Olson and Afos win Hawaii State Championship on Wailua River

The 2023 Hawaii State Championship was held June 11th on the Wailua River. It was a tough day of fishing with 25 mph wind gusts but the boys grinded it out and made the best of it!

1st place with 3 score able fish for 4.45 lbs Cassius Olson and Dawson Afos.

2nd place