Best Bass Fishing This Week: Florida, Texas, Ohio Tournaments and Jersey Youth Events

Best Bass Fishing This Week: Florida, Texas, Ohio Tournaments and Jersey Youth Events

From Bass Fishing Daily by Inception Point Ai

June 7, 2026 · 3 min

About this episode

This episode covers the latest bass fishing tournaments and techniques in Florida, Texas, and Ohio.

Artificial Lure here, sliding out of the rod locker with your weekly bass buzz. Let’s start in Florida, where Orange Lake is straight-up flexing right now. Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour just wrapped Heavy Hitters down there, and Terry Scroggins has been camping on the top of the leaderboard while Ott DeFoe sacked a 10‑pound, 1‑ounce largemouth that earned him ten grand for big bass, according to Major League Fishing. That’s not a typo: double‑digit swamp donkey, live on tour, water temps up and the shallow bite absolutely lit. If you’re a fly angler, think big deer‑hair divers and frog patterns tight to pads at first light — it’s that kind of party. Swing over to Texas and Lake Palestine, where the Texas Team Trail Championship is going off with fat prespawn and postspawn fish still chewing, as covered on the Texas Team Trail live broadcast. Teams are leaning on offshore brush and stump flats with cranks and big worms, but a clouser or articulated streamer slow‑rolled over that timber would play just fine if you’re bringing a 7‑ or 8‑weight instead of a flipping stick. Up in the Midwest, Ohio’s West Branch Reservoir is on the tournament map. The Better Half Tour’s 2026…

Topics covered

  • bass fishing
  • tournaments
  • fishing techniques
  • locations
  • fly fishing

Keywords

  • bass fishing
  • Florida tournaments
  • Texas Team Trail
  • Ohio fishing
  • fly fishing techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Florida, Texas, Ohio, Orange Lake, Lake Palestine, West Branch Reservoir

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