1st Place Tyler Black – Logan Anderson

Defending High School National Champion Tyler Black didn’t take long to find a new partner in Logan Anderson and the result was the same as the pair from Bandy’s High School captured the 2015 North Carolina High School State Championship on Saturday at Lake Norman near Charlotte, NC.

A group of thirty six High School teams took to the waters of Lake Norman on Sunday to try and qualify for the Southeast Regional Championship coming up in September.  A total of three teams would catch enough to advance to this event.  Even with temperatures above 90, these students still caught plenty of fish, to bring to the scales.  Black and Anderson brought in a limit of fish weighing 13.15 pounds to capture first place.  Right behind them, in second place, was Conner Usher & Corey Lassiter from the Bass Warriors, with 12.08 pounds.  The last qualifier was the team of Noah Howard & Brady Trueheart with 10.10 pounds.

2nd Pl Connor Usher – Corey Lassiter

Most all of the teams that weighed fish, said they caught a large portion of their fish on a shakey head or a jig, while fishing around docks.  A few anglers also caught fish on a Carolina rig and a swim jig as well.  Even on such a hot day, there were still twelve limits brought in by these young anglers.

3rd Pl Noah Howard – Brady Trueheart

There were also three anglers competing in the TBF Junior program.  Hunter White brought in a nice limit of fish that weighed 8.14 pounds to take the Junior Championship title and advance to the Junior World Championship in Hot Springs Arkansas where he will once again represent the state in his third attempt to win that coveted crown of Junior World Champion. Brayden Mueller finished second with 1.07 pounds & Benett Bauer finished third.  These young guys were also catching their fish on shakey head jigs as well.

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Registration is open and the field continues to grow as the city of Florence Alabama readies itself for the onslaught of High School Anglers from across the country who will be attending the pinnacle of all high school fishing events, the 2015 High School Fishing World Finals!

The nation’s largest and longest running High School Championship event will converge on Pickwick and Wilson reservoirs for the 2015 version of the annual summer classic which pits two person High School teams from across the country against each other for the chance to be crowned World Champion and claim thousands in scholarship and prizes! ALL SAF members are eligible to attend the week long family event.

“The High School World Finals is without a doubt the event that started it all and has led to more high school fishing anglers, teams and trails starting up than any other” stated TBF National Youth Director Mark Gintert. “A lot of high school teams and organizations can trace their roots to some member of their group making the trip to the very first world finals held in Russellville Arkansas in 2010. From there the SAF has grown to the industry leader and the largest High School Fishing organization there is.” added Gintert.

The four day HSFWF has a very unique structure that has all of the anglers competing for three days in a format that is designed to keep everyone in the game until the final day. Twenty one teams will advance to Saturday’s final round through either the semi-final or consolation rounds and someone will win the crown of High School Fishing World Finals Champion! Combine that with a great registration meeting banquet and a week ending pizza party/ concert for the anglers and you have the makings of a terrific family vacation.
Registration for the HSFWF is now open and all High School Anglers worldwide can attend.
To register, anglers only need to be a member of the Student Angler Federation (SAF) which is as easy as completing the online registration for the event at Highchoolfishing.org. Click on the link below to register.

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Thomas McKay and Chase Therrell outsmarted five nice bass from the Tenn-Tom waterway that weighed in at 9.58lbs to win the Mississippi State Bass Fishing Championship at the Aberdeen Marina. The pair of anglers from the Bulldog Bass Club narrowly edged by the team of Victoria Flynn and James McCain who also had five in their bag that weighed 9.02lbs to finish in the runner-up spot. Rounding out the top three teams who all qualified for the Southeastern Conference Regional Championship in Gainesville GA, were the duo of Garrett McWilliams and Dalton Jones who only had four fish but it was enough to claim the third spot with 7.94lbs.

Austin Bagwell and JR Smith won the Big Bass Award for the event with a 4.30lb toad that claimed the Big Bass Prize of a new Grill provided by the Aberdeen Marina.

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All of the participating anglers are also invited to attend the High School World Finals in Florence Alabama in the week of July 7^th-11^th. This event is open to all SAF Anglers to attend and you can register at the link below.

https://www.highschoolfishing.org/2014-high-school-fishing-world-finals/