Scotts Hill duo Phillips, Mullins win Bassmaster Junior event at Sam Rayburn
Aiden Phillips and Weston Mullins of Scotts Hill won the Bassmaster Junior event at Sam Rayburn with a five-bass limit of 17 lb, 4 oz, edging the field by 1 lb, 9 oz.
Scotts Hill Student Anglers juniors Aiden Phillips and Weston Mullins won the Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Junior Series event at Sam Rayburn Reservoir on March 6, 2026, posting a five-bass limit that weighed 17 pounds, 4 ounces and edging the field by 1 pound, 9 ounces. The narrow margin underscored a competitive junior field at the Sam Rayburn stop of the series.
The victory was highlighted on the team’s Instagram account, which identified the pair as winners at the 2026 Sam Rayburn event. The Sam Rayburn result supplements competitive results for the Scotts Hill program this season and gives Phillips and Mullins a signature win on a national junior circuit date.
Locally, Scotts Hill Student Anglers has seen a string of strong finishes: at the Tennessee Bass Nation State Open at Watts Bar Lake, Parker Smith and Carson Randan, with boat captain Nick Hart, won the junior division by more than a 2-pound margin and claimed the Junior Division Big Fish Award, a first state-level victory for the Scotts Hill program. According to WBBJ, Smith and Randan now have a win and two second-place finishes in this year’s state tournaments, marking their third tournament win this fall.
At that same Watts Bar event, Aiden Phillips and Weston Mullins, with boat captain Jarrod Phillips, finished 11th in what WBBJ described as a tough field. WBBJ reported the state open drew more than 160 high school teams and nearly 60 junior teams, and that the two Scotts Hill junior squads continue to hold down the top two spots in the state points race.
The Sam Rayburn win and the recent Watts Bar performances leave Scotts Hill Student Anglers with both momentum and local bragging rights: a Big Fish Award and a state open victory for Smith and Randan, and now a Bassmaster Junior Series victory for Phillips and Mullins. The narrow 1 lb, 9 oz margin at Sam Rayburn highlights how tight competition has been for Decatur County’s top junior anglers as the spring tournament calendar continues.
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