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Winford And Ratliff Outpace The Field At Bassmaster High School Event On Toledo Bend
Bethel Dynasty Grows With Victory At Bassmaster College Series Event On Toledo BendMANY, La. — Maverick Winford and Ian Ratliff have been on a hot streak, and it continued Sunday on Toledo Bend Reservoir in the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.
The duo from the Atascocita (Texas) Top Gun Anglers Club caught a five-bass limit that weighed 18 pounds, 4 ounces and clinched the title on this famed 185,000-acre fishery. The victory earned $1,930 for the Top Gun team, and it qualified Winford and Ratliff for the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship later this year.
Sunday’s title marked the second consecutive week Winford and Ratliff were victorious in a tournament. They won a B.A.S.S.-sanctioned team trail tournament last week on Texas’ Sam Rayburn Reservoir, which is about an hour’s drive west of Toledo Bend. They placed second in another derby on Rayburn two weeks ago.
“It was exactly the same conditions for all three tournaments,” said Winford, a 17-year old junior. “It feels really good to win again, and it’s amazing to be able to go to the national championship and see what we can do there.”
Winford boated the Texas tandem’s biggest bass, a 6-6 largemouth he plucked from a grassbed in North Housen Bay about 9:20 a.m. Winford threw a Jackhammer ChatterBait to get that bite, but a Carolina-rigged Zoom Brush Hog (watermelon candy) also was effective for both anglers.
“I set the hook and I thought it was a 2-pounder because he was running at me,” Winford said. “I saw it jump and I said ‘Ian, get the net! Get the net!’ It went under the boat, but when it came back up, he netted it.”
Winford and Ratliff finished their limit in North Housen, and eventually decided to head south on the reservoir. The water was dirty there, but they still were able to upgrade twice.
Winford has had success on Toledo Bend before, and he targeted areas Sunday where he caught fish previously. It was the first time fishing Toledo Bend for Ratliff, a 15-year old freshman, but he contributed a couple 2 1/2- to 3-pounders that helped advance the winning weight.
Brothers Matthew and Christopher Kahrs of Barbe High School in Lake Charles, La., finished second overall with three bass that weighed 15-6, but the 10-9-giant Matthew caught Sunday was the talk of the tournament.
Kahrs, a 17-year old senior, caught the big bass in 10 feet of water using a Zoom Baby Brush Hog in the watermelon candy color pattern. Because it weighed at least 10 pounds, the bass qualified for the Toledo Bend lunker program. A photo of the bass was taken and a taxidermist will use it to create a cast for Kahrs to keep.
The fish was returned to the reservoir only minutes after weigh-in was complete.
“My previous best was a 5-0 that I caught here in another tournament,” Kahrs said. “This was a completely different feeling. It was amazing.”
A total of 174 teams from 12 states competed in the one-day event, and the Top 12 duos split a cash purse worth more than $6,600 to benefit their high school fishing teams.
Also, the Top 17 teams earned berths to the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School National Championship later this summer. The date and location of that annual three-day tournament have not been announced.
The Toledo Bend tournament was the first of four regular-season stops scheduled in the 2020 Bassmaster High School Series. Additional tournaments will be held at Smith Lake in Alabama on March 1 and Cumberland Lake in Kentucky on May 9. Another high school event is scheduled for June 20, though the location has not been disclosed.
The Louisiana Office of Tourism, Toledo Bend Lake Country, the Sabine River Authority, Desoto Parish Tourist Commission and the Vernon Parish Tourist Commission sponsored the Toledo Bend tournament.
