Highlands Bass Anglers Tournament Trail

OPEN TO ALL…

The Highlands County Wednesday Night Open is set for Wednesday! Come join the action! Please note the changes for this event..

When: Wednesday 8/26/26
Time: 5:30-8:15pm*
Place: Lake Jackson from Veterans Beach
No prefishing or scouting after 4:45pm Wed.
Boat takeoff draw will occur at 5:25pm
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.
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.

Message if you have questions…

Tonight’s Highlands county Wednesday evening open was held out on Lake Apthorp. The light breeze made for a nice evening on the water. The fish did not feel the same and didn’t cooperate much with our anglers. Leading the field with a 3 fish limit totaling a whopping 6 pounds 10 ounces Was the team of Carson Yero and Dane Spires. Their 3 pound 6 ounce kicker took big fish honors and completed the full sweep of the money! Congratulations fellas! Tonight’s winners chose Lake Jackson for the next Wednesday evening open in 2 weeks. Thank you to those that came out!!

OPEN TO ALL…

The Highlands County Wednesday Night Open is set for Wednesday! Come join the action! Please note the changes for this event..

When: Wednesday 8/12/26
Time: 5:30-8:15pm*
Place: Lake Apthorp
No prefishing or scouting after 4:45pm Wed.
Boat takeoff draw will occur at 5:25pm
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.
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…

Today we resumed our 2026 season out on Lake Okeechobee. With shallow water conditions on the lake most opted to keep it in the river as we launched from Scott Driver park. As always there was that one team that unlocked the code. Today that team was Finn Taylor and Tanner Seabolt. They brought in a five fish limit that weighed 24 pounds 2 ounces! Taking the second place prize was the father/son team of Peck and Peck with 14 pounds 14 ounces. Rounding out the top 3 was the duo of Newsome and Foster with 14 pounds 8 ounces. They had today’s big bass of the day weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces. Taking the prize money in a tiebreaker. Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone that came and participated. We now have 2 tournaments left before the Classic and several teams will still have a shot at the team of the year title. Stay tuned as we head to the home waters of Lake Istokpoga next month!

This Saturday we resume our 2026 club season after taking a month off. We will be out on Lake Okeechobee going out of Scott Driver on the north end. Please be careful for any unfamiliar with the lake. Sunrise is 6:51am making captains meeting and take off drawing at 6:20am. Please be on the water and registered appropriately! See everyone Saturday!

Tonight’s Wednesday evening open was held on Red Beach Lake. With a steady breeze all evening only one team found one of the lakes gems. Leading the field was the duo of Carson Yero and Gene Spores with a 3 fish limit that weighed 12 pounds 12 ounces. Their 9 pound 2 ounce behemoth took big bass of the night and secured all the money. Congratulations to them! As the winners they picked Lake Apthorpe for our bit next Wednesday evening open in Highlands County!

OPEN TO ALL…

The Highlands County Wednesday Night Open is set for next Wednesday! Come join the action! Please note the changes for this event..

When: Wednesday 7/29/26
Time: 5:30-8:15pm*
Place: Red Beach Lake from the public ramp
No prefishing or scouting after 4:45pm Wed.
Boat takeoff draw will occur at 5:25pm
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. No exemptions-state regulations.*
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…

Please note the biggest format change for this event will be 1 fish over 16inches and 2 under per state guidelines because the updated system unfortunately does not have all public lakes as an option. That should make it a close one.

With 3 weeks until our next club event. Here are the current Team on the Year point standings for all teams still in Classic contention…

1. Peck/ Peck 229 points
2. Buckholdt/ Buckholdt 227
3. Springer/ Dewitt 223
4. Conley/Riggles 223
5. Newsome/ Foster 221
6. Hjort/Meeks 218
7. Nguyen/ Nguyen 217
8. Rowe/ Rowe 217
9. Melendez/ Bolden 207
10. Lyon/ Sudbury 207
11. Parker/ Fallas 201
12. Arnold/ Podesta 187
13. Sweat 183
14. Davis/ Harper 167
15. Huber/ Brantley 151
16. Spires/ Jose 147

Still several teams within casting distance of the lead and remember that the top 3 finishing teams pay half entry into the classic! With only 3 events left in our season it’s anyone’s to take! We will be launching from Scott driver when we take on Lake Okeechobee next month.

Last nights Wednesday evening open was held out on Lake June. With calm waters and clear skies the leaders of the night were Ryder Kreuger and Mike Whitaker with a three fish limit totaling 14 pounds 2 ounces. The big bass of the night was caught by the team of Trey Marley and Brad Torres weighing 7 pounds. That fish helped them land in second place with 10 pounds 6 ounces in total. Rounding out the top three was the Charlie Peck and DJ Buckholdt with 7 pounds 14 ounces. Congrats to our winners and thanks to everyone for coming out! The winners chose Red Beach Lake for our next event in 2 weeks!

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 7/15/26
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
Place: Lake June from Bishop park
No prefishing or scouting after 4:45pm Wed.
Boat takeoff draw will occur at 5:25pm
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…