Now that we can finally start having tournaments again, the Kentucky High School anglers headed down to Lake Chickamauga to try their luck on one of the best lakes in the country. Even with the very hot conditions and warm temperatures, most anglers we talked to that morning were fairly optimistic. Several had reported catching lots of fish on Saturday.

When the dust settled at weigh in, Bailey Gay and Adrian Urso had managed to put together a limit of bass that tipped the scales at 14-03 pounds. That was good enough for the win and got them qualified for the upcoming High School National Championship in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Just two ounces separated the top three teams as Carson Mitchell and Trey Watts came in with 14-01 pound.

Nicholas Yeager and Cole Hicks matched them with a 14-01 limit as well.

Rounding out the top five spots were Wyatt Pearman and Evan Morris with 13-02 and then Ethan Martin and Tyler Leachman had 12-13 pounds.

Ethan and Tyler also took home the Lew’s Big Bass Award with a chunky 7-14 pound monster fish. They received two new Lew’s reels for their efforts.

Most teams had never been to Lake Chickamauga but nearly everyone said they caught quite a few fish, they just were a little too short for the scales. Anglers were catching them in 1-8 feet of water around docks, grass, brush and rocks. Many anglers used topwater baits early in the day and then switched to soft plastics of some kind when the sun came out.

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Tennessee anglers came down to Lake Chickamauga to see what they could catch on a hot and humid Sunday. With temperatures soaring into the mid-nineties it would be a grind to be on the lake all day. But as always happens in these events, someone finds the good fish and comes away with a victory. That is exactly what Andon Goins and Blake Wheat did on Sunday. They walked up to the scales and dropped 24-13 pounds to take the win by more than nine pounds.

They also took the Lew’s Big Bass Honors with a 7-06 lunker and claimed two Lew’s Reels.

Elijah Kelley and Hunter Slone tried to keep pace but only managed 15-03 pounds for the runner-up spot.

JT McClain and Landon Priest finished third by one ounce with 15-02 pounds.

Rounding out the top five spots were Connor Terry and Jace Richardson with 13-12 pounds. Fifth belonged to Caleb Griffin and Bryson Bailey with 7-07 pounds. Most anglers caught their fish shallow for the most part and several different baits were used including jigs, Carolina Rigs, Swimbaits and crankbaits.

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The Illinois High School Championship was held on June 5th at Rend Lake. With temps in the 90’s, it was a tough day of fishing. Even with the high temps, several teams still managed to bring in a five fish limit to the scales, winning a Berkley 5 Alive prize.

Andrew Conrad and Peyton Rose with Flora High School Bass Club took 1st place with 13lb. Andrew and  Peyton also took home the prize for Big Fish, two Lews reels.

In 2nd place was Kye Garver and Dillon Holden from Christopher High School Bearcats with 9-14.

Taking 3rd place was Trey McKinney and Emerson with 9-09.

We would like to thank our sponsors, volunteers and boat captains for making this event possible.

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