2020 HS Open Stop Toledo Bend Reservoir 1/26-1/26Toledo Bend Reservoir, Many LA.(BOATER) Standings Day 1
Angler Club/School Pts
1. Maverick Winford – Ian Ratliff Atascocita High School Club-Top 0Day 1: 5 18-04 Total: 5 18-042. Matthew Kahrs – Christopher Kahrs Barbe fishing Club 0Day 1: 3 15-06 Total: 3 15-063. Hagen Cooley – Cameron Rogers DeRidder HS 0Day 1: 5 15-04 Total: 5 15-044. Andrew Bennett – Wade Roberts Barbe High Fishing Team 0Day 1: 5 15-02 Total: 5 15-025. Dj Drake – Austin Jones Franklin County High School- TN 0Day 1: 5 15-01 Total: 5 15-016. Dakota Posey – Brendon Brones Little Cyprus Mauriceville HS 0Day 1: 5 14-06 Total: 5 14-067. Matthew Milioto – Jace Martin Lutcher 0Day 1: 4 14-00 Total: 4 14-008. Forrest Lagarde – Bronson May LA-46 FISHING TEAM-LA 0Day 1: 5 13-10 Total: 5 13-109. Bryant Martin – Grant Schexnailder Notre Dame High School 0Day 1: 5 13-05 Total: 5 13-0510. Tucker Smith – Hayden Marbut Briarwood Christian School 0Day 1: 5 13-02 Total: 5 13-0211. Kain Custis – Jakeb Baldridge Lakeview 0Day 1: 5 12-13 Total: 5 12-1312. Fletcher Phillips – Will Phillips Gardendale High School 0Day 1: 5 12-10 Total: 5 12-1013. Jaxon Sullivan – Spencer Chase Milholen Scotts Hill High School Anglers 0Day 1: 5 11-15 Total: 5 11-1514. Tanner Scruggs – Storm Cline Anderson Co. 0Day 1: 5 11-09 Total: 5 11-0915. Chance Shelby – Jackson Broderick Live Oak High 0Day 1: 4 11-06 Total: 4 11-0616. Daniel Waguespack – Reese Aucoin Ascension Anglers 0Day 1: 2 11-04 Total: 2 11-0417. Cayden Walls – Connor Moulin Central High School 0Day 1: 4 11-01 Total: 4 11-0118. Hagan Marlin – Dylan Ingram Lee-Scott Fishing 0Day 1: 5 10-10 Total: 5 10-1019. Griffin Gatwood – Landon Forbes Oak Grove High School 0Day 1: 5 09-11 Total: 5 09-1120. Hunter Pinho – Jake Childress Patterson High School 0Day 1: 5 09-10 Total: 5 09-1021. Nathan Reynolds – Connor Polk Backwoods Bassin 0Day 1: 5 09-09 Total: 5 09-0922. Mason Alberes – Bryson Benoit Assumption High School 0Day 1: 4 09-03 Total: 4 09-0323. TJ Edwards – Houston Vaiden North Mississippi Anglers 0Day 1: 5 08-14 Total: 5 08-1424. Jacob Holder – Peyton Paul Harleton HS 0Day 1: 5 08-12 Total: 5 08-1225. John Kyle Pearce – Jackson Gregory Calvary Baptist Academy 0Day 1: 4 08-12 Total: 4 08-1226. Jack Alexander – Colledge Elliott Mountain Brook High School 0Day 1: 5 08-06 Total: 5 08-0627. Chase Edmonston – Trevor Dunne Ascension Anglers 0Day 1: 4 07-15 Total: 4 07-1528. Luke Iles – Ascension Anglers 0Day 1: 2 07-15 Total: 2 07-1529. Jacob Davidson – Owen Chamberlain Mt. Juliet 0Day 1: 5 07-14 Total: 5 07-1430. Drake Koonce – Hunter Wesley Sulpher High School- LA 0Day 1: 5 07-11 Total: 5 07-1130. Hayes White – Tiger Manuel Sulphur High School 0Day 1: 5 07-11 Total: 5 07-1132. Peyton Briggs – Dawson Mccann Buckeye High School 0Day 1: 5 07-10 Total: 5 07-1033. Douglas Davenport – Coby Bertrand sam houston high 0Day 1: 3 07-08 Total: 3 07-0834. William Cothran – Ryan Cothran Mt. Pleasant 0Day 1: 2 07-06 Total: 2 07-0635. Trace Day – Jackson McKee Denham Springs 0Day 1: 5 07-01 Total: 5 07-0136. Justin James – Gavin Cooper LCM Bass Team 0Day 1: 3 07-00 Total: 3 07-0037. Noah Trant – Mark Andrew Trant Calvary Baptist Academy 0Day 1: 3 06-10 Total: 3 06-1038. Brock Gullixon – Waupaca bass club 0Day 1: 5 06-08 Total: 5 06-0839. Blayne Carpenter – Brett Perkins Sulphur High School-LA 0Day 1: 3 06-06 Total: 3 06-0640. Luke Miller – Jacob Tullier central high school 0Day 1: 4 06-05 Total: 4 06-0541. Brandon Comeaux – Bryce Robertson Sam Houston High School 0Day 1: 3 06-05 Total: 3 06-0542. Wyatt Loving – Brett Velzis Cy Woods 0Day 1: 2 06-04 Total: 2 06-0443. Micah Cromer – Austin Hicks Captain Shreve High School 0Day 1: 3 06-02 Total: 3 06-0244. Shamar Pierre – Khristian Rousseve WEST ST JOHN HIGH 0Day 1: 3 06-00 Total: 3 06-0045. Connor Morrow – Morgen Johnson Pineville HS 0Day 1: 2 06-00 Total: 2 06-0046. Connor Rushing – Ethan Simon Central High School 0Day 1: 3 05-14 Total: 3 05-1447. Kyle Stephens – Baylor Leger Teurlings Catholic 0Day 1: 3 05-13 