2022 Team Division Champions Jared and Hannah Kate Talbert

display a portion of their 32.47 pound winning weight.

2022 Texas State Champions

Top Results From the 66th Annual TSBT

Lake Whitney 

Individual Division – Ricky Blake (Lufkin)  19.29 lbs
Team Division – Jared Talbert & Hannah_Kate Talbert (China Spring) 32.47 lbs
Couples Division – Scott Burns & Holly Burns (Flint)  20.31 lbs
Sr. Team Division – Jerry Bounds (Ft. Worth) & Bob Nash (Azle) 16.35 lbs
Adult & Boy Division – Harold Seago & Jacob Seago (Corrigan) 10.57 lbs
Adult & Girl Division – Mike McBurney (Sunnyvale) & Ariana Sullivan (Plano) 22.18 lbs
Bass Club Top 6 – Westside Bass Club - Team 2 (Ft. Worth) - 65.88 lbs
Big Bass Overall  - Wes Brownlee (Cleburne, TX) - 9.96 lbs

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The Mother of All Bass Fishing Tournaments

The year was 1955. Earl Golding, Outdoors Editor for the Waco Tribune-Herald, organized the very first bass fishing tournament; the Texas State Bass Tournament. No big prizes were offered, just the honor of being recognized as one of the State's top anglers, plus the opportunity to see and make friends from all parts of the Great State of Texas. Part competition, part reunion, this event offers various competitive divisions that encourage family and youth participation. Participants range from anglers attending their first bass tournament to seasoned veterans. For many, if they only attend one tournament event a year, this is the one!

CLICK HERE to read the December 2005 Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine cover story about how it all started...