Parker Smith and Carson Randan of Tennessee’s Scotts Hill High School Anglers have won the Bassmaster Junior National Championship at Clarks Hill Lake with a two-day total of 20 pounds, 7 ounces.
Photo by Tyler Bridges/B.A.S.S.
July 26, 2025
Smith and Randan take the title at Junior Championship
EVANS, Ga. — With a Day 2 catch of 8 pounds, 7 ounces, Tennessee’s Scotts Hill High School Anglers Junior duo Parker Smith and Carson Randan claimed the 2025 Bassmaster Junior National Championship title at Clarks Hill Lake with a two-day total of 20 pounds, 7 ounces.
Parker and Smith, 14 and 13 years old, respectively, were in third place after the first day with a three-bass limit weighing 12 pounds. That had them a mere 3 ounces out of the lead. On Day 2, as the bite tightened up for just about everyone, they landed 8 pounds 7 ounces to win by 1-04 over the second-place Junior Keystone Bassmasters team of Weston Bouchikas and Luke Hoskinson.
The Scotts Hill team certainly aren’t strangers to winning: “Thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number,” said boat captain Nick Hart. “But this is the thirteenth tournament they’ve won this year, including some big ones. They fish all the time and they do the work that it takes to be great.”
Today that involved staying patient after losing a quality fish this morning that might’ve sealed the deal.
“That kind of hurt us early,” said Smith, “But we kept culling up and culling up and eventually we caught another big one.”
Every fish that they caught came LiveScoping minnow style bait comprised of a 3/16 ounce Berkley Fusion19 Hybrid Jighead with a 1/0 hook and a 5-inch Deps Sakamata Shad in Electric Shad. They sprayed the soft plastic bait with Bang fish attractant and tied it on with a loop knot to allow it to roll better.
“My strength is scoping for big fish,” Smith continued. “Carson’s strength is fishing a jig or a worm or a shakey head, really finessing them. That’s why we work so well together.” They also capitalized on extreme patience honed through hundreds of hours on the water. Randan said that they maximized their fishing time by staying within 2 miles of the ramp and looking for bait balls that held aggressive fish.
Runners up Bouchikas and Hoskinson finished with a two-day total of 19-3, followed by Alabama’s Headland Junior High School team of Hayes Henderson and Caden Harris in third with 18-4.
Bouchikas and Hoskinson were the only team to catch a double digit bag today, with three Clarks Hill bass that totaled 10-3. No team had over 10 pounds each day.
To catch their Day 1 bag, the Oklahoma team ran a selection of the approximately 100 brush piles they’d marked in practice. Yesterday that put them in 11th place with 9 pounds even, not far out of the lead, but needing to improve their quality to make a run at the title.
Today they started off with that same pattern, but “we weren’t getting the right bites, so we starting ’Scoping bait balls with Damiki rigs,” Bouchikas reported. “We started catching decent fish right away.” Like the winners, they used a 5-inch Sakamata Shad, albeit in the Silver Shad pattern. They paired them with Queen Tackle Tungsten jigheads.
Boat captain Chris Bouchikas remains amazed by the young anglers’ maturity and talent: “There’s not a lot that they don’t do well,” he said. “I let them make their own decisions on the boat and they do a great job with it.”
They also got a special thrill late in the day when the team captained by Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series superstar Mike Iaconelli pulled up within a couple hundred yards and the pro’s son Vegas quickly caught a quality bass: “We got to witness Ike go off,” Chris recalled. “We heard him yell ‘Never give up!’ just going crazy. We all had goosebumps for at least 30 minutes.”
Despite catching 4 pounds less today than they did yesterday, Henderson and Harris saw their position in the standings rise from 6th to 3rd. Their strategy centered on running brush piles fairly close to the ramp.
Yesterday they amassed most of their damage with a Morning Dawn colored Roboworm 6-inch straight tail worm on a dropshot. Today a Chug Bug was their primary producer, as they caught only half as many fish. Despite the smaller bag, they had no regrets.
“We didn’t lose any fish,” Hayes said. “They were there, we just couldn’t catch them.”
They made no excuses, but surmised the increased fishing pressure and heavier winds made it a tougher bite.
Fifty-nine teams caught a three-bass limit today, a dozen fewer than yesterday’s count. One hundred five teams weighed in at least one bass today, and 115 of 120 had a fish at least one day.
Today’s big bass was a 5-12 largemouth brought to the scales by the team of Kendal Ward and Coleton Bradley of New Mexico, the fifth-place finishers. Memphis Johnson and Bryson Seal from Alabama’s Good Hope Fishing Team, the Day 1 leaders, caught the Big Bass of the Tournament yesterday, a 7-13 largemouth.
