40 lb bag day 1 of TXTT?

Is this true? Saw it on IG

Wow! I wouldn't be surprised at all. pics??

Alberts a hammer on that lake.

WOW!! What lake?

Rayburn

That's absolutely crazy!!!

Second is 27.10. Dang it.

http://texasteamtrail.com/uploads/pdf/2018_Championship_Day1_Results.pdf

Wow!!!

Nice fish!

Man that is crazy... You come in second with 27 lbs and you are still 13 lbs behind the leader.

Hell of a bag!

Excellent Day. Congrats. to the winners.

Not over yet. Still another day of fishing.

Impressive!

What was the pattern

Not surprised Albert Collins is a part of that team. And they didn't even have big bass...

Those 2. Dragging a big worm thru piles most likely. P

Well, did the day 1 leaders finish it off?

Two day total 64.09. Results are up.

I wish I knew how people do it. I’d love to spend a day in the boat with some of these guys. I can go hit brush piles all day and drag ledges and throw 10 XDs, and never have close to that kind of success. Unreal, and congrats to them on the win.

Dang, all they could catch is 24#s today.

You can't go hitting brush piles that 1k people know about and do that. You also can't do it idling the same stuff that's on everybody's map chip. It takes years to find the special little places where you can have enough to put that kind of bag together. I will be interested to hear what they say, I heard a little bit about it

Plus this thing timed out right. The water stayed high and all those late spring fronts kept those fish up. Now they moved out and are hungry

Most of them they sank themselves in inconspicuous areas that will hold fish

DANG!!! That is a limit of SAL's if they were fishing Athens!!

is there a link...

This

I know. A lot of those guys sink a lot of brush every year.

Anybody that fished championship happen to hear next years schedule?

Yes, and so far not many like it.

Feb - Rayburn
Mar - Lake Travis
April - Texoma
May - Rayburn

June Championship - Lake Belton

Great looking schedule

Good schedule, enjoy Rayburn while you can. It won't last forever

Congrats on your finish yesterday.

schedules should include various lakes that test ones overall skills and should not cater to just one specific area.

Good job down there

Why wouldn't someone like that schedule?

Crazy weights. Imagine catching 26+ day 1, backing it up with 29+ on day 2 and still losing by almost 8 lbs.

Because it has Rayburn twice. Great to fish but clearly favors a few pro’s that live and guide on the lake.

Can’t wait to see Alberts secrets on the tv show.

Albert is one of the nicest fisherman that I have ever met. I have seen him at several tournaments helping people out with everything from lending strangers his cell phone because they didn't have service and helping someone unlock there door because they locked their keys in to giving advice to people on setting up their engines on their boat.

It looks like they caught them on Mister Twister Mag 12 Buzz worms that's awesome congrats to those guys on an awesome tournament!!!

https://www.facebook.com/twisterfishing/posts/1949018671775586

While I would've liked to see Toledo on the schedule, having Rayburn twice isn't terrible. Atleast it's a tremendous fishery and not something like Livingston or Palestine. I don't think for a minute TxTT is catering to pros or guides. Look at some of the locals that didn't catch them. They are going twice cause the turnouts will be better than any other lake in the state and it's fishing really good.

Toledo needs a rest. And that’s putting it nicely.

I love Rayburn as much as the next guy... but having the same lake twice on a schedule like TTT is ridiculous.

Have one in the south, one in the central, one in the east, and one in the north.

The fact that Ray Bob isn't on the schedule makes it a great schedule

We didn’t talk to everyone obviously but almost all didn’t like the travel distances and the lake selections. Can’t make everyone happy.

I agree but I see why they did it.

I can too. I mean Rayburn is a gimmie as far as drawing teams... and I really don't mind fishing it, but there sure are a lot good lakes to fish aside from Rayburn.

I have the simple answer for why they are coming to Rayburn twice next year. NUMBERS. For TTT, it's a business decision. For the past 5+ years, Rayburn has drawn the most numbers of any regular season tournament they put on. This past weekend was their largest turnout for a championship.

It's a no brainer from a business standpoint.

Bingo....if guys turned out more at other lakes, TxTT would go. Some areas of Texas have more fisherman than east Texas but the guys out east will show up for tournaments.

Its not the tournaments it needs a rest from. Heck Rayburn most heavily tournament fished lake in the country and still puts it out but most guys release atleast.

Look We all know what they wanna do, its ok, we understand.


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Championship, you guessed it, Rayburn

Outstanding schedule! Love it and will fish all of them. Yes, I would go to Rayburn every time if that was schedule. Great Lake!

Agreed. Guys an awesome person. He’ll tell you how he caught them just about every time.

Yep. I think every big trail would if they could but like Latta said, the guys out there show up. If more guys around dfw or other areas would just get close to the numbers that would change things.

Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn have always drawn the largest number of entries, for any Tournament Trail. When they venture to far from that area, (I-35 corridor, for example), just doesn't bring the fisherman in great numbers. BFL has been all thru this, years ago.

Yea. That's one thing I don't get on here. So many guys complain about trails staying on those 2 lakes but won't get the numbers elsewhere.

Yea. That's one thing I don't get on here. So many guys complain about trails staying on those 2 lakes but won't get the numbers elsewhere.

I would love to see Palestine back on their schedule but I have zero complaints about their 2019 schedule

For those complaining about any tournament schedule.....nothing is stopping you from stepping up and starting your own trail and making the schedule be whatever you want it to be. They have always put on a great tournament and will continue to do so. Pretty big risk when they first stepped up and started this trail and they have made it very successful.

Nothing wrong with someone else starting a new trail on new lakes spread out all over Texas to test an anglers skill and make an even playing field.....but if you don't draw the boats to a large payout.....and then draw enough to be financially successful, you won't make it.

So now the Big Bite Baits instagram says they caught it on the kriet tail worm and others are saying it was on the mister twister 12 inch. I’m curious what they used

They caught them on any worm each sponsor has. That's how they always catch them. I would guess they were using the big worm though.