The fourth Deep East Texas High School Fishing Series qualifying tournament took place on Saturday January 2nd at Jackson Hill Marina. Student Anglers Braden Berryman and Cory Hyden from The Kirbyville Bassmasters out fished 34 other high school fishing teams to keep them in contention for The Deep East Texas Anglers of the Year.
The veteran team nailed down the victory with an impressive 17.97 lbs of Rayburn Green Gold including an 8.36 lb kicker to complete a good day of fishing in spite of the cold front and windy winter conditions.
The second place team of Robby Clark and Cory Hyden from the Pirate Bass Club came close with a 17.51 lb limit of fish.
Third place went to the Broaddus Bulldog team of Hunter Curry and Randy Morgan with 15.54 lbs.
The weather word was winter as a cold front came in along with a chilly wind. The top fourteen teams all managed to catch their five fish limit with only a few teams not weighing in any fish. The bite was all over the place from 2 ft shallow to 30 ft using Carolina Rigged plastics. A few teams reported having a spinner bait bite just ahead of the front.
The next Deep East Texas Qualifier will be held on February 13th and looks to be a sweet weekend with some of the prettiest girls moving up to start the 2016 spawn; Happy Valentine's Day everybody. The entire schedule, tournament results, rules and regulations can be found at www.deepeasthighschoolfishing.com or by calling 936-872-9266
Top Ten Results
Club Name: First Name: Last Name: First Name: Last Name: # fish Big Bass Scoreable Weight
1 Kirbyville Bassmasters Braden Berryman Kenneth Picket 5 8.36 17.97
2 Pirate Bass Club Robby Clark Cory Hyden 5 17.51
3 Broaddus HS Hunter Curry Randy Morgan 5 4.37 15.54
4 Jasper HS Hunter Martindale Kaleb Barnett 5 14.87
5 Douglass Indians Jacob Bruener Austin Brewer 5 6.89 14.27
6 Woodville HS Dawson Wainwright Stephen Thomas 5 12.98
7 Hardin Jefferson Bryce Jewell Cade Mackenzie 5 3.16 11.44
8 Hardin-Jefferson Chance MacKenzie Cullen Dale 5 2.89 11.33
9 Colmesneil Fishing Club Harrison Brown Presley Brown 5 11.20
10 Hudson Bass Club Justin Cook Colten Nick 5 11.11
