Highlands Bass Anglers Tournament Trail

06/11/2026

Attention club members. Official sunrise is 6:30am placing our takeoff shortly after 6am. There will be a boat draw around 5:45am. Please get arrived and registered accordingly but be aware anyone arriving later than that potentially goes to the end of the take off line.
Please take this as another reminder that those fishing deep need to be responsible for their fish and have proper equipment to care for them. All fish will need to be taken back out to the main lake after weigh in. No fish to be released in the shallow launch basin. There will be penalties for doing so. Thank you

06/10/2026

OPEN TO ALL…

The Highlands County Wednesday Night Open is set for next Wednesday! Come join the action! Please note the later start and end times.

When: Wednesday 6/17/26
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
Place: Lake Jackson from Veterans beach park
No prefishing or scouting after 5pm Wed.
Cost: $40/boat..$5 of that goes to big bass pot
Payout:
Less then 10 boats- winner take all minus big
bass pot.

10-15 boats- 1st- 75% 2nd- 25% 3rd-$40

16 or more boats- we pay as per our club rules.
1st- 60% 2nd- 25% 3rd- 15%

3 fish limit. Exemptions will be pulled.
Boat must have working live well.
Working running lights needed as we will be coming in after sundown at times. Club rules for any rulings.
Winners pick the next lake!
Message if you have questions…

06/04/2026

Tonight’s Wednesday evening open was out on Lake Istokpoga and wind was definitely a factor. In fact the majority of the teams came in with no fish. None the less there is always someone that finds something! Leading the way was the duo of Trey Marley and Brad Torres with a 3 fish limit that totaled 8 pounds 4 ounces. Just a couple ounces behind them in second place was Jax and Zac with 8 pounds 2 ounces. Their bag was anchored by the big bass of the night weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces. Rounding out the top three was Tracen Phillips with 7 pounds 12 ounces. Congratulations to everyone and the winners chose Lake Jackson for the next Wednesday evening open. Thank you to everyone that came out despite the unfavorable conditions!

06/01/2026

Reminder that our next club tournament date has changed…we are on Lake Placid 6/13 not 6/20. This is a deep water lake. I plead that those fishing deep be equipped with appropriate devices for fish proper fish care. Here is the current top 15 in the point standings after 5 events….
1. Conley/ Riggles 184 points
2. Peck/ Peck 182
3. Buckholdt/ Buckholdt 181
4. Hjort/ Meeks 179
5. Newsome/ Foster 179
6. Rowe/ Rowe 177
7. Springer/ Dewitt 175
8. Nguyen/ Nguyen 174
9. Davis/ Harper 167
10. Melendez/ Bolden 166
11. Lyon/ Sudbury 163
12. Parker/ Fallas 163
13. Arnold/ Podesta 159
14. Huber/ Brantley 151
15. Sweat 138

*Tie breaker for teams with same total after drop score.
-total points before drop score if still tied then second tie break is total weight to scales.

05/28/2026

OPEN TO ALL…

The Highlands County Wednesday Night Open is set for next Wednesday! Come join the action! Please note the later start and end times.

When: Wednesday 6/3/26
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
Place: Lake Istokpoga out of Istokpoga Park
No prefishing or scouting after 5pm Wed.
Cost: $40/boat..$5 of that goes to big bass pot
Payout:
Less then 10 boats- winner take all minus big
bass pot.

10-15 boats- 1st- 75% 2nd- 25% 3rd-$40

16 or more boats- we pay as per our club rules.
1st- 60% 2nd- 25% 3rd- 15%

3 fish limit. Exemptions will be pulled.
Boat must have working live well.
Working running lights needed as we will be coming in after sundown at times. Club rules for any rulings.
Winners pick the next lake!
Message if you have questions…

05/23/2026

Today our club headed out onto the busy waters of Lake June. Most of the teams found the five fish limit but only one really unlocked the lake. The duo of Carson Yero and Ryder Kreuger came to the weigh in with 27 pounds 8 ounces. Their bag was anchored by the biggest bass of the day toppling the scale weighing 9 pounds 6 ounces! Second place was claimed by the team of Matt Hjort and Shane Meeks. Their limit totaled 14 pounds 8 ounces. Rounding out the top three was Mr. Jerry Sweat with 13 pounds 8 ounces. Thank you to everyone that came out! Please make a reminder that next months tournament has been moved forward by one week. We will now be on Lake Placid on 6/13/26. Congratulations to our winners!!

05/22/2026

Tomorrow our club is on Lake June. We will be launching from Bishop Park with a captain’s meeting expected to be around 5:45 am with takeoff to follow. Please be on the water accordingly.

05/21/2026

Tonight’s Wednesday evening open went out of Istokpoga Park out onto Lake Istokpoga. We started out with a stiff breeze but by the end of the evening the weather made for lovely conditions. Leading the field tonight was the team of Eli and Zac with 9 pounds 4 ounces after incurring late penalty. Second and third place went to a tie breaker with both boats weighing in 8 pounds 14 ounces. Taking second place was the duo of Tracen and Shane as their bag was anchored by the big bass of the evening weighing 4 pounds 8 ounces. Third place was claimed by Tom and Buddy. Congratulations to the winners! They chose to revisit Lake Istokpoga in two weeks. Thank you to everyone that came out!

05/20/2026

With our 5th event of the season happening this weekend..here are our top 15 teams in the point standings. This is with each teams lowest result to date dropped and tie breakers applied…
1. Buckholdt/ Buckholdt. 142 points
2. Conley/ Riggles 142
3. Rowe/ Rowe 136
4. Peck/ Peck 135
5. Nguyen/ Nguyen 134
6. Springer/ Dewitt 133
7. Davis/ Harper 133
8. Newsome/ Foster 133
9. Hjort/ Meeks 130
10. Edwin/ Bobby 123
11. Lyon/ Sudbury 120
12. Spires/ Jose 119
13. Parker/ Fallas 119
14. Arnold/ Podesta 114
15. Huber/ Brantley 110

Currently we have 20 teams registered with the club. Let’s see if the standings shake up after this weekend! We are launching from Bishop park.

05/20/2026

Yall think these will work this weekend on Lake June??

Serious inquires only.