Westside Bassmasters Take the 2016 Oregon High School State Championship

IMG_6593[1]Oregon SAF anglers battled tough weather conditions and highly pressured waters after TBF’s Northwest Divisional anglers fished for over a week on the Columbia River near Cascade Locks, Oregon. The state championship tailed TBF’s tournament and conditions worsened for the young anglers.  The air temperature dropped nearly 20 degrees with a high temperature of only 58 degrees and high winds were forecasted for the day.

Despite conditions, Lane Olsen and CJ Couch from the Westside Bassmasters put it together out there to bring 10.83lbs to the scales.  The pair walked away the 2016 Oregon State Champions and secured a slot in the regional championship event to be held in September.

Olsen and Couch focused on spawning coves off the main body of the Columbia River using soft plastic tube baits and drop shoting custom baits. The fish were not biting very well due to the pressure and weather change but patience paid off for these young anglers.

In second, were Caden Slaughter and Kevin Sullivan from the North Valley Bass Club and McMinvelle High School Grizzlies with 6.80lbs.

The state championship series continues next weekend as it heads to California to qualify more anglers for regionals in hopes of advancing to the 2017 High School National Championship.

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Fort Payne High School Wins Alabama State Championship/Wheeler Lake Open

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Alabama Top three teamsBrody and Grant Robison from the Ft. Payne High School Fishing Team put together a limit of Wheeler Lake bass weighing 13lbs 15oz to capture the 2016 Alabama State Championship and the overall Wheeler Lake Open.  Their bag was anchored by a 4lb 1oz Wheeler Lake beauty.

Coming in second, was the Gardendale High School team of Laure Ann Foshee and Reid Conner who also had a nice limit that weighed 13lbs to take the runner-up honors. Taking the number three spot was the tandem of Kade Griffith and Will Batey of the Sylvania High School Bass Team with a limit that tipped in at 10lbs 10oz. Their bag held a 4lb 8oz toad that tied for the day’s biggest bass.  Noah Bently and Dustin Teat from Brockwood High School had the other 4lb 8oz bass.

Coming in fourth was the team of Parker Davis and Aaron Stephens for Mortimore Jordan High School. They had a limit that weighed 9lbs 9oz to outdistance the number five team of Tyler Wagnon and Delano Green from East Limestone High School with a limit weighing 9lbs 1oz to round out the top five teams.

Special thanks to Ron and Joan Lappin from FLW, also Jim Sparrow and Stan Blevins from the Alabama Bass Federation who helped host the event at Joe Wheeler State Park near Florence, Ala.

Student Angler Federation Adds Northern Open to 2016 Schedule

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PONCA CITY, Okla. (May 17, 2016) – The Bass Federation (TBF), with our “Partner in Fishing” at FLW, announce the addition of a sixth National High School Open to its no-entry fee event lineup.  The “Northern Open” will be held on Sunday, August 14 in conjunction with the Cabela’s North American Bass Circuit event on Mille Lacs Lake in Isle, Minnesota.

“We are always looking for opportunities to add more no-entry fee events to our schedule,” TBF National Youth Director, Mark Gintert, said. “The chance to work with our partners at Cabela’s and the North American Bass Circuit creates a winning situation for everyone, especially the growing base of high school anglers in the North.”

Registration will be on-line at highschoolfishing.org.  Teams will check-in from 5-6pm Saturday, August 13 at the NABC trailer at Mac’s Twin Bay Resort located at 434 Vista Road, Isle, MN 56342. The rules meeting will immediately follow the check-in.

Take off will be at Mac’s Twin Bay Resort at 7am Sunday, August 14. Weigh-in will start at 3pm.

The event is open to all SAF anglers in the country.  The top three teams will advance to the Central Conference Regional Championship in Lawrenceburg, Ind., in September with hopes of moving on to the High School National Championship the following spring.

Registration is Open, click HERE!