All 19 boats got in the water on O.H. Ivie with 55 degrees and no wind before safe light. And then the rain started….with an accompaning wind. Yes, it got kinda miserable for the guys real quick. The rain didnt stop until around 1 pm. And on queue, the wind kicked up to 15 mph just before weigh-in. Thanks Texas.

There was only one five fish limit in the field that day. The Team of Patrick Fairchild & Wyatt Wimberley from Broaddus, TX (Sam Rayburn) had a 19.12 lb sack to take first place. That bag earned them a check for $1688. It took them a couple days to figure something out on a lake Patrick had never been on and Wyatt hadnt been on since the water gin clear. They found the right ones on bluffs using their electonics from The BassTank. Their lure of choice was a NetBait watermelon red lizard flavored with Bait Fuel. The cast had to be just right or they wouldnt take it according to Wyatt. Their Halo rods  helped them put it where it counted. Congratulations!

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Second place went to the team of Mason Bryan & Jason Gaston. Their four fish bag weighed in at 14.04 lbs and included the big bass of the day at 5.12 lbs. Their second place check netted them $800 and Jason’s big bass check was $190. Great job gentlemen!!

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Third place, and another four fish bag, went to the Team of Randy Formby & Austin Hammon that weighed 11.71 lbs. Third place paid $400 and got their entry fee and some gas money.

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Thanks to all the TEams for fishing with the Texas BASS Nation Team Division and look forward to seeing you in March at Lake Buchannon.

Brent Stafford
(832) 922-5510

Winter storm Fern created numerous date changes to kick off the 2026 North Central Texas Bassmaster Open Team Trail.  Not only did we have several date changes, but we also found ourselves fishing with a large Nation youth tournament.    The Youth Director did a great job organizing their tournament with the number of teams to launch and return.   Even though the ramp congestion was a sight to see to make weight-in, our region once again got to the scales in a timely fashion.   Thank you all!

Instead of ice, sleet and single digit temps on the original date we were met with a shorts and flip flop kind of afternoon.

The field was bunched up between 11.50 lbs – 13 lbs with good numbers caught in typical Squaw fashion.

The team of Jose Ramos and Duane Crenshaw brought a 14.72 lbs limit to the scales for 4^th place and $300.00

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The team of Shannon Stanley and Cameron Stanley used a combination of baits up shallow that included senkos and Hag’s Prickly Pears and put together a 15.22 sack for 3^rd place  and $480.00

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Steven Caldwell and Craig Rowley spent their day committed to the C-Rig in all depths to muster up one of two 16 lbs bags.  Their 16.18 lbs limit included a 5.01 kicker that took home $960.00

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Topping the field was the team of Terry Anderson and Curtis Daniels with 16.56 pounds and the big bass of the day of 5.34.   The winning sack was achieved with a trio of baits that included dropshots, shakey heads and some early topwater bites.    Anderson and Daniels earned a $1,960.00 payday!

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Congrats to all the winners!!

Up next in the N.C. Texas Bassmaster Open Team trail is Lake Grandbury Feb. 28th.   

Tight Lines !