BY DAVE LINK Jacob Berryhill and Isaac Chandler of the Cherokee Chiefs Fishing Team should’ve known it was their lucky day a couple of Saturdays ago. The seniors at Cherokee High School were fishing in the third stop of the Tennessee BASS … [Read more...]
FCA Fishing Files: Hayden Barnett, Camdyn Cranfill win TN Bass Nation Southeast Division event at Chickamauga Lake
BY DAVE LINK Hayden Barnett and Camdyn Cranfill didn’t need much time to find their groove as new bass-fishing co-anglers. Not any time at all, really. In their second tournament fishing together for the Roane County (Kingston) High School … [Read more...]
FCA FISHING FILES: Kingston’s Will Bacon, Hayden Barnett honored for points-race win; Barnett going solo to Bassmaster HS National Championships
BY DAVE LINK Kingston’s Hayden Barnett and Will Bacon were honored and treated to dinner last Saturday for winning the Tennessee Bass Nation’s Bass Pro Shops-Sevierville points race. By winning the points race, Barnett and Bacon – along with … [Read more...]
FCA Fishing Files: Olivia Mauldin wins Bass Pro Shops Sevierville event; Tucker Larrance, Jaxson Pierce win Juniors
BY DAVE LINK Grace Christian Academy junior Olivia Mauldin got the fishing bug when she was a young girl, going often in summers with her dad Mark, brother Garrett, and his friend Efrem. She’s never shaken the bug. “When I was little,” … [Read more...]
Rhea County’s Owen Ray and Camdyn Cranfill ‘come out swinging’ and claim Tennessee Bass National Junior State Championship
BY DAVE LINK Owen Ray and Camdyn Cranfill of the Rhea County Eagle Anglers weren’t just motivated going into the Tennessee Bass Nation’s Junior State Championship on May 21. They were doubly motivated for the event on Woods Reservoir near … [Read more...]
Eli O’Hara, Sawyer O’Hara win MEGA Juniors; B.J. Collins and Banks Shaw take MEGA High School
Sawyer and Eli O’Hara don’t fish year-around, but when they do fish, watch out. The cousins for the Alcoa Fishing Team’s juniors primarily fish in the spring, and in four tournaments this season, have two victories. Sawyer is in the seventh … [Read more...]
Cumberland Gap anglers/brothers hit ‘big milestone’ on Fort Loudon Lake
BY DAVE LINK Will and Alex Douglas of the Cumberland Gap High School Fishing Club reached a milestone in their careers March 19 on Fort Loudon Lake. The brothers won the third event of the Tennessee BASS Nation’s Bass Pro Shops series, placing … [Read more...]
Walker LaRue and Joe Vaulton of Alcoa Fishing Team heading to national championships
BY DAVE LINK Alcoa Fishing Team’s Joe Vaulton and Walker LaRue are fishing like seasoned veterans on the Major League Fishing and Bassmaster High School circuits. And they’re just getting started. Vaulton is a sophomore and LaRue is a … [Read more...]
Campbell County duo named Bass Pro Shops high school fishing team of year
By DAVE LINK Blake Roberts and Riley Faulkner had no idea what would happen after weigh-ins of the Bass Pro Shop’s high school tournament May 28 at Douglas Lake. It was the final of five tournaments on the Bass Pro’s East Tennessee region … [Read more...]