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| 2025 Bassmaster Junior Championship 7/25-7/26 Clarks Hill Lake, Evans GA. (BOATER) Standings Day 2 Angler Club/School Pts 1. Parker Smith – Carson Randan Scotts Hill High School Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 12-00 Day 2: 3 08-07 Total: 6 20-07 2. Weston Bouchikas – Luke Hoskinson Junior Keystone Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 09-00 Day 2: 3 10-03 Total: 6 19-03 3. Hayes Henderson – Caden Harris Headland Jr High School – AL 0 Day 1: 3 11-02 Day 2: 3 07-02 Total: 6 18-04 4. Bennett Bullard – Kei Blaylock Trader Bills 0 Day 1: 3 10-03 Day 2: 3 07-14 Total: 6 18-01 5. Kendal Ward – Coleton Bradley New Mexico At Large 0 Day 1: 3 11-06 Day 2: 1 05-12 Total: 4 17-02 6. Cullen Sanders – Trace Nobles Liberty County Junior Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 12-02 Day 2: 2 04-15 Total: 5 17-01 7. Brady Williams – Miles Kearney Pickens County Jr. Dragons Fishi 0 Day 1: 3 09-08 Day 2: 3 07-07 Total: 6 16-15 8. Andrew Ziegler – Henry Freter Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets 0 Day 1: 3 09-14 Day 2: 3 06-10 Total: 6 16-08 9. Will Crisman – Reed Crisman Buggs Island Elite Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 07-05 Day 2: 3 09-01 Total: 6 16-06 10. Memphis Johnson – Bryson Seal Good Hope Fishing Team – AL 0 Day 1: 3 12-03 Day 2: 3 04-02 Total: 6 16-05 11. Kannon Wood – Jackson Randall Jr Gulf Port High School 0 Day 1: 3 09-01 Day 2: 3 07-03 Total: 6 16-04 12. JT Cross – Jake Paradis L/A Junior Bassmasters – ME 0 Day 1: 3 08-08 Day 2: 3 07-09 Total: 6 16-01 13. Greyson Harper – Garreson Currie Topeka Jr Hawgs 0 Day 1: 3 11-14 Day 2: 3 04-00 Total: 6 15-14 14. Grayson Tassone – Cole Bryant Port City Junior Bass Masters 0 Day 1: 2 06-09 Day 2: 2 09-04 Total: 4 15-13 15. Easton Gray – Carter Shinn Arkansas YBN Northern 0 Day 1: 3 06-13 Day 2: 3 08-13 Total: 6 15-10 16. Piers Picou – Central Catholic – LA 0 Day 1: 3 07-03 Day 2: 3 08-05 Total: 6 15-08 17. Coop Caldwell – Konnor Macoubrie Team Fishing 4 Life 0 Day 1: 3 06-14 Day 2: 3 08-07 Total: 6 15-05 18. Carsen Sands – Dylan Shook Michigan A1 Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 05-13 Day 2: 3 08-10 Total: 6 14-07 19. Vegas Iaconelli – Wally Peer Iv Bass Nation Juniors 0 Day 1: 3 04-11 Day 2: 3 09-10 Total: 6 14-05 20. Kole Wingfield – Kline Wingfield Arkansas Youth Anglers Junior 0 Day 1: 3 08-15 Day 2: 3 05-03 Total: 6 14-02 21. Olivia King – Harper Krohn D’iberville Hs Warrior Bass Nati 0 Day 1: 3 08-14 Day 2: 3 05-01 Total: 6 13-15 22. Tommy Richards – Denver Jr Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 08-02 Day 2: 3 05-09 Total: 6 13-11 23. Maddox Shaffer – Myles Shaffer Junior Garrett Bass Slayers 0 Day 1: 3 06-12 Day 2: 3 06-12 Total: 6 13-08 24. Easton Dickens – Isaiah Crockett New River Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 06-14 Day 2: 3 06-04 Total: 6 13-02 25. Easton Trotter – Cooper Thomas Rehobeth Jr High School Team 0 Day 1: 3 07-11 Day 2: 3 05-06 Total: 6 13-01 26. Cort Elrod – Riverside Middle School 0 Day 1: 3 07-07 Day 2: 3 05-07 Total: 6 12-14 27. Kallen Williams – Caden Wingfield 863 Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 05-09 Day 2: 3 06-14 Total: 6 12-07 28. Kenny Beale III – Henry Beale Foothills Jr. Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 04-13 Day 2: 3 07-08 Total: 6 12-05 29. Brady Wells – Zeke Brock Bath County Juniors 0 Day 1: 3 07-09 Day 2: 2 04-07 Total: 5 12-00 30. Crews Mcferrin – Colin Bourne Karns Jr High School 0 Day 1: 3 06-02 Day 2: 3 05-14 Total: 6 12-00 31. Deacon Keefe – Brayden Blair Reeths Puffer High School Fishin 0 Day 1: 3 04-15 Day 2: 3 06-14 Total: 6 11-13 32. Gunner Robbins – Drew Smith Livingston Academy Junior Bassma 0 Day 1: 3 05-07 Day 2: 3 06-06 Total: 6 11-13 33. John Brown – Blaine Summers Indiana Junior Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 03-12 Day 2: 3 07-13 Total: 6 11-09 34. Hunter Beach – Austin Jefferson Denver Jr Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 05-15 Day 2: 3 05-10 Total: 6 11-09 35. Colt Carmean – Gunner Vargeson Susquehanna Valley Jr Fishing Te 0 Day 1: 3 04-09 Day 2: 3 06-13 Total: 6 11-06 36. Layne Shoffiett – Jackson Lee Notre Dame Junior Bass Team 0 Day 1: 3 06-13 Day 2: 3 04-08 Total: 6 11-05 37. Gabe Holshouser – Gunner Edwards Roco Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 04-13 Day 2: 3 06-07 Total: 6 11-04 38. Cody Hails – Aiden Espinoza Denver Jr Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 05-00 Day 2: 3 06-02 Total: 6 11-02 39. Truman Duhamell – Drake Wray Indian Creek Junior Fishing Club 0 Day 1: 3 05-14 Day 2: 3 04-13 Total: 6 10-11 40. Caleb Gurley – Keegan Smith Palmetto Jr Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 06-00 Day 2: 3 04-09 Total: 6 10-09 41. Owen Stephens – Max Roy Russell County Jr Bass Club 0 Day 1: 3 07-12 Day 2: 2 02-12 Total: 5 10-08 42. Lane Nickles – Kohan Branyon Palmetto Jr Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 05-04 Day 2: 3 05-04 Total: 6 10-08 43. Colby Christopher – Hudson Mcclure Oconee Fishing Club 0 Day 1: 3 06-02 Day 2: 3 04-05 Total: 6 10-07 44. Hayden VanWinkle – Ryan Skiles Rocky Mtn Bass Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 08-01 Day 2: 2 02-03 Total: 5 10-04 45. Colton Willging – Brody Heacock Dubuque Bass 0 Day 1: 3 08-06 Day 2: 1 01-13 Total: 4 10-03 46. Sullivan Kraft – Jude Pfeiffer Port City Junior Bass Masters 0 Day 1: 3 08-08 Day 2: 1 01-09 Total: 4 10-01 47. Jax Fuhrman – Max Decker Hawghead Bassmaster Juniors 0 Day 1: 3 04-12 Day 2: 3 05-05 Total: 6 10-01 48. Avery Watkins – Bentley Mchenry Wilson Christian Academy Juniors 0 Day 1: 3 06-10 Day 2: 2 03-06 Total: 5 10-00 49. Christopher Cox Jr. – Gage Chlomoudis Triangle Bass Club 0 Day 1: 3 08-00 Day 2: 2 01-15 Total: 5 09-15 50. Cullen Simon – Easton Stanley Little Cypress Mauriceville Jr 0 Day 1: 3 05-12 Day 2: 3 04-02 Total: 6 09-14 51. Heston Hoffman – Samuel Holland Topeka Jr Hawgs 0 Day 1: 3 06-09 Day 2: 3 03-04 Total: 6 09-13 52. Joseph Eskew – Nathan Banach Off The Hook Jr. Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 1 01-04 Day 2: 3 08-07 Total: 4 09-11 53. Camden Baker – Asher Hart Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets 0 Day 1: 3 05-01 Day 2: 3 04-09 Total: 6 09-10 54. Lem Tate – Baylor Mccuiston West Union Bass Fishing Club 0 Day 1: 3 06-07 Day 2: 2 03-00 Total: 5 09-07 55. Brayen Barnhill – Reed Abrams 757 Bass 0 Day 1: 3 06-06 Day 2: 3 02-15 Total: 6 09-05 56. Kort Roberts – Katera Roberts Junior Keystone Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 05-14 Day 2: 3 03-07 Total: 6 09-05 57. Bentley Brown – Lawton Rollison Dixie Junior Bassmasters – FL 0 Day 1: 3 05-10 Day 2: 3 03-08 Total: 6 09-02 58. Drew Oberhoffer – Cale Richman Dubuque Bass 0 Day 1: 3 04-04 Day 2: 3 04-13 Total: 6 09-01 59. Luke Mcandrew – Brody Witmer Sml Junior Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 05-08 Day 2: 3 03-08 Total: 6 09-00 60. Walker Brogdon – Pershing Glenn Gca Backlashers 0 Day 1: 3 05-00 Day 2: 2 04-00 Total: 5 09-00 61. Isaac Sprouse – Will Sprouse Gaffney Jr High School Fishing T 0 Day 1: 3 04-03 Day 2: 3 04-13 