Quitman High School entries Hayden Davis and Maddox Duck hauled in a five fish stringer of 12.51 lbs. to grab 3rd place among 57 entrants in the inaugural 2023 event of the Northeast Louisiana High School (NELAHS) Anglers Tournament Schedule. Another QHS entry, Tucker Goss and Cary Hayden Seymore, also landed five fish that weighed a total of 9.63 lbs. to come in 5th place and earn the distinction of being the top Junior High team in the January 14th competition held on Lake Claiborne.

Three other teams with representatives from Jackson Parish finished in the top 25 
15th Place – Addison Ledford / Hailey Chatham – Weston High School, 3 Fish, 4.31 lbs.
18th Place – Landin Chatham / Jessie Parker – NELAHS Anglers, 2 Fish, 3.75 lbs.
23rd Place – Brody Halbrook / Gabe Walsworth – Gracepoint Christian, 1 Fish, 2.13 lbs.

Additional local entries:
Jalin Horne / Aiden Patton – Jr. QHS
Waylon Sullivan / Jake Vail – Jr. QHS
Joseph Irvin / Braydon Brown – WHS

The tourney was the third of eight scheduled in the 2022-23 season following an August 27, 2022, date on the Ouachita River and a September 24, 2023 outing on Lake D’Arbonne.

Local teams year-to-date standings:
#3 – Chatham/Parker
#5 – Davis/Duck
#25 – Goss/Seymore
#26 – Halbrook/Walsworth
#28 – Sullivan/Vail
#30 – Chatham/Ledford
#39 – Irvin/Brown
#43 – Horne/Patton

Next Tournament:

Next up on the schedule anglers will try their luck at Caney Lake on February 11, which will be the final regular season tournament before the Student Angler Federation (SAF) Jr. and High School State Championships on Lake D’Arbonne on March 18 and 19.