The Deep East High School Fishing Series hosted a special event, the Valentine's Day Bassacre, to name their "Sweet Six" fishing teams. "The tournament marked the end of the fall and winter fishing season. We wanted to do something special for our leading teams to get ready for the TBF Texas State Championship, March 19th on Big Sam" said Connie Sympson of Jackson Hill Marina.
The Sweet Six were invited to a dinner at Jackson Hill with special guest and Hall of Fame bass Angler Tommy Martin who talked to the student anglers about how to prepare for a major tournament, the strategies and tactics needed to win in today's ultra competitive bass fishing environment.
The Sweet Six consisted of Spurger Pirate team mates Cory Hyden and Roby Clark, Kirbyville's Braden Berryman and Kenneth Picket, Broaddus High School's Hunter Curry and Randy Morgan, LCM's Justin Lee and Hunter Fant, Hudson High Schools Colten Nick and Justin Cook and Woodville's Steven Thomas and Dawson Wainwright
The teams and their boat Captains were provided overnight lodging and breakfast Saturday morning before competing to see who could be the Top Team of the Top Six. When the smoke cleared it was Stephen Thomas who caught the day’s big fish, a 8.24 lb beauty that helped his team bring in 18.03 lbs to win against their top rivals.
The Deep East Series will help host the March 5th Jim Brockman Open Individual High School Championship and will have two remaining qualifying tournaments before their Championship to be held on May 7th and 8th.
The entire schedule, tournament results, photo album, rules and regulations can be found at www.deepeasthighschoolfishing.com.