Total: 6 09-00 62. Bayne Robinson – Kade Stephenson Brookland Bass Bandits Jr 0 Day 1: 3 04-14 Day 2: 3 03-14 Total: 6 08-12 63. Colton Miller – Landon Lynch Brunswick Academy – VA 0 Day 1: 3 03-13 Day 2: 3 04-09 Total: 6 08-06 64. Knox White – Grayson Sanford Mt. Juliet Fishing – Juniors 0 Day 1: 2 02-06 Day 2: 3 05-14 Total: 5 08-04 65. Reese Forbes – Mason Grantham Jr. Southwest Bassmasters-Denham 0 Day 1: 3 05-03 Day 2: 2 03-01 Total: 5 08-04 66. Carson Stevens – Wesley Osuna Franklin County Jr Bass Team – T 0 Day 1: 3 05-10 Day 2: 1 02-08 Total: 4 08-02 67. Jones Thode – Luca Docken Hutchinson High School 0 Day 1: 2 03-00 Day 2: 2 05-00 Total: 4 08-00 68. Case Thorn – Rodee Owen Lone Star Jr Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 04-12 Day 2: 3 03-00 Total: 6 07-12 69. Tahlen Thomas-Hamm – Grifinn Thomas-Hamm Southside Junior Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 04-06 Day 2: 3 03-05 Total: 6 07-11 70. Brandon Carter – Cooper Potts Mt. Zion Fishing 0 Day 1: 1 03-14 Day 2: 2 03-12 Total: 3 07-10 71. Cody Aliff – Jon Parker Pope Triangle Bass Club 0 Day 1: 1 04-03 Day 2: 2 03-03 Total: 3 07-06 72. Bryson Agee – Gage Brasher Good Hope Junior Fishing Team 0 Day 1: 3 04-00 Day 2: 2 03-05 Total: 5 07-05 73. Alden Breland – Jaxon Godbold Vancleave High School 0 Day 1: 1 06-05 Day 2: 1 00-15 Total: 2 07-04 74. Granger Brasuell – Jude Nichols Aybn Northern Junior 0 Day 1: 3 04-14 Day 2: 2 02-05 Total: 5 07-03 75. Tj Mcqueen – Brayden Zohner Jackson County Homeschool 0 Day 1: 2 02-05 Day 2: 3 04-11 Total: 5 07-00 76. Jake Morgan – Miles Krieger Eureka Youth Club 0 Day 1: 2 03-03 Day 2: 1 03-12 Total: 3 06-15 77. Carsen Feinberg – Grant Klein New Hampshire Jr. Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 1 01-05 Day 2: 3 05-06 Total: 4 06-11 78. Jaxon Mcdaniels – Colin Nicholson Mon Valley Junior Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 3 06-09 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 06-09 79. Liam Jeddry – Garret Bertuzzi Team Outcast Juniors 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 05-14 Total: 2 05-14 80. Jacob Murphy – Mason Peeler Roco Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 03-06 Day 2: 2 02-08 Total: 5 05-14 81. Chase Rogers – Rogan Alderman Bath County Juniors 0 Day 1: 3 05-01 Day 2: 1 00-12 Total: 4 05-13 82. Kaysen Smith – Jonah Osment Crescent High School Jr. Anglers 0 Day 1: 1 02-01 Day 2: 2 03-11 Total: 3 05-12 83. Brantley Faulkner – Christian Roche Piedmont Youth Fishing Team 0 Day 1: 1 01-06 Day 2: 1 04-04 Total: 2 05-10 84. Deacon Nyland – Isaiah Blattner Zeeland Fishhawx 0 Day 1: 1 02-07 Day 2: 2 03-01 Total: 3 05-08 85. Brayden Coussou – James Horne Buggs Island Elite Anglers 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 05-07 Total: 3 05-07 86. Jace Gilliam – Jett Gilliam Wayne Pioneers Junior Team 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 05-06 Total: 3 05-06 87. Burke Sorenson – Braden Royse Eureka Youth Club 0 Day 1: 2 03-02 Day 2: 2 01-15 Total: 4 05-01 88. Bill Young – Andrew Young Wolfe River Juniors 0 Day 1: 2 03-00 Day 2: 2 01-14 Total: 4 04-14 89. Owen Williams – Jase Quattlebaum Rehobeth Jr High School Team 0 Day 1: 2 02-02 Day 2: 1 02-09 Total: 3 04-11 90. Brady Terry – Graham Hall Buggs Island Elite Anglers 0 Day 1: 3 04-10 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 3 04-10 91. Cason Curry – Jaxon Curry Rocky Mtn Bass Anglers 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 04-04 Total: 2 04-04 92. Liam Johnson – Blaine Grassl Southern Illinois Future Jr Angl 0 Day 1: 1 02-08 Day 2: 1 01-10 Total: 