We had 5 teams compete for the 2023 Tri-State Championship. The event was held on Saturday May 13th at Singletary Lake in Millbury Ma. It was a beautiful spring day on the lake, mostly sunny and temps in the low 70’s. The 5 teams combined for 28 bass, with some nice largemouth and smallmouth bass brought to the scales. The winning team of Jack Houghton and Nick Frumkin weighed in a total of 6 bass weighing 12.59 lbs. The bag was anchored by a 3.47 largemouth. The team found success targeting shallow bedding areas for largemouth.

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The 2023 North Carolina State Championship was held on Lake Norman in Mooresville, NC. Here is how the day went for the winning team.

Saturday morning started off with cool temperatures, clouds and light winds. When Robie Vines and Alvin Martin got to their first spot of the morning they found a shad spawn in one of the creeks. They were able to capitalize on it with some top water bites to get their first 3 fish in the boat.  As the day went on the winds started to pick up and the light rain started in which shut down the top water bite. Robie and Alvin adjusted when the top water bite went away and moved to the docks. They were able to start getting bites by switching to jerk baits and soft plastics. The switch paid off and by the end of the day and they were able to culled a couple of times. This is what landed them the winning weight at the end of the day.

The IL State High School Tournament was held at Lake Kincaid on 5-21-23.  The top three teams are listed below.

1st place – Maddox Crain and Brandon Skelcher from Carterville High School had 5 fish with a total weight of 13.12. Maddox and Brandon’s Big Bass was 3.11.

2nd place – Blake and Hunter Beckmann with Breese Central Cougars had a 5 fish limit of 10.28, their big fish was 3.10.

3rd place – Carter Pjesky and Landon Gabby, Southern Illinois Future Anglers, had 5 fish that weighed 9.56.

We had a total of 12 teams in the tournament and only one team didn’t weigh in fish.  It was an absolutely beautiful day.

The automatic bid to nationals is Maddox Crain and Brandon Skelcher from Carterville High School for winning the state championship. The bid to nationals from points from two tournaments is Blake Beckmann and Hunter Beckman from Breese Central High School. For full results CLICK HERE