The first tournament of the new West Texas Team Trail (WTTT) was held on Lake Amistad on February 9, 2008. We were extremely proud to see a total of 68 teams enter the tournament. This showed us that there really was a need for a quality team tournament trail in West Texas and it made all the hard work worth it.

There were a total of 223 fish weighed in for 538.84 pounds. We had a 100% live release and wish to thank two of our sponsors for that feat, Sure-Life Labs and Oxygen Infusers for their products. The fish were actually so lively after being treated in the release tanks that they were actually jumping out of the large tanks and into the tanks next to them. We want to thank all the fishermen for bringing in the fish in such great condition. Each team was given a bottle of Catch And Release to treat their livewells. It was immediately obvious that it worked when the fish were trying to jump out of the weigh bags when they were brought to the scales! We also would like to thank the TPWD officer that helped us with the release. He was a true credit to his uniform and agency.

With the large number of teams entered in the trail, we felt it necessary to move our March tournament from Lake Stamford to Lake O.H. Ivie in order to prevent over crowding. Especially when we found out a bass club will be holding their club tournament on Stamford, on the same day as our scheduled date.

I want to thank all the teams that showed their confidence in the WTTT by their attendance!

We especially want to thank the sponsors that shared our belief in creating a great team trail in west Texas. These sponsors include Ranger Boats, Evinrude Motors, MinnKota, Humminbird, Stearns, Sospenders, Costlow’s Fishing4insurance.com, Cannon, GrandeBass, Texas Sidewinder Rods, Sure-Life Labs, Mad Dog Gear, Yamamoto Baits, River Slung Lures, Amistad Lodge, Ledz Hed Jigs, Stidham Vinyl Lettering, Xcite Baits and the Brownwood Chamber Of Commerce. Without the generous support of these sponsors, we would not be able to do what we love!

Team Name # of Fish Weight Winnings
1st Stoker & Stone 5 28.36 $1800
2nd Fillmon & Fillmon 5 20.69 $1065
3rd Pullig & Reichenau 5 17.90 $770
4th Gilliand & Jones 5 16.60 $550
5th Hagler & Blythe 5 15.45 $380
6th Harris & Turner 5 15.09 $320
7th Jimmy Johnson 5 14.87 $270
8th Cordero & Aittama 5 14.78 $260
9th Howard & Booth 5 14.51 $250
10th Cartmel & Reynolds 4 13.80 $220
11th Graham & Bunch 5 13.65 $200
12th Stockard & Arrington 5 13.57 $180
13th Murphy & Murphy 4 13.20 $155
Big Bass Fillmon & Fillmon 8.25 $200
2nd Big Bass Stoker & Stone 8.18 $100