The Henry County High School fishing teams will be on the water this weekend battling in the West Division champion at Pickwick Landing State Park.

The top 10 high school bass fishing teams of the 2023-24 season will be gathering at the park, which is located just south of Pickwick Dam, 14 miles south of Savannah, in Hardin County.

HCHS is coming off a good performance in late March. The team of Kyzer Gordon and Byron Ellis has ranked highly in the divisional standings going into the West Tennessee championship tourney this weekend. They’re in fifth place right now.

Drake Cannon and Brysen Whitaker of the Patriots are in 20th place in the team standings, while Ben Puckett and Jesse Klutts are 26th.

The limits for Pickwick Lake are:

•  Five fish limit per team.

•  15 inches on largemouth bass.

•  15 inches on smallmouth bass.

•  12 inches on Kentucky/Spotted Bass.

Meanmouth bass are categorized as smallmouth.

Anglers will be launching at 6:15-6:30 a.m. Saturday.

They’ll have to be off the water by 6 p.m. 

The tournament for juniors will be on Sunday. Juniors will be able to pre-fish on Saturday but must stay out of the way of the high school fishermen.

As of this month, Kaden Casey and Collin French from Montgomery County are holding onto the points lead. That duo is aiming to defend their title from last year’s points championship. Weigh-ins will start at 3 p.m.  

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