TBF Student Angler Federation (SAF) Announces 2025 High School State Championships and Sanctioned Fishing Schedule.
Registration is open!
PONCA CITY, OK (Nov 20, 2024) – The Bass Federation’s Student Angler Federation (SAF) announced today the 2025 High School Fishing sanctioned schedule. Offering more opportunity than ever before including 44 SAF High School Fishing State Championships, 3 Open Challenge events, 14 state high school athletic association sanctioned tournaments, up to 5 MLF High School Fishing Opens and the pinnacle event in all of high school fishing the 16th annual High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship. Available dates/locations are listed below and on the website at www.highschoolfishing.org .
In 2025 across all SAF sanctioned events, we expect more than 35,000 participants in the SAF High School Fishing program and just between the TBF and MLF / SAF sanctioned trails.
“As the founders of the National High School fishing movement in 2007, we immediately seen reaction to getting young people outdoors and the rapid growth potential with parents embracing the concept nationwide at our first High School Fishing World Finals in 2010. We are proud to have had our partners in fishing at MLF be the very first to join us in the High School arena. Together in 2011, we rolled out events in every state and Canada to provide more fishing opportunities for more high school students than anyone else in the world,” said TBF President Robert Cartlidge. “For us High School fishing was and is not about fishing for money, which is why TBF/SAF nor MLF charges any entry fees at our High School events and we do not pay cash to student anglers. It is also not about getting students sponsorships or patches on their jerseys. The core mission is about education through fishing, earning prizes and scholarships and getting young people into the outdoors. We will continue to jointly push the programs forward to accomplish those goals.”
TBF/SAF and MLF will continue advancement opportunities with 1 in 10 teams from each TBF and/or MLF State Championship, Challenge or Open event earning a spot in the National Championship. The 15th Annual High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship offered a record $3.2 Million in college scholarship and prizes up for grabs giving the maximum amount of student anglers the best shot ever for a college scholarship, technical or trade school education.
Additionally, High School anglers who win a SAF state championship and are 16 years old or older(one or both team members) will be offered a High School TBF Living The Dream package, a TBF sponsorship for a year to include: fully paid ADULT TBF\MLF competitor membership, advancement opportunity to represent their home state in a TBF National Semi-Finals as a co-angler, with fully paid entry fees! From there, the sky is the limit, they could qualify for the TBF Federation National Championship or beyond! Check it all out at HighSchoolFishing.org.
2025 Student Anglers Federation (SAF) High School Fishing Schedule
2025 16th Annual High School World Finals / National Championship:
June 24-28, 2025 Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, Grove, OK
2025 Season SAF High School Fishing State Championships
Feb 1 Florida State Championship, Lake Kissimmee, Lake Wales, FL
Feb 22 Georgia State Championship,West Point Lake, LaGrange, GA
Feb 22 Nevada State Championship, Lake Mohave, Boulder City, NV
March 1 Louisiana State Championship, Caney Creek, Chatham, LA
March 15 Missouri State Championship, Table Rock, Branson, MO
March 15 Tennessee State Championship – Old Hickory, Hendersonville, TN
March 22 Kentucky State Championship – Lake Cumberland, Jamestown, KY
March 30 South Carolina State Championship, Lake Murray, Prosperity, SC
April 5 Alabama State Championship, Alabama River, Prattville, AL
April 5 Arkansas State Championship – Greers Ferry Lake, Greers Ferry, AR
April 5 Virginia State Championship, Kerr Lake, South Hill, VA
April 12 West Virginia State Championship – Sutton Lake, Sutton, WV
April 12 Indiana State Championship – Patoka Lake, Celestine, IN
April 19 Iowa State Championship – Okoboji, Okoboji, IA
April 26 Kansas State Championship – Melvern Lake, Osage City, KS
April 26 Tri State Championship (CT,MA,RI) – Quaboag Pond, Brookfield, MA
April 27 Arizona State Championship – Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, AZ
April 27 Hawaii State Championship – Waita Reservoir, Koala, HI
May 4 Texas State Championship – Belton Lake, Belton, TX
May 10 California State Championship – Cal Delta, Stockton, CA
May 10 Oklahoma State Championship – Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, Grove, OK