2 04-02 93. Mason Samson – Luke Warbin Wmrhs Bass Fishing 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 04-00 Total: 3 04-00 94. Oliver Williams – Corvin Katzban Eagleton Fishing Team 0 Day 1: 1 01-05 Day 2: 2 02-07 Total: 3 03-12 95. Bryce Stilen – Brett Nightingale Scott West Juniors 0 Day 1: 2 02-05 Day 2: 1 01-03 Total: 3 03-08 96. Brystol Marsh – Madison Riley Junior Garrett Bass Slayers 0 Day 1: 1 01-15 Day 2: 1 01-07 Total: 2 03-06 97. Blayne Gansner – Mathias Phipps Festus Fishing Team 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 03-03 Total: 2 03-03 98. Alexandre Tardif – Lucas Reid New Hampshire Jr. Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 1 00-04 Day 2: 2 02-12 Total: 3 03-00 99. Tripp Jackson – Trig Mchone Meigs Middle School Fishing Team 0 Day 1: 1 01-13 Day 2: 1 01-00 Total: 2 02-13 100. Dixon Heflin – Toby Potts Bedford County Youth Bass Club – 0 Day 1: 1 01-00 Day 2: 2 01-11 Total: 3 02-11 101. Ryan Baas – Kade Baas Dubuque Bass 0 Day 1: 1 01-04 Day 2: 1 01-05 Total: 2 02-09 102. Marshall Hyatt – Cooper Orton Good Hope Junior Fishing Team 0 Day 1: 1 01-03 Day 2: 1 01-01 Total: 2 02-04 103. Lliam Crisman – Wyatt Trihey Buggs Island Elite Anglers 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 02-02 Total: 2 02-02 104. Conner White – Drake Highsmith Junior Keystone Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 1 02-01 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 02-01 105. Jack Jaracy – Mason Maat Ct Bass Thunder 0 Day 1: 2 01-14 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 2 01-14 106. Jackson Feild – Camden Moody Mecklenburg Co Junior Bassmaster 0 Day 1: 1 01-07 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 01-07 107. Troy Cunningham – Austin Shroyer Mahomet Seymour Hs Bass Fishing 0 Day 1: 1 01-04 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 01-04 107. Kam Sessions – Jasper Keogh Riley’s Catch 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 01-04 Total: 1 01-04 109. Kaidyn Ruark – Hunter Helton Bath County Juniors 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 01-01 Total: 1 01-01 110. Fisher Arnold – Jackson Caudill Lakeland Junior Hawg Hunters 0 Day 1: 1 01-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 01-00 111. Colt Teague – Junior Keystone Bassmasters 0 Day 1: 1 00-15 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 00-15 112. Slade Smith – Landon Grigg Aybn Northern Junior 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 00-14 Total: 1 00-14 113. Carter Kulpa – Elliot Weeks Hartley’s Hawgs Piglets 0 Day 1: 1 00-13 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 1 00-13 114. Grace Whiting – Mackenzie Vote Rogers High School 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 00-12 Total: 1 00-12 115. Briar Blackwood – Colt Green Good Hope Junior Fishing Team 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00 115. Rhett Corley – Cole Cawthon Northwest Rankin Jr Bass Fishing 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00 115. Jase Cox – Bentley Oldfield Bath County Juniors 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00 115. Broghan Kuhns – Rylee Brunson Junior Wildcats 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00 115. Micajah Pickette – Brantley Rice Munford Fishing – Juniors 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00 115. Kolton Scarlett – Hunter Nugent Frederick County Bass 0 Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00 Total: 0 00-00 ———————————————————————– Totals Day #Limits #Fish Weight 1 71 255 550-00 2 59 250 474-05 ———————————- 130 505 1024-05 |