Kentucky High School Athletic Association Regional Registration Now Open for Fishing

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For additional information, please contact: Mark Gintert at 580.716.4251 or mark@bassfederation.com or Darren Bilberry at 859.299.5472 or dbilberry@khsaa.org.

Registration will run THROUGH April 19

LEXINGTON, KY (March 23, 2016) – Registration for teams participating in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) bass fishing regionals on April 23 is now open. All registrations will take place at www.highschoolfishing.org.

To enter, teams must be members of an approved high school fishing team at a KHSAA member school. Students wanting to participate at schools that have not yet authorized a bass fishing team should contact their athletic director.

  • Region 1 will fish Lake Barkley out of Kuttawa Harbor Marina located at 1709 Lake Barkley Drive in Kuttawa, KY, on Saturday, April 23
  • Region 2 will fish Lake Cumberland out of Halcomb’s Landing located just east of Wolf Creek Dam on US 127 in Jamestown, KY, on Saturday, April 23
  • Region 3 will fish Lake Cumberland out of Conley Bottom Marina located at 736 Highway 1275 N (Camping Area Road) in Monticello, KY, on Saturday, April 23
  • Region 4 will fish Cave Run Lake out of Cave Run Marina (Scott’s Creek Ramp) located at 4325 KY 801 South in Morehead, KY, on Saturday, April 23

Each school can enter up to and including six boats for regional competition. Each boat must be entered separately and include the names of the two anglers who will start the day fishing out of the boat (each boat is allowed up to four anglers, with only two fishing at any given time). The name of the boat captain who will operate the boat for the students while on the water must also be provided at the time of entry. The names of any substitute anglers or boat pilots will be recorded at the Registration/Rules meeting for each regional.

Boat takeoff position will be determined by random computer draw and will be assigned at the rules briefing for each event.

Click here to view the region your school belongs to, and click here to register.

Click here to view the KHSAA bass fishing rules. These rules pertain only to KHSAA events.

Click the links provided below to download regional information packets:

The KHSAA bass fishing state championship hosted by Calvert City, KY, will be held Friday and Saturday, May 13-14 on Kentucky Lake out of Kentucky Dam Marina.

Contact Mark Gintert at mark@bassfederation.com or Darren Bilberry at dbilberry@khsaa.org with any questions.

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Final FAN HS Qualifying Event of the ‘Let There Be Havoc’ on Lake Austin

FAN logoChase Hux and Matt Nicholas representing New Braunfels Christian Academy take the win at the final FAN HS qualifying event of the Let There Be Havoc on Lake Austin presented by Berkley Havoc with a 5 fish limit weighing 18.47 pounds including a 5.46-pound largemouth.

Forty teams were greeted to a cool and misty morning on the shores of Lake Austin Saturday, March 12.  The moist skies would clear out shortly after the pre-launch prayer, national anthem and safety check leaving the 92 anglers and their captains to put their strategies and skills to the test on this final qualifying event of the 2015-2016 season.  One team would earn the coveted Berkley Anglers of the Year and separate the field for the 2015-2016 FAN High School Championship with over $6000 in Scholarship Funds.

Full story HERE!

2nd Annual Vista del Lago High School SAF Open a Success

Vista del Lago pic2Seventy-three anglers and 39 boats braved inclement conditions on Folsom Lake, Calif., during the second annual Vista del Lago SAF High School Open on March 13. Wind, rain and cold temperatures made fishing a challenge; but the fish were biting. High school and junior teams traveled from as far away as Fresno in Southern California to compete. Lake County’s newly formed fishing club sent three teams and went home victorious with the first place team. Winners, Hayden Evans and Tate Smith, weighed in a five fish bag weighing 11.93lbs and took home trophies and new Dobyns Fury series fishing rods. They also went home with new Dobyns hats and Lucky Tackle Boxes full of tackle from the raffle that followed the fishing. Tyler Kenyon took first in the Junior division with an 8.61lb bag.

Anglers and boat captains are already looking forward to the third annual Vista del Lago High School Open in 2017.

Sponsors, including the local bass club, helped make the event a huge success. They included; Justin Lucas, Dobyns Rods, Lew’s Reels, C & C Marine,Lucky Tackle Box, Ultimate Bass Radio, Folsom Bass Team, California Department of Water Ways, California Tournament Trail, California State Parks/Brown’s Ravine, Holt of California, Folsom Rotary, Folsom  Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau, Lake Natoma Printing & Design, Secure Funding Group, Raley’s
Safeway, Walmart, Costco, Sam’s Club, Pepsi, Round Table Pizza, Starbucks Coffee, and Chili’s Restaurant.