Anglers from across the state competed in the first-ever GHSA Bass Fishing State Championship at Lake Lanier on Saturday and concluded the historic inaugural season. The championship action followed a circuit of four qualifying tournaments that took place previously this year at Lakes Seminole, West Point Lake, Lake Oconee and Lake Hartwell a field of 68 two-person teams ascended on the state’s second-largest lake to compete for the ultimate prize.
Each team got its five largest catches tallied and the team with the highest cumulative total was crowned the state champion. This year, it was the duo of Jayden Faulkner and Davis Madden of Evans High School that brought in the largest haul and earned the state title. Faulkner and Madden qualified following a second-place finish at the Lake Hartwell state qualifier this past month.
Top 10 Boats
Team School Weight
1. Jayden Faulkner-Davis Madden Evans 20-03
2. Tanner Hadden-Tyler Starkey Greenbrier 18-02
3. Chase Mason-Jonathon Garbacz West Forsyth 17-03
4. Jeremy Zyck-Jack Thurmond South Forsyth 16-14
5. Mara Anderson-Presley Tillman Appling County 15-12
6. Brock Lewis-Gage Sellars Bainbridge 15-11
7. Jacob Hodge-Henry Garrett Greenbrier 15-02
8. Bowynn Brown-Shane Dill Bainbridge 14-15
9. Jordan Brewer-Matson Grose Fellowship Christian 14-13
10. Jacob Brightwell-Hunter Horne Colquitt County 14-09
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