High on Henderson

High on Henderson

Port Barre High's fishing team of Bennett Fontenot, left, and Braxton Speyrer show the five-bass limit they caught to win Louisiana High School-West Division tournament held on Henderson Lake last weekend. Their 12.81-pound catch was nearly a pound better than Catholic High's team of Max Himmel and Connor Hebert (11.94 pounds) in the 134-team event in which 26 of the top 30 teams brought in five-bass limits to show the lake's largemouths have recovered from the fall-winter drawdown.

La. High School-West

HENDERSON — Top 30 teams from the Louisiana B.A.S.S. West (134 teams) and top 8 teams from the Junior Divisions (22 teams) tournaments held on Henderson Lake with anglers, their high school or team affiliation, number of bass weighed in parentheses (5-bass limit), total weight in pounds and big-bass winners.

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION

Top 30: 1, Bennett Fontenot-Braxton Speyrer, Port Barre High (5) 12.81 pounds. 2, Max Himmel-Connor Hebert, Catholic High (5) 11.94. 3, Brayden Morgan-Porter Morrison, Catholic High (5) 11.07. 4, (tie) Alex Duplessis-Brae Babin, St. Amant High (5) & Landon Watts-Josiah Shockley, Livingston Bassmasters (5) 10.21.

6, Caleb Roblin-Jordan Sibley, Denham Springs High (5) 9.86. 7, Travis Meche-Chance Watson, Rayne High (5) 9.66. 8, (tie) Tyler Covington-Brantley Tate, Walker High (5) & Drake Holley-Nathaniel Bruder, Brusly High (5) 8.98. 10, Destin Morales-Samual Cobb Jr., Livingston Bassmasters (5) 8.96.

11, Brady Bateman-Gabe Gomez, Ascension Anglers (5) 8.78. 12, Hunter Holland-Wyatt Jones, Walker High (5) 8.77. 13, Elijah Cruze-Malcolm Leger, Sam Houston High (5) 8.41. 14, Noah Howell-Harrison Kirkpatrick, Catholic High (5) 8.4. 15, Connor Champagne-Brylee Williams, Teurlings Catholic (5) 8.37.

16, Joshua Burrows-Brennen Storms, Teurlings Catholic (5) 8.36. 17, Carter Lanclos-Brandon Courville, Sulphur High (5) 8.25. 18, Jace Reyes-Branson Sheridan, Livingston Bassmasters (5) 8.11. 19, Bryce Youngblood-Bodhi Trahan, Sulphur High (5) 7.95. 20, Nicholas England-Tyler Medica, Alexandria Senior (5) 7.77.

21, Will Guidry-Collin Tate, Rayne High (5) 7.57. 22, Cade Fontenot-Jerry Rouyea, St. Amant High (5) 7.36. 23, Jack Varnado-Dylan Johnson, Denham Springs High (4) 7.12. 24, Brandt Babineaux-Chandler Hulin, Teurlings Catholic (4) 7.05. 25, Rhett Theriot-Wyatt Morales, Brusly High (5) 7.02.

26, Noah Harmon-Colston Olivier, Teurlings Catholic (4) 6.8. 27, Ross Kliebert-Luke Lebeouf, Lafourche Bassmasters (4) 6.79. 28, Jackson Rogers-Caden Sellers, Denham Springs High (5) 6.58. 29, Hunter Robertson-Luke Clark, Denham Springs High (5) 6.28. 30, Hunter Borne-Luciano Rizzo, Live Oak High 30 (5) 6.19.

Big Bass: 1, Meche-Watson, Rayne High, 3.75 pounds. 2, Himmel-Hebert, Catholic High, 3.63. 3, Duplessis-Babin, St. Amant High, 3.17.

JUNIOR DIVISION

Top 8: 1, Tallen Toups-Dylin Mizell, Bossier Parish (5) 8.3. 2, Caden Culpepper-John Robinson, Webster Parish (5) 7.68. 3, Noah Roblin-Gentry Rogers, Jr. SW Bassmasters (5) 7.16. 4, Piers Picou-Jaxon Plaisance, Central Catholic (4) 6.6.

5, Landin Sholty-Luke Zeller, Jr. SW Bassmasters (2) 5.21. 6, Max Daniel-Carter Oufnac, Parkview Baptist (4) 5.16. 7, Mac Pardue-Lane Spell, South Beauregard (3) 4.62. 8, Lane Leray-Cooper Johnson, Jr. SW Bassmasters (2) 3.48.

Big Bass: 1, Picou-Jaxon Plaisance, Central Catholic, 2.38. 2, Sholty-Luke Zeller, Jr. SW Bassmasters, 2.31. 3, Cannon Leger-Greyson Young, Catholic-New Iberia, 2.15

Bassmaster Elite

LEESBURG, Fla. — Final top 5 from the four-day Lowrance Bassmaster Elite held on the Harris Chain of Lakes with anglers, their hometowns, number of bass weighed in parentheses (5-bass daily limit), total weight in pounds and ounces and prize winnings. Also listed are Louisiana anglers, big-bass daily/overall winners & contingency money winners. Only the top 50 in the 103-angler field moved to the third round, and only the top 10 advanced to the final round:

Top 5: 1, John Garrett, Union City, Tennessee (20) 84 pounds, 5 ounces, $100,000. 2, J.T. Thompkins, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (20) 73-12, $35,000. 3, K.J. Queen, Catawba, North Carolina (20) 72-0, $30,000. 4, Tyler Williams, Belgrade, Maine (20) 66-3, $25,000. 5, Jordan Lee, Cullman, Alabama (20) 66-0, $20,000.

Louisiana anglers: 13, Greg Hackney, Gonzales (15) 45-8, $10,000. 25, Logan Latuso, Gonzales (15) 40-4, $10,000. 59, Tyler Rivet, Raceland (10) 22-0. 85, Caleb Sumrall, New Iberia (9) 17-5. 99, Derek Hudnall, Zachary (10) 12-13.

Phoenix Boats Big Bass: Jacob Powroznik, North Prince George, Virginia, 10-8, $2,000.

CrushCity Monster Bag: Garrett, 24-2, $2,000.