Eight Palestine High School fishing teams competed against 169 teams in the Texas High School BASS Association East Division on Lake Palestine. It was the first tournament of the season for the Wildcat Anglers.
Tucker Bassett and Alex Funai, with boat captain Johnathan Prater, finished 25th with one fish. Bassett also caught the tournament's "Big Bass," a 9.73-pound fish that set the record for the largest bass weighed in a tournament by a PHS angler.
Buck Bedre had two fish weighing 4.78 pounds and finished 56th.