Colmesneil wins big at Deep East High School May 2nd Tournament

Eli Dinger and Stephen Thomas won the May 2nd Deep East High School Fishing series Tournament with 12.98 lbs of bass while Colmesneil High School Teammates Randall Patrick and Jake Patillo made it a one-two finish with 10.62 lbs to keep both teams near the top of the year to date standings for the first Deep East Texas Championship.

Patrick and Patillo's second place finished comes after their first place performance on March 28th. Third place went LCM Bass Club Trent Brown and Matthew Haliburton with 10.48 lb and fourth was anchored by Hunter Curry and Josh Russell from the Broaddus Bulldog Fishing Team with 9.70 lbs.

The series is coming down to the final two weekends May 23rd and May 30th to qualify for the Championship set to run concurrently with the SAF American Legion National High School Qualifier to be held on June 27 and 28th at the Bill and Emily Shelton Pavilion.

The weekend of May 30th will also have Jackson Hill Marina hosting the B.A.S.S. Texas State High School Championship.

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1st place team Stephen Thomas and Eli Dinger from Colmesneil high school, 2nd place Randall Patrick Colmesneil and 3rd place Trent Brown and Matthew Haliburton from LCM

Hunter Martindale and team mate Chase Webb from Jasper show off a couple of springtime large mouths

Author: Tom Behrens

Tom Behrens has over 50 years experience in fishing and hunting across the United States. Much of this time was spent in Oklahoma and Texas where he became very familiar with the outdoor opportunities in these states. You may contact him by email at: [email protected]

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GOOD. Water stained; 72 degrees; 3.29 feet below pool. Bass are in 8 feet or less with some in the lily pads on topwater frogs, or with Carolina rigs and jigs on harder bottoms and structures off points and humps. Crappie are transitioning to brush piles using minnows and jigs. Catfish are in deeper water flats and creek channels on cut bait. White bass are transitioning to points and down the river with some schooling activity hitting jigging spoons and crankbaits. Fishing patterns are still behind what is typical for this time of year. Navigate with caution to avoid sandbars and stumps. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. Shad spawn is in full swing. Bass are good keying on hard clay points, grass edges and flooded timber with swim jigs, chatterbaits, topwater spooks or pop-r’s. Offshore bite is 10-20 feet on hard spots and flats, points and creek channel swings using crankbaits, Carolina rigs, shaky heads and dropshots. Crappie have finished spawning in 12-20 feet of water on brush piles and standing timber. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

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