NextGen Texas Tournament Trail

10/02/2026

📣 **Registration is now open for NextGen Event Two at Lake Limestone!**
October 18th, 2026
Get ready for the next event—secure your spot and join us at Lake Limestone!

🔗 Register here: https://ngttt.com/registration-form/

09/19/2026

09/06/2026

WEBSITE UPDATES COMING SOON!

We’re working behind the scenes on updates to the NextGen Texas Tournament Trail website for the 2026–2027 season!

We’ll be adding and updating important information including event details, results, season standings, sponsor information, photos, announcements, and more to make it easier for our teams and families to stay connected throughout the season.

With an incredible 75-team turnout at Event One, we’re excited about what’s ahead and want to make sure our website keeps up with everything happening at NextGen Texas.

Stay tuned — updates are coming soon!

Thank you to all of our anglers, families, boat captains, sponsors, volunteers, and supporters for helping us kick off an amazing season.

🎣 NEXTGEN TEXAS TOURNAMENT TRAIL
Fish • Compete • Grow • Belong
Young Anglers. Stronger Tomorrow.

09/06/2026

Photo Drop https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/106GRkjdjADJQr65PY_ZHKlD9ZkxiAl_q?usp=sharing

09/06/2026

🎣 NEXTGEN TEXAS TOURNAMENT TRAIL
2026–2027 EVENT ONE RESULTS & SEASON OPENER RECAP

What a way to start the 2026–2027 season!

A tremendous 75 teams came out to Stillhouse Hollow on September 5th for Event One of the NextGen Texas Tournament Trail. We could not have asked for a better turnout for our season opener!

We want to give a huge THANK YOU to every angler, boat captain, parent, family member, volunteer, sponsor, and supporter who came out and helped make our first event of the season such a success. NextGen is about more than just fishing—it is about our young anglers, their families, sportsmanship, competition, and creating memories together.

🏆 EVENT ONE TOP FINISHERS

🥇 1st Place — Kesler Stokes & Beau Cannon
19.40 lbs — $1,100
🎣 Big Bass: 6.20 lbs

🥈 2nd Place — George Hager & Mason Summers
11.08 lbs — $500

🥉 3rd Place — Rudy Rodriguez & Lily Williams
10.66 lbs — $300

🏅 4th Place — Braxton Butler & Kenton Mabry**
10.30 lbs — $200

⭐ JUNIOR TEAM RESULTS

🥇 Top Junior Team — Braxton Butler & Kenton Mabry**
10.30 lbs — an outstanding 4th place overall finish!

🥈 2nd Junior Team — Jaxon Van D**e & Weston Van D**e**
5.87 lbs

🥉 3rd Junior Team — Corbin Smith & Rory Henderson**
3.91 lbs

Please Note: An asterisk (*) beside an angler's name signifies a Junior Team.

🎣 BY THE NUMBERS

75 Teams Fished
112 Fish Weighed
226.01 Total Pounds
2.02 lb Average Fish Weight
106 Fish Released Alive — 95% Release Rate

That 95% fish-release rate is something our anglers and boat captains should be proud of as well.

We are incredibly grateful for this turnout. 75 teams at our first event shows just how much support there is for youth tournament fishing and the NextGen Texas family.

Congratulations to our winners, our Junior Division teams, and every young angler who competed.

Thank you for trusting us with the opportunity to provide these kids a place to compete and grow in the sport we all love.

75 TEAMS STRONG! 💙🎣
The 2026–2027 NextGen Texas Tournament Trail season is officially underway!

NEXTGEN TEXAS TOURNAMENT TRAIL
Building the Next Generation of Tournament Anglers.

Full Results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hzDXXMdHmef5lSuGbdkuxNtmLxkzDQCe/view?usp=sharing

09/02/2026

🎣 **NEXTGEN TEXAS — EVENT ONE SITE MAP!**

Take a look at the map for the **ramp, parking, launch staging area, and weigh-in stage** so you’re ready for tournament morning!

