Spring is bass fishing time in Texas!
4-H youth from Freestone County dusted off their rods and reels to participate in the statewide 4-H Virtual Bass Tournament held in March during three separate Saturday events. 248 youth in grades 3rd through 12th participated state-wide with the opportunity to win fishing prizes and 4-H awards, along with the coveted title of Big Bass winner for hooking the largest fish.
Placings were determined based upon cumulative pounds of bass weights over the three events, and 4-H’ers were able to participate in the tournament as an individual, on a 3 to 4-member team and in a separate Big Bass contest.
Below are the placings that include Freestone County:
Overall Team State Event
–1st from Zavala County at 84.21 lbs was Ricardo Lopez, Roy Medrano, Moises Lopez, Artie Gonzalez
–2nd from Freestone County at 44.42 lbs was River Bonds, Rainy Bonds, Brady Williams, Logan Williams
–3rd from Jones County at 40.58 lbs was Cole Estes, Kagen Logan, Carson Stone
–4th from Freestone County at 39.21 lbs was Cade Nelson, Jesse Schick, Luke Cruce
–5th from Jones County was Asher Jobe, Haygen Garcia, Hunter Garcia
–6th from Freestone County was Jake Schick, Wilson Lupo, Monty Morgan
–7th from Shackelford/Dallas Counties at 20.03 lbs was Woodrow Peterson, Jack Morris
–8th from Baylor County at 12.38 lbs was Lyndon Wright, Blaine Orsak, Thomas Arnold
Overall Individual State Event
–1st from Madison County at 40.70 lbs is Hayden Hurst
–2nd from Rockwall County at 37.38 lbs is Blake Raymond
–3rd from Clay County at 34.24 lbs is Wyatt Schindler
–4th from Smith County at 32.45 lbs is Devin Herndon
–5th from Hardeman County at 31.44 lbs is Cooper Talley
–6th from Madison County at 29.28 lbs is Braxton Brockman
–7th from Anderson County at 26.89 lbs is Carson Allen
–8th from Waller County at 26.09 is Jacob Ash
–9th from Upshur County at 25.73 lbs is Jake East
–10th from Wood County at 23.31 lbs is Joe Brunson
–12th from Anderson County at 22.56 lbs is Elizabeth Totten
–15th from Anderson County at 20.68 lbs is Riley Totten
–22nd from Freestone County at 15.13 lbs is Hunter Brooke
–33rd from Freestone County at 7.85 lbs is Brianna Myers
–40th from Anderson County at 4.80 lbs is Kase Dickson
–41st from Freestone County at 4.76 lbs is Bryson Myers
–42nd from Freestone County at 4.38 lbs is Anderson Cruce
Overall Team State Big Bass Event
–1st from Freestone County at 9.75 lbs with River Bonds, Rainy Bonds, Brady Williams, Logan Williams
Overall Individual State Big Bass Event
–1st from Madison County at 7.95 lbs is Devin Herndon
Congratulations to all our youth for their participation and outstanding fishing results!
If you would like information on this 4-H program, please give us a call at the Freestone County Extension office at 903-389-3436 or via email at freestone-tx@ag.tamu.edu and speak to Erin Davis, County Extension Agent.
