The fifth Deep East Texas High School Fishing Series qualifying tournament took place on Saturday February 13th at Jackson Hill Marina. Student Anglers Aaron Batten and Logan Thumann from the Magnolia West Bass Fishing Club took on 43 other high school fishing teams and outlasted the field with a five fish limit weighing 14.66 lbs. The veteran student anglers have been very competitive over the last two years and are the 2015 Fishers of Men National High School Champions.

Second place went to the Douglass Indian team of Jacob Bruener and Austin Brewer with a 13.52 lbs limit. The Colmesneil lady team of Mia Spardlin and Shelby Patrick took third place honors and have worked hard to improve their fishing skills every outing.

The recent cold front slowed the bite down and provided challenging conditions for the young anglers. More than half of the teams still managed to catch their limit of fish with everything from the usual plastics to lipless crank baits. A spinner bait bite was reported by a few of the teams.

Big fish were hard to come by with the Hudson high school team of Trinty Mitchell and Mason White netting a 5.27 lb fish to take big fish honors.

The entire schedule, tournament results, rules and regulations can be found online at www.deepeasthighschoolfishing.com or by calling 936-872-9266
TOP TEN
Club Name: First Name: Last Name: First Name: Last Name: # fish Scoreable Weight
1 Magnolia West Aaron Batten Logan Thumann 5 14.66
2 Douglass Indians Jacob Bruener Austin Brewer 5 13.52
3 Colmesneil HS Mia Spardlin Shelby Patrick 5 13.41
4 Hudson Bass Club Justin Cook Colten Nick 5 13.13
5 Kirbyville Bassmasters Cody Braber Rhett Braber 5 13.00
6 Woodville HS Kirstie Speaks chasey speaks 5 12.38
7 LCM Bass Team Justin Lee Hunter Fant 5 11.81
8 Pirate Bass Club Darrell Tompkins Kaleb Hyden 5 11.76
9 Broaddus HS Fishing Hunter Curry Randy Morgan 5 11.55
10 Livingston HS Dakota Piper Austin Isbell 5 11.41