.30 pounds. They caught their fish on mainly on Carolina Rigs and Ned Rigs in the center of creek channels. 

Second Place went to James Seymore and Casey Garcia with 17.83 pounds and a 4.90 kicker. They caught their fish in a depth of 15 foot or greater.

Third place was Shawn Taylor and Jose Cancel with 17.26 pounds

The next Team NC Region Championship qualifying tournament will be March 16, 2024 on Stillhouse Hollow at Stillhouse Marina.

Rob Paxton
Team NC Region Director
Texas BASS Nation

Team Results
Big Bass Results

2/10/24 Paint Creek Ramp @ EV Spence Reservoir: Saturday started with 54 degrees, a little rain and overcast skies but turned into a perfect day on the water. Cleared off by 9 am and sunny the rest of the day. All the anglers saw bait fish milling around on the surface and some large fish turned on their side. These are clear signs a Golden Algae bloom is in the beginning stages.

It was a tough day for everyone but someone always finds the fish. Five of the twelve teams weighed fish.

First place honors went the Team of Chase Lawson and Jody Morris with a five fish limit of 19.22 lbs and a healthy kicker 5.69 lbs that took the big bass pot. They took home $1220 for their efforts. Congratulations Chase and Jody.

The second place team of Chris Cobos and Julian Machuca also had a five fish limit of healthy bass. Their total weight was 17.03 lbs with a 4.42 lb kicker fish. An awesome stringer and caught on a pattern you wouldn’t expect for February.

Thanks to all the Teams for fishing the Northwest Region trail of the Texas BASS Nation Team Division. We look forward to growing with you in the future. Its not too late to qualify for the Team State Championship in September 2024. Fish three qualifying events and you’re in!! Here is the NW Region schedule.

Brent Stafford
Team Division Director
Texas BASS Nation
(832) 922-5510