BUCKSPORT— Silver Lake in Bucksport was the site of the 2015 SAF Maine State High School Bass Fishing Championship on Saturday, May 9, 2015. The day started as a cold, cloudy 37° morning. As it warmed up to the 50s, the fish started biting. Then the catching, culling and releasing began.

The bass fishing team of Hunter Pate and Jacob Gauvin successfully defended their 2014 title with a weigh-in of 12.27 pounds. Pate, of Orrington, is a senior at John Bapst Memorial High School. Gauvin, of Bucksport, is a junior at Bucksport High School. Gauvin also caught the biggest fish of the day, a 4.14 lb. smallmouth. Both young men have been fishing competitively for the past three years with the Bangor Bass Club and the Outcast Bass Club.

Coming in second place this year were first-time competitors, Tyler Heath and Jacob Wilson of Bucksport High School. Their five-fish bag netted 9.37 pound.

Pate and Gauvin will now represent Maine in the Conference Championship September 18-19 on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. They will be competing with the top high school bass fishermen from CT, DE, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, ON, PA, RI, VT and VA.

Complete Results

Bethel Island, California
May 10, 2015

Thirty three High School teams showed up today out of Russo’s Marina on Bethel Island to tackle the fishing on the California Delta.  These waters have been hit hard over the last to weeks with major tournaments but the kids show their skills by producing 29 limits out of the 33 teams fishing and all of the teams weighed fish.  At the end of the day the team of Mike Miller and Alec Pitts, from Analy High School, caught 5 fish weighing 18 pounds 3 ounces to capture 1st place.  Brandon DeVincenzi and Josh Shapland, from Liberty High School took 2nd Place with 17 pounds 1 ounce and Ronald Rivers Jr. and Roy Asi, from Freedom High School, finished in 3rd place also weighing 17 pounds 1 ounce.

COMPLETE RESULTS