Total: 3 05-1348. Kolten Goolsby – Morgan Banta Cayuga High School 0Day 1: 3 05-12 Total: 3 05-1249. Brayden Nichols – Trenton Contario Northwood High School 0Day 1: 2 05-12 Total: 2 05-1250. Ross Miller – Tanner Meyer Notre Dame High School 0Day 1: 3 05-11 Total: 3 05-1151. Peyton Grizzaffi – Christian Holland Morgan City High School 0Day 1: 2 05-10 Total: 2 05-1052. Hayden Oleveaux – Mason Ortego West Feliciana 0Day 1: 3 05-09 Total: 3 05-0953. Dylan Guidry – Brayden Melancon Teurlings Catholic High School 0Day 1: 3 05-08 Total: 3 05-0854. Braxton Little – Hayden Marshall Gardendale High School 0Day 1: 3 05-04 Total: 3 05-0455. Jacob Long – Casey Lovett LA – Jr Southwest Bassmasters 0Day 1: 2 05-00 Total: 2 05-0056. Ty Haymon – Gage Shepard Elizabeth HS 0Day 1: 3 04-14 Total: 3 04-1457. Garrett Pierce – Gunnar Gray Benton High School 0Day 1: 3 04-13 Total: 3 04-1357. Ryan Stimmel – Cy Cramer Seminole High School 0Day 1: 3 04-13 Total: 3 04-1359. Braden Pujol – Assumption High School 0Day 1: 2 04-13 Total: 2 04-1360. Wyatt Roach – Cameron Courville Sulphur High School 0Day 1: 2 04-12 Total: 2 04-1261. Tristen Porschakin – Eryn Shuff Franklin county 0Day 1: 2 04-06 Total: 2 04-0661. Cayden Reily – Evan Maddie Central High School 0Day 1: 2 04-06 Total: 2 04-0663. Brennen Howard – Logan Turner White Plains High School 0Day 1: 1 04-04 Total: 1 04-0464. Peyton Matherne – Stephen James Walker High School 0Day 1: 3 04-03 Total: 3 04-0365. Ryhan Fox – Isaac Irvin Galatia High School 0Day 1: 2 04-03 Total: 2 04-0366. Justin Raymond – Tucker Scarber Shelby County Junior Bass Angler 0Day 1: 1 04-03 Total: 1 04-0367. Will D’aquilla – Kaden Cowart West Feliciana 0Day 1: 1 04-00 Total: 1 04-0068. Hayden Thomas – Grant Cochran Stilwell High School- OK 0Day 1: 2 03-15 Total: 2 03-1569. Chase Stone – Brice Clavin Sulphur High School 0Day 1: 2 03-11 Total: 2 03-1170. Devan Perkins – Denham Springs High School 0Day 1: 2 03-10 Total: 2 03-1071. Kellen Katchur – Dakota Manuel Barbe High School 0Day 1: 2 03-04 Total: 2 03-0472. Palmer Peters – Hunter Lawrence Silliman Fishing 0Day 1: 1 03-04 Total: 1 03-0473. Bradyn Hosea – Logan Moore sulphur high school 0Day 1: 1 03-03 Total: 1 03-0374. Luke Ferachi – Hanson Chaney Walker High School 0Day 1: 2 03-01 Total: 2 03-0175. Elizabeth Eastman – Porter Savarese Fairhope High School 0Day 1: 2 03-00 Total: 2 03-0076. Noah Ray – Tullahoma High School- TN 0Day 1: 2 02-15 Total: 2 02-1577. Chase Taylor – Alexis Barton Anacoco High School 0Day 1: 1 02-13 Total: 1 02-1378. Cameron Cannon – Braxton Voisin St Thomas More HS 0Day 1: 1 02-12 Total: 1 02-1279. Hannah Robertson – Brennan Cummings Denham Springs High School 0Day 1: 2 02-10 Total: 2 02-1080. Cullin Liner – Ezra Patureau Morgan city highschool 0Day 1: 1 02-09 Total: 1 02-0980. Hayden Mckenzie – Jayden Ragusa Walker High School 0Day 1: 1 02-09 Total: 1 02-0982. Morgan Babin – Brooke Stroughter Denham Springs High School 0Day 1: 1 02-08 Total: 1 02-0883. Brentyn Wheat – Cody Georgel Livingston Parish Bassmasters 0Day 1: 1 02-05 Total: 1 02-0584. Cecil Barton – Hunter Giroir West Feliciana 0Day 1: 1 02-03 Total: 1 02-0384. Samuel Maturin – William Cramer Terlings Catholic Broussard, LA 0Day 1: 1 02-03 Total: 1 02-0386. Brady Duncan – Mason Huddleston Mt. Juliet High School 0Day 1: 1 02-01 Total: 1 02-0187. Joseph Cramer – Brett Garber Teurlings Catholic High School 0Day 1: 1 02-00 Total: 1 02-0088. Aaron Cherry – Hudson Choquette Headland Bass Team 0Day 1: 1 01-15 Total: 1 01-1589. Cooper Miller – Landon Sepulvado Many High School 0Day 1: 1 01-14 Total: 1 01-1490. Dylan Breaux – Gage Boquet Lafourche Bassmaster 0Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-1390. Logan Leblanc – Garrett Watts Walker 0Day 1: 1 01-13 Total: 1 01-1392. Dylan Melancon – Drake Carret Teurlings Catholic High School 0Day 1: 1 01-12 Total: 1 01-1293. Chandler Bourgeois – Eli Fuselier Ascension Anglers 0Day 1: 1 01-11 Total: 1 01-1194. Michael Corlew – Archer Pangburn West Feliciana 0Day 1: 1 01-09 Total: 1 01-0995. Chase