Two weeks, four T-Bend records and a near miss at ‘Ivie

  • Houston angler Bill Cook displays the new Toledo Bend lake record he reeled in on February 11 while competing in a Bass Champs tournament. Cook’s 15.67 pounder hit an Alabama rig in 20 feet of water. COURTESY PHOTO / BASS CHAMPS
    Houston angler Bill Cook displays the new Toledo Bend lake record he reeled in on February 11 while competing in a Bass Champs tournament. Cook’s 15.67 pounder hit an Alabama rig in 20 feet of water. COURTESY PHOTO / BASS CHAMPS
  • Fishing guide Jason Conn of Alba with the 17.03 pound giant he caught on February 13 at Lake O.H. Ivie. It’s the 8th largest bass ever caught in Texas and falls just short of the 17.06 pound lake record caught in February 2022 COURTESY PHOTO / JASON CONN
    Fishing guide Jason Conn of Alba with the 17.03 pound giant he caught on February 13 at Lake O.H. Ivie. It’s the 8th largest bass ever caught in Texas and falls just short of the 17.06 pound lake record caught in February 2022 COURTESY PHOTO / JASON CONN
    You know a lake is fishing pretty strong when a fivebass limit averaging seven pounds apiece earns the second- place trophy in an eight hour fishing derby. Shift to February 12 on Toledo Bend, a 183,000-acre reservoir that divides Texas from Louisiana. Louisiana anglers Tater Reynolds and Josey Thibodeaux weighed in 35.50 pounds in a Game Changer Outdoors team event. Amazing...

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