The Georgia Bass Nation Top Six was at Hartwell weekend before last. I had been looking forward to fishing it for months but my boat died at Martin so I didn’t get to go. But the Flint River Club did send a team. I got an email after the first day of the tournament showing Brandon Stooksbury with the Flint River Club in second place, but have not been able to find out the final results.

At the same time the adults were fishing the Top Six the Bass Nation High School State Championship took place on Hartwell. Last year at Eufaula Cody Stahl and Tate Von Egmond won. They attend Cross Point Christian Academy in Hollonville and both live here near Griffin.

Cody and Tate won again this year, weighing in over 21 pounds of bass in two days and becoming the first team to win two years in a row. And to make things harder, Cody had an injured hand during the tournament, making it harder to fish effectively.

Cody said they caught their fish on spinnerbaits and jigs, and their bigger fish came on the jig and pig from blowdowns. Cody likes a Fishog 1/2oz black/blue ‪#‎Jigsaw jig tied on an ALX rods ‪#‎Promise7 flipping rod to pull them out of the heaviest blow downs!

After the first day of the BFL Regional at Neely Henry Lake Jordan McDonald was leading on the co-angler side with five bass weighing just over 12 pounds. Jordan qualified for this regional tournament through the Bulldog BFL trail here in Georgia.

Jordan fishes with me in both the Flint River Bass Club and Spalding County Sportsman Club. He joined ten years ago when he was 16 years old and has come a long way in that time. He fishes both the BFL and Weekend Series here in Georgia. He is one of the Young Fishermen doing well in tournaments.

Catching fish as a co-angler can be tough but Jordan does it well. The co-angler stays in the back of the boat all day and does not have any control over where they go to fish. And the boater can make it almost impossible for the co-angler to fish by the way he positions the boat. Unfortunately, Jordan had a bad second day in this tournament and caught only one bass.

In the American Bass Anglers Weekend Series he won the point standings for co-angler this year in Georgia. He is starting to get some sponsors, like Douglas Outdoors Rods, one he is especially proud of since he loves their rods for fishing.

Laura Ann Foshee was the only female on the BASS High School All American team. From Alabama, she is a good fisherman and I did an article with her on Seminole this past summer. Monday she had a signing ceremony when she get her fishing scholarship to Savannah College of Art and Design. That college is forming a Women’s Varsity Fishing Team to compete at the college level. They already have a Men’s Varsity Fishing team. Laura Ann is the first female to be awarded a fishing scholarship there. Among others, Randy Howell attended the event.

Its great to see young local fishermen doing so well in tournaments, and I hope someday to see them fishing and winning the Classic and coming back to Griffin to speak.