Mccarter – Garrett Hawkins Sevier County High School 0Day 1: 1 01-06 Total: 1 01-0696. Matthew Guidry – Brandon Peschier Teurlings Catholic High School 0Day 1: 1 01-02 Total: 1 01-0296. Logan Martin – Dylan Verret Patterson High 0Day 1: 1 01-02 Total: 1 01-0298. Stone Adair – Jacob Cosenza Many High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Matthew Arceneaux – Adam Theriot West Feliciana 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Landon Arceneaux – Brant Youngblood Sulphur HS-LA 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Ethan Armstrong – Taylor Wilson Walker High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Parker Ballard – Cory Sonnier Barbe High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Tristan Beck – Colson Brust Carthage 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Austin Birdsong – Jd Hoyt Mount Juliet Fishing 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Alexander Blanchard – Noah Deshotel assumption high school 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Owen Boudreaux – Clayton Schmill Thibodaux High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Thomas Bourque – Gabe Hogan Southside High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Lane Brown – Caden Birch Silliman Fishing 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Jacob Bruener – Isaac Jones Douglas High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Ty Catalan – Noah Melancon St Thomas More 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Kenneth Clark – Hunter Wallace Harleton HS 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. BJ Collins – Owen Jenkins Chatuge Anglers-NC 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Daymon Columbia – Brady Talbot Live Oak High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Ethan Cortez – Chance Hebert Assumption High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Jackson Crouch – Landon Miller Souhtside High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Jacob Damron – Hunter Palmer Tullahoma City Schools 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Joseph Dejean – Gavin Davis West Feliciana 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Layton Dousay – Reid Kelly Silliman High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Lance Dragon – Laken Comeaux Walker High 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Hunter Dugas – Cameron Wheatley COMEAUX HIGH SCHOOL 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Matthew Elliott – Nathan Ellis Central High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Gunner Ellis – Braxton Hill Silliman Fishing 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Riley Falcon – Zack Clark Assumption High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Brian Fontenot Jr – Michael Marks Teurlings catholic high school 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Jayden Foster – Jett Watts franklin high school 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Brennan Fox – Colin King Marion High School- IL 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Rebecca Gallien – Evan Baker Lakeview High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Lily Girouard – Sadie Guirdy Teurlings 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Kade Guidry – Buddy Leblanc Teurlings Catholic High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Logan Guy – Brennan Simoneaux Central HS 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Brayten Harper – Corbin Sanders Harleton HS 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Landon Hotard – Brody Hulin Southside high 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Trace Johnson – Blake Lundy East Hickman 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Cole Lacour – Trystan Ganey Ponchatoula High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Aidan Landry – Evan Leboeuf Teurlings Catholic High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Victoria Lemmler – Emma Simon Central