Edwards and Camp win Mississippi State Championship April 1 at Aberdeen Marina

A large crowd cheered as 40 high school fishing teams took to the scales at Aberdeen Marina in Aberdeen, Ms., April 1. Seth Edwards and Jordan Camp of the West Point High School Fishing Team would come out on top with four bass weighing 10.86 pounds to be crowned 2017 Mississippi High School Fishing State Champions.  The pair also took the Lew’s Big Bass Award with a 6.94 pound lunker and were awarded Lew’s merchandise.

There was a eat crowd for weigh-in to watch the field of 40 boats bring their fish to the scales.

Coming in Second place was Haze Hillhouse and Caden Cresap from Itawamba High School with 8.70 pounds.  Third place went to Garrett McWilliams and Addison Yates from Discovery Christian School with 8.46 pounds.  The final qualifying spot went to the fourth place team of Jake Donahoo and Tyler Alvis from the West Point High School Fishing Team with 7.98 pounds.  Fifth place went to Palmer Lockhart and Nichols Tyler from Tupelo Golden Wave High School.

The top four teams will advance to the National Event to be held this summer in conjunction with the High School World Finals in Florence, Alabama.

Thank you to the City of Aberdeen for all you do for the MS SAF Fishing Teams.

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High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship June 27-July 1! Register Today!

Last NC Qualifying Events!
Indiana State Championship – June 3
Tri-State – MA, RI & CT – Championships – June 3
Colorado State Championship – June 11

 

Over $75,000 in scholarships and prizes will be awarded at this year’s High School Fishing World Finals & MORE $$$ & prizes are added every day!

This is going to be the richest high school fishing event in history! You don’t want to miss it!

 

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!
SAF received notification from the US Army Corps of Engineers that the Wilson lock maintenance at Florence, Alabama that was scheduled to be completed before the High School Fishing World Finals and the National Championship has been extended. So, from 6am to 4:30pm daily the entire month of June they will NOT be locking any traffic recreational nor commercial between Pickwick and Wilson during those hours.

Due to this news, which is beyond our control, we’ve had to make an adjustment from years past and NO locking out of Pickwick Lake will be allowed.

Just wanted to keep everyone informed so no one practices thinking they can lock through.

Check out the Updated Fact Sheet.

Also, here’s an updated list of Host Hotels for the event.
(Mention you’re with the SAF HSFWF & NC event and receive a discount on your stay.)

All National Championship qualified anglers MUST register for the High School Fishing World Finals!
We will pull National Championship qualified anglers from that entry list so you only have to register once.

For any questions contact the TBF National Office at 580-765-9031

Hatleberg and Stewart Win the Oregon High School State Championship on Tenmile Lakes

The Oregon High School Fishing State Championship was held May 7 on Tenmile Lake in Lakeside, Ore. The Thurston High School Colts team from Springfield, Ore., Gabe Hatleberg and Zane Steward, came out on top with a five fish limit weighing 15.22 pounds.

Fishing was good around the lake with lots of spawning fish biting in shallow water. Each of the teams said that they threw lots of different lures to catch bass and most teams were productive throwing some sort of soft plastic bait.

In second, was the McMinnville High School Grizzlies pair of Caden Slaughter and Kevin Sullivan with 13.61 pounds of largemouth bass. Third place team was from Banks High School in Banks, Ore.  Lane Olsen and Cole Hansen had a limit weighing 12.39 pounds. The final team bringing fish to the scales was Randy Ellis and Andrew Joffill from Corvallis High School with 7.74 pounds.  Thank you to all of the competitors, volunteers and team captains that helped us out during the event.

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