Heart of Texas Bass Anglers, may be the oldest Bass Club in Killeen. Founded in 1974 by active duty military members stationed here at Fort Hood it began by being named The Heart of Texas Bassmasters and has been active every year since its inception. In 1988 the club name was changed to its present day name of Heart of Texas Bass Anglers to avoid conflict with the National Organization, Bassmasters.

Currently 41 members strong, our members consists of both active duty and retired military along with civilians from every walk of life. We are always looking for new members. It doesn't matter if you have a boat or not as non-boating members are always welcome. Inexperienced? We understand that people discover the fun of bass fishing at many ages and are happy to teach you what we know. We prefer to have members over 18 years old but do make exceptions for father/son members. Women and couples are always welcome. All we ask is that you have a strong desire to fish, will adhere to strong sportsman's ethics and do have some fishing gear!

Heart of Texas Bass Anglers differs from other area fishing clubs in that we add variety to our tournament schedule by rotating local lakes with places like Toledo Bend, Sam Rayburn, Choke Canyon, Lake Fork, O.H. Ivie, Fayette County, and Lake Amistad to name just a few. Normally we fish one tournament away from the local lakes (more than 70 miles away from Killeen) and the following tournament on a local lake (within 70 miles of Killeen). In this way we can ensure that our members are the most well rounded and knowledgeable anglers in the area.

Many of the Major Tournament Trails throughout the state of Texas, such as BASS, FLW, BFL, Stren, Tuff-Man & ABA are fished by our members. Major tournaments take place on the different lakes located throughout Texas and our varied Club Tournament Schedule provides our members with an excellent working knowledge of many of the lakes in Texas for those who like the competition of the larger tournaments.