📅 **Saturday, September 5th, 2026**
⏰ **4:30 AM–4:30 PM**
📍 **Stillhouse Marine Park**
**4570 Simmons Rd, Belton, TX**

🚨 Remember: Registration, launch staging, and weigh-in have moved from **Dana Peak Park to Stillhouse Marine Park**.

You may launch from **ANY ramp** on Stillhouse Hollow Lake, then come by boat to our event area.

✅ Registration: **4:30–6:30 AM**
🚤 Official launch: **7:00 AM**

**Save this map and share it with your team, boat captain, and family!** See you Saturday! 🎣

09/02/2026

🚨 **IMPORTANT EVENT LOCATION & SCHEDULE UPDATE** 🚨

Due to the **overwhelming response for our first event of the season**, we need to move our **registration, launch staging, and weigh-in area** from **Dana Peak Park to Stillhouse Marine Park**.

📍 **Stillhouse Marine Park Address:**
**4570 Simmons Rd, Belton, TX**

✅ **You may still launch your boat from ANY ramp on Stillhouse Hollow Lake.**
After launching, please come by boat to the **Stillhouse Marine Park / Marina area** for registration, boat-number draw, livewell check, and official launch.

🎣 **EVENT DAY ITINERARY**

**4:30 AM – 6:30 AM**
Registration • Boat Number Draw • Livewell Check

**6:40 AM**
🙏 Prayer

**6:50 AM**
🚤 Line Up for Launch
Life jackets must be worn and kill switches attached.

**7:00 AM**
🔥 OFFICIAL LAUNCH

**3:00 PM**
⚖️ Scales Open

**3:00 PM**
Boats **1–25** check in for weigh-in.

**3:15 PM**
Boats **26–50** check in for weigh-in.

**3:30 PM**
Boats **51–75** check in for weigh-in.

**3:45 PM**
Boats **76–100** check in for weigh-in.

🚨 **SCALES CLOSE AT 4:00 PM**
You **MUST be in the weigh-in line before 4:00 PM** to weigh your fish.

**4:00 PM**
⚖️ Scales Close
📊 Results Calculation
🏆 Awards Ceremony to Follow

We appreciate everyone working with us on this change. The turnout for our opening event has been outstanding, and moving to the Stillhouse Marine Park area will give us more room to better handle registration, launch, weigh-in, anglers, families, and spectators.

Please **SHARE THIS UPDATE** with everyone fishing the event so there is no confusion on tournament morning.

🎣 **We’ll see everyone at Stillhouse Marine Park!**

07/30/2026

🔥 NEXTGEN TEXAS MERCH DROP IS LIVE 🔥
🎣 SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF TEXAS FISHING 🎣
We’re dropping official NextGen Texas Tournament Trail gear — and every purchase helps fuel the next generation of anglers right here in Texas.
👕 SHIRTS – $20
🧢 HATS – $25
💥 This isn’t just merch…
This is fuel for the mission
This is support for young anglers chasing big dreams
This is how we build something bigger than all of us
⚡ Clean. Bold. Texas Strong.
⚡ Built for the water. Built for the grind.
⚡ Limited run — when they’re gone, they’re GONE
📍 Available now
👉 Grab yours today!!
👉 DM / Event pickup options available
💬 Help us grow the sport. Wear the movement.

07/26/2026

🎣 What Makes NextGen Texas Original and Unique?

NextGen Texas was built to be different.

We are a small, grassroots, nonprofit 501(c)(3) youth fishing tournament trail—and that is exactly how we plan to stay.

We are not focused on becoming the biggest trail or packing every event with as many boats as possible. We prefer to cap our events at approximately 60 to 65 teams so we can keep the experience centered on what matters most: the young anglers and their families.

Keeping our events smaller allows us to provide a more personal, organized, and family-friendly atmosphere where young anglers can compete, learn, grow, build friendships, and create memories that last a lifetime.

Since the beginning, we have also provided payouts or prizes at every regular-season event for the teams that place. We believe the hard work, dedication, sportsmanship, and success of our young anglers deserve to be recognized.

NextGen Texas is more than a tournament trail. We are a community committed to helping build the future of fishing.

Small by choice.
Grassroots by design.
Focused on the future of fishing.