16 Teams kicked off the 2024 Texas Bass Nation South Region Team Trail this Saturday at Coleto Creek Reservoir.  Mother nature cooperated with mostly sunny skies, mild winds and temperatures from 29 degrees at launch to 70 degrees by weigh in.

Team Mark Watson/Dirk Wenzlaff found a pattern and bested the field, bringing five fish to the scales for 19.35 pounds anchored by a solid 5.31 largemouth.  Close back in second, Team Tommy Alexander/Colton Knippling also had a five fish limit, totaling of 17.40 pounds including a tournament big bass winning kicker of 6.34 pounds.  Rounding out the podium, Team Cory Leita/Bruce White brought in a limit weighing 12.44 pounds. See full results.

Mark Watson, Dirk Wenzlaff, Tommy Alexander, Colton Knippling

 First Place Dirk Wenzlaff, Mark Watson 19.34 lbs

Second Place Tommy Alexander, Colton Knippling 17.4 lbs

Big Bass Colton Knippling 6.34 lbs

The next Team qualifier will be February 17, 2024 on Choke Canyon at the Calliham Unit ramp. Hope to see you there.

Ron Stevenson
South Region Director
Team Division

Team Results
Big Bass Results

A very impressive stringer of five bass was delivered to the weigh-master by the father-son Team Chad and Carl Poulsen. Five healthy fish weighing 30.98 lbs, including the 8.27# big bass of the day, drew the attention of the crowd at weigh-in time. When asked if they “caught-em deep?”, Chad responded “No, we caught them all over the place really”. I accepted his answer but wondered if he wasn’t protecting his tactics to some degree as the Club tournament will be on the same body of water a week from now. I can’t say that I blame him! Congratulations Chad & Carl on a great stringer and an $800 first place check.

Second place went to Jimmy Burgess and Brian Porter, also with a five fish limit that tipped the scales at 18.58 lbs. A respectable stringer in any tourney. Their stringer also included a kicker that went 6.76 lbs. Congratulations Jimmy & Brian on second place and a check for $400.

Third place went to Ryan Robinson and Steve Green out of Tyler Texas. They also delivered a five fish bag that weighed a solid 12.50 lbs. Congratulations Ryan and Steve and thanks for fish the NE Region Team Trail.

The next NE Region Team event will take place on Lake Palestine on February 25th and go out of the Dam Ramp. Get in the game with your favorite fishing buddy and make a run for the Classic!!

Charles Harkless
NE Region Director
Team Division
Texas BASS Nation

The Team tournament scheduled for 1/13/24 on Martin Creek will proceed as planned. The lake is down but still accessible according to Park officials.

They will open the gate at 4:30 am Saturday. We will launch at safe light as usual. Only one of the two ramps will be open.

Charles Harkless

Team NE Region Director