Drew Turner & Gunner Beasley Lead Sandites at Pine Creek Tournament

Charles Page High School students Drew Turner and Gunner Beasley took second place at the Oklahoma Bass Nation high school trail event on Pine Creek Lake Sunday, March 17th.

The duo caught a haul of 14.52 pounds for a 0.1-pound margin over the third-placers and were 0.54 pounds behind the champions.

Turner and Beasley were already second in the state in the yearly standings and should overtake the top spot when the next set of rankings is released.

Jessen Cox and Rylan Matherly placed 15th out 57 boats with a haul of 12.92 pounds and also had the fourth-largest fish of the tournament at 3.59 pounds.

Nate Griffin and Caden Strawn placed 22nd with 12.02 pounds and Eli Rogers placed 23rd with 12.02 pounds.

Jonathan Isley and Jaxon “Scout” Trotter placed 28th with 11.59 pounds and had the largest single fish at 4.89 pounds to win the Big Bass prize.

Gabe Castellano and Ean Williams placed 34th with 10.93 pounds, Hayden Lowrance and Hunter Spencer placed 35th with 10.6 pounds, and Decana Strawn and Abby Tabor placed 45th with 8.88 pounds.

There is one last high school trail event on the calendar, set for April 7th at Fort Gibson’s Taylor Ferry North Ramp.

Eli Rogers Places 4th at Keystone Lake Fishing Tournament

The Charles Page High School bass fishing teams got off to a strong start in the season opener on Sunday, August 20th at Keystone Lake. Junior Eli Rogers led a fleet of seven boats from Sand Springs, turning in a haul of 8.83 pounds for fourth place as a solo angler.

Drew Turner and Gunner Beasley took 14th place in the field of 56 with a haul of 6.42 pounds.

Jonathan Isley and Jaxon Trotter caught 6.36 pounds for 15th place; Nate Griffin and Caden Strawn caught 5.06 pounds for 30th; Jessen Cox and Rylan Matherly caught 3.73 pounds for 39th; Gabe Castellano and Ean Williams caught 3.33 pounds for 42nd; and Hayden Lowrance and Hunter Spencer caught 1.89 pounds for 49th place.

The one-day tournament. launched from Prairie View Ramp, was the first of five events on the Oklahoma Bass Nation high school tour. The event had a three-fish limit.

Next up for the tour will be an October 1st trip to Grand Lake where the Sandites will fish out of Wolf Creek Ramp in Grove. That tournament will have a five-fish limit.