McKinney, 19, wrecks ‘em at Fork; 11 year old reels in 13 pounder out west
Stetson Davis, 11, displays the 13.31 Legacy Class Toyota ShareLunker he caught on March 6 at Lake J.B. Thomas. The fish is a Junior Angler Water Body record for the 7,600-acre reservoir near Snyder. (Photo courtesy Brodey Davis)
Trey McKinney, 19, recently became the youngest angler in Bassmaster history to win a big league Elite Series event and the $100,000 pay day that comes with it. McKinney reeled in 20 bass weighing nearly 131 pounds in a big bass slugfest at Lake Fork that ended with nine other anglers cracking more than 100 pounds. (BASS Photo)
The 2024 Lake Fork Elite Series event will forever be remembered as one of greatest big bass slugfests of all-time. The entire Top 10 earned century belt trophies for cracking the 100-pound mark. Tyler Williams (pictured here) finished fourth with 124 pounds, 9 ounces on 20 bass — a 6.2 pound average. (BASS Photo)
Outdoors Writer
Age is no barrier when it comes to reeling in the big ones.
Just ask Stetson Davis of Tuttle, Okla., and Trey McKinney of Carbondale, Ill.
Davis is only 11. He’s among the newest members to join Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Toyota ShareLunker Club.
On March 6, Davis was fun fishing at Lake J.B. Thomas with his dad, Brody, when he reeled ...
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