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TBF Student Angler Federation (SAF) Announces 2024 High School State Championships and Sanctioned Fishing Schedule.
Registration opens by November 8th!
PONCA CITY, OK (Nov 1, 2023) – The Bass Federation’s Student Angler Federation (SAF) announced today the 2024 High School Fishing sanctioned schedule. Offering more opportunity than ever before including 48 SAF High School Fishing State Championships, 2 Open Challenge events, 14 state high school athletic association sanctioned tournaments, up to 8 MLF High School Fishing Opens and the pinnacle event in all of high school fishing the 15th annual High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship. Available dates/locations are listed below and on the website at www.highschoolfishing.org .
In 2024 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 and ALL SAF The 14th 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 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.
2024 – 15th Annual High School World Finals / National Championship:
June 19-22 Lake Hartwell, Anderson, SC.
2024 Season SAF High School Fishing State Championships:
Jan 20 Florida State Championship – Harris Chain Tavares, FL
Jan 27 Louisiana State Championship – Toledo Bend Many, LA
Feb 10 Nevada State Championship – Lake Mohave Boulder City, NV
Feb. 10 South Carolina State Championship – Lake Murray Prosperity, SC
Feb 17 Alabama State Championship – Alabama River Prattville, AL
Feb 24 Georgia State Championship – West Point Lake LaGrange, GA
March 2 Mississippi State Championship – Lake Ross Barnett Ridgeland, MS
March 2 Virginia State Championship – Smith Mountain Lake Huddleston, VA
March 16 Missouri State Championship – Lake of the Ozarks Osage Beach, MO
March 23 Kentucky State Championship – Lake Cumberland Jamestown, KY
March 24 Texas State Championship – Sam Rayburn Brookeland, TX
April 6 North Carolina State Championship – Jordan Reservoir Chapel Hill, NC
April 6 Tennessee State Championship – Old Hickory Henderson, TN
April 7 Arizona State Championship – Roosevelt Lake Tonto Basin, AZ
April 20 Arkansas State Championship – Lake Dardanelle Russellville, AR
April 20 Tri State Championship (DE,MD,NJ) – Lake Anna Spotsylvania, VA
April 20 West Virginia State Championship – Sutton Lake Sutton, WV
April 27 North Dakota State Championship – Nelson Lake Center, ND
April 27 Tri State Championship (MA,RI,CT) – Webster Lake Webster, MA
April 27 Kansas State Championship – Melvern Lake Osage City, KS
April 27 Iowa State Championship – Okoboji Okoboji, IA
May 5 Nebraska State Championship – Merritt Reservoir Valentine, NE
May 5 Hawaii State Championship – Waita reservoir Kauai, HI
May 11 Montana State Championship – Noxon Reservoir Trout Creek, MT
May 18 Oregon State Championship – Siltcoos Lake Florence, OR
May 18 Indiana State Championship – Patoka Lake Jasper, IN
May 19 Oklahoma State Championship – Fort Gibson Lake Wagner, OK
May 25 South Dakota State Championship – Lake Kampeska Watertown, SD
June 1 Minnesota State Championship – Clearwater Annandale, MN
June 8 Ohio State Championship – Alum Creek State Park Columbus, OH
June 9 Colorado State Championship – Lake Pueblo Pueblo, CO
July 7 Pennsylvania State Championship – Cayuga Lake Union Springs, NY
July 9 Idaho State Championship – Lake Cascade Cascade, ID
July 27 Vermont State Championship – Lake Champlain Colchester, VT
Aug 3 Minnesota State Championship – Clearwater Lake Annandale, MN
Aug 4 Michigan State Championship – Detroit River Trenton, MI
Aug 10 Washington State Championship – Riffe Lake Mossyrock, WA
Aug 18 Maine State Championship – Little Sebago Lake Belgrade, ME
Sept. 7 New York State Championship – Great Sacandaga Lake Northville, NY
Oct. 4 New Hampshire State Championship – Connecticut River Walpole, NH
TBA Illinois, Ontario, California, Wisconsin & Utah State Championships
2024 SAF High School Fishing Challenges\Open Events:
Sep 14 Alabama Open Challenge – Lewis Smith Lake Cullman, AL
May 10 New Hampshire New England Open – Spofford Lake Spofford, NH
2024 MLF High School Fishing Opens:
Jan. 6 MLF HS Open – Harris Chain Leesburg, FL
Apr5 MLF HS Open – Table Rock Branson, MO
Apr 27 MLF HS Open – Guntersville Guntersville, AL
May 4 MLF HS Open – Lake Havasu Havasu City, AZ
Jun 8 MLF HS Open – Cal Delta Oakley, CA
Sep 28 MLF HS Open – Sam Rayburn Brookeland,TX
Oct 19 MLF HS Open – Chickamauga Dayton, TN
2024 State Athletic Association Events: (Qualified teams only)
Jan 20 GHSA Region #1 – Lake Seminole, Bainbridge, GA
Feb 17 GHSA Region #2 – Lake Oconee, Buckhead, GA
Feb 24 LHSAA Regional Qualifier – Caney Creek Reservoir, Chatham, LA
March 10 LHSAA Regional Qualifier – Toledo Bend, Swolle, LA
March 16 GAPPS/GISA Finals – West Point Lake, LaGrange, GA
March 16 GHSA Region #3 – West Point Lake, LaGrange, GA
March 21-22 LHSAA State Finals – Toledo Bend, Swolle, LA
Apr 20 GHSA Region #4 – Lake Hartwell, Lavonia, GA
April 27 KHSAA Reg 1 Regional Championship – Lake Barkley, Kuttawa, KY
April 27 KHSAA Reg 2 Regional Championship – Lake Cumberland, Jamestown, KY
April 27 KHSAA Reg 3 Regional Championship – Green River, Campbellsville, KY
April 27 KHSAA Reg 4 Regional Championship – Harrington Lake, Harrodsbury, KY
May 4 GHSA State Finals – Clarks Hill Lake, Appling, GA
May 10-11 KHSAA State Finals – Kentucky Lake, Calvert City, 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
Additional SAF events are being added for the latest events line up, visit HighSchoolFishing.org
Complete rules are available at HighSchoolFishing.org High School Fishing – Major League Fishing
Registration for the 2024 season state championships and challenge events Opens November 8, 2023 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 call 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 fees. 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.
