2025 ND High School Fishing State Championship at Spiritwood Lake

Congratulations to our 2025 ND SAF State Champions Joseph Kotrba and Corban Youngmark!
Joseph and Corban weighed in the heaviest bag of the day at 18.62 pounds and the Big Bass of the tournament weighing in at 4 pounds!  They’ll be competing at their first SAF National Championship this year.
Second place went to the 2024 ND State Champions, Ryan Bullinger and Colton Dodds, weighing 15.76 pounds.
Third Place went to brother and sister team of Hayden Bader and Hailey Bader weighing 11.53 pounds.
All teams weighed-in their limit of 5 bass and the teams did an amazing job at conservation – not one dead bass today!   North Dakota does not allow culling, so that adds another dimension of strategy to tournament fishing here.  Great work student anglers!