May 17 Mississippi State Championship – Columbus Lake, Columbus, MS
May 17 Montana State Championship – Noxon Reservoir, Trout Creek, MT
May 18 Wisconsin State Championship – Lake Delavan, Delavan, WI
May 31 Ohio State Championship – Mosquito Lake, Cortland, OH
May 31 Tri State Championship (DE,MD,NJ) – Lake Anna, Spotsylvania, VA
June 1 Colorado State Championship – Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo, CO
June 1 Nebraska State Championship – Lewis & Clark, Crofton, NE
June 7 North Dakota State Championship – Spiritwood Lake, Jamestown, ND
June 14 Michigan State Championship – Lake Cadillac, Cadillac, MI
June 27 Idaho State Championship – Lake Cascade, Cascade, ID
July 19 Vermont State Championship – Lake Champlain, Colchester, VT
July 20 Pennsylvania State Championship – Cayuga Lake, Union Springs, NY
Aug 9 Ontario State Championship – Balsam Lake, Rosedale, ON
Aug 17 Maine State Championship – Damariscotta Lake, Jefferson, ME
Aug 23 Minnesota State Championship – Clearwater, Annandale, MN
Sept 13 New York State Championship – Hudson River, Catskill, NY
Sept 13 Washington State Championship – Potholes Reservoir, Grant County, WA
Oct. 5 New Hampshire State Championship – Connecticut River, Walpole, NH
2025 SAF High School Fishing Challenges\Open Events:
April 6 California Open Challenge – San Joaquin Delta, Oakley, CA
May 4 New Hampshire Open – Spofford Lake, Spofford, NH
Nov 8 Alabama Open Challenge – Logan Martin, Lincoln, AL
2025 MLF High School Fishing Opens: (Major League Fishing events)
Feb 15 MLF HS Open – Lake Seminole, Bainbridge, GA
March 8 MLF HS Open – Grand Lake, Grove, OK
March 29 MLF HS Open – Kentucky Lake, Gilbertsville, KY
Oct 4 MLF HS Open – Pickwick Lake, Florence, AL
Oct 25 MLF HS Open – Lake Hartwell, Anderson, SC
2025 State Athletic Association Events: (Qualified teams only)
Jan 25 GHSA #1 – Lake Seminole, Bainbridge, GA
Feb 1 LHSAA Qualifier 1 – Toledo Bend, Many, LA
Feb 8 GHSA #2 – Lake Oconee, Buckhead, GA
Feb 22 LHSAA Qualifier 2 – Caney Creek, Chatham, LA
March 8 GAPPS/GISA Finals – Clarks Hill Lake, Appling, GA
March 8 GHSA #3 – Clarks Hill, Appling, GA
March 14-15 LHSAA State Finals – Toledo Bend, Zwolle, LA
Apr 5 GHSA #4 – Lake Hartwell, West Point, LaGrange, GA
April 26 KHSAA Region 1 – Lake Barkley, Kuttawa, KY
April 26 KHSAA Region 2 – Lake Cumberland, Jamestown, KY
April 26 KHSAA Region 3 – Green River, Campbellsville, KY
April 26 KHSAA Region 4 – Harrington Lake, Harrodsbury, KY
May 3 GHSA State Finals – Lake Lanier, Gainesville, GA
May 9-10 KHSAA State Finals – Lake Cumberland, Jamestown, KY
GAPPS – Georgia Athletics Private Parochial School
GISA– Georgia Independent School Association
GHSA – Georgia High School Athletics
LHSAA – Louisiana High School Athletics Association
KHSAA – Kentucky High School Athletics Association
Complete rules are available at HighSchoolFishing.org High School Fishing – Major League Fishing
Registration for the 2025 season state championships and challenge events is open now at HighSchoolFishing.org . For SAF High School Fishing State Championships, each team must compete in the state in which their school is located. Teams from all states can compete in a SAF challenge event or a MLF High School Fishing Open tournament. Entries for all State Championships, SAF Challenge events or State Athletic Association events should be made at HighSchoolFishing.org or by calling TBF at (580) 765-9031, entries for MLF Open HS events should be made at High School Fishing – Major League Fishing or by calling 270-252-1000. There is no limit to the number of teams accepted into a tournament from each school or club except per State Athletic Association rules and those events only.
All MLF and TBF High School Fishing tournaments are free to enter, there is no event entry fee. The tournaments are two-person (team) events for students in grades 9-12 (one member of each team can be 7th or 8th) and open to any SAF-affiliated high school club.
About The Bass Federation
The Bass Federation Inc., (TBF) is a member of the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. TBF is owned by those we serve and dedicated to the sport of fishing. The Federation is the largest and oldest, organized grassroots fishing, youth and conservation organization there is. TBF, our affiliated state federations and their member clubs conduct more than 20,000 events each year and have provided a foundation for the entire bass fishing industry for more than 50 years. TBF founded the Student Angler Federation and the National High School Fishing program in 2007 to promote clean family fun and education through fishing and are proud partners in fishing with MLF. Visit bassfederation.com or highschoolfishing.org and “LIKE US” on Facebook.
