Horton and Holliman win AL Open Challenge on Logan Martin Lake

The 2025 SAF Alabama Open Tournament was hosted by the Alabama Bass Federation and the City of Lincoln/Park & Recreation, Lincoln, AL. The event was launched at Lincoln’s Landing, Lincoln. Anglers experienced a two-hour fog delay. Once the fog cleared the weather for the remainer of the day was light wind and warm temperatures.

Following the days tournament competition the team of Deason Horton-Brody Holliman of Shelby County High School Wilds Cats finished first place with a 5 fish limit pushing the scales to 14.07. Second place team was George Webster-Ian Crocker of Helena Bass Club with 12.02.  Blalock Sullivan-Ellis Turner of Heard County Bass Anglers were third with 11.13.

Blaze Sullivan-Parker McCoy of Mortimer Jordan Bass Club were fourth with 11.04; Connor Hale-Hayes Mayer of Helena Bass Club were fifth with 10.15; Aiden Castleberry-Kaiden Brooks of Priceville were sixth with 10.09 and rounding out the top seven was Gavin Peterson-Hunter Linton of Fairview Fishing Team with 9.14.

These top seven teams have qualified to fish the 2026 High School National Tournament scheduled for June 23-27, 2026, Lake Cumberland, KY. Congratulations to all for your qualification.

On Saturday September 12th anglers from throughout NY traveled to the mighty Hudson River

On Saturday September 12th anglers from throughout NY traveled to the mighty Hudson River out of  Germantown, NY with their sights on winning the NYS High School Championship.  The Hudson River can be challenging, and the bite is very dependent on the weather and the tide, to top it off it has been tough to fish over the past couple of weeks.  The weather for the day turned out perfect, the tide was a favorable one but the bite was tough.  At the end of the day most of the teams were able to bring fish to the scales but only one team can prevail. 

Taking the win in the High School division for the day and punching their ticket to Kentucky was the team of brothers, Caleb & Cameron Hildenbrand with a 5 fish limit and a bag totaling 13.30lbs. Ryan Knapp and Jason Gibson won the Junior division with a total weight of 8.80lbs and will advance to the 2026 Junior World Championship.

Team Guy wins State Championship on Clearwater Lake!

Saturday was a great day for the 2025 MN SAF State Tournament on Clearwater Lake.  Weights were competitive with all teams catching a five fish limit!  Also, great job with fish care…ALL bass weighed were ALIVE and returned safely to Clearwater Lake!
Our top TWO teams will advance to the 2026 World Finals and the top team can also compete in the 2026 TBF District 9 National Semi Final.
We look forward to organizing next year’s event and will announce 2026 date/location as soon as possible.  For now, we wish all of you great luck on the water this fall and safe fun school year!