The 2024 WA State Championship was held August 10th on Riffe Lake. It was a cool morning, the teams blasted off in search of some big smallmouth bass. It was the largest field in the WA State Championship to date. At weigh in, Emmett Hamrick and Miles U’Ren took 1st place honors with 8.33lbs.

Conner Selby and Andrew Gonzales were 2^nd with 8.12lbs. Bode Davis and Max Coulson were 3^rd with 8.09lbs.

Anglers of the Year were Will McEver and Dominic DelaTorre!

The 2024 Vermont SAF State Championship was held July 27th on Lake Champlain. The team of Ethan Wagner and Alex Mcfaul Won the event with a five fish limit weighing 16 pounds 9 oz Anchored by a 4.1 pound smallmouth.  2nd place team of Isayah Isham and Kaidian White with a five fish limit of 14 pounds 4 oz. 3rd place team of Maverick Misenko with a 5 fish limit of 13 pounds 3 oz. Big fish of the day, a 5 pound 5 oz largemouth was caught by Eli Patenaude. All teams had limits and all fish were released alive. 

With great weather on the Detroit River and Lake St Clair open, many teams made the run to Lake St Clair. Rylan Hamlin and Luke Hendrick took 1st place with a total weight of 21-65 pounds. Joey Elliott and Avry Morehouse came in 2nd place with 21-03. And the 3rd place team was Jacob Nickert and Jackson Flasher with 18-81 pounds. Jacob and Jackson also had the big bass, a 5-71 smallmouth.  All teams caught fish and 10 teams brought a 5 fish limit bag to the scales.