High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Laney Leon – Connor Kuriger Ascension Anglers 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Noe Liles – Jake Sparks Fairhope HS 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Dylan Mack – Parker Diamond Albany High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Reagan Martine – Ascension Anglers 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Colin McDaniel – Cade Nettles North Desoto HS 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Kayden Meade – Benton Miller North DeSoto High School Fishing 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Branson Melancon – Ben Francis Notre Dame High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Jacob Meliet – Jobe Bourgeois Ascension anglers 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Brody Metcalf – Colby Lindley Harleton HS 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Ethan Morgan – Ryan Craig Pineville High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Ridge Mullis – Garrison Palmer Hillcrest High School- AL 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Micah Murray – Brayden Davis albany high school 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Dylan Nimrod – Collin Stephens De Soto Bass Team- KS 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Tucker Pendergrass – Lucas Roberts Livingston Academy 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Dylan Pennison – Cameron Migues Assumption High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. JW Prejean – Joshua Stockstill teurlings catholic 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Cameron Pruitt – Dylan Meeks Casey County High School- KY 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Hudson Reviere – Winston Frey Notre Dame HS 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Laindree Richardson – Lucas Wielt Benton Bass Fishing-IL 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Levi Robinson – Kenton Thomas Parkway Fishing Team 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Cooper Shaffett – Cade Warlock Central High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Jaden Silas – Lane Harrell Denham springs freshman high 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Dakota Skipper – Olivia Simpson Silliman Fishing 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Skylar Smith – Jacob White Mabank High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Colton Smith – Matthew Gallman Parkway Fishing Team 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Cole Sposito – Seth Belanger H. L. Bourgeois 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Levi Sterling – Joshua Wallace Franklin County 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Dakota Stewart – Scott Lemmler Central High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Dylan Stokes – Keaton Mills Wilson Central High School- TN 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Gage Tate – Clayton Braddock West Feliciana 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Alyssa Taylor – Reid Burns Walker Valley High School-TN 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Levi Thibodaux – Holdyn Delatte Lafourche Bassmaster 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Corey Vincent – SULPHUR HIGH 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Thompson Waddell – Ross Melancon Silliman High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Savannah Walls – Keely Ana Strickland Central High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Cambre Webb – Alan-Michael Horne Silliman Fishing 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Tristan Welch – Jordan Gibson Ascension Anglers 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-0098. Noelle Wilkinson – Braxton Willis Pineville High School 0Day 1: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00———————————————————————–TotalsDay #Limits #Fish Weight1 25 277 627-12———————————-25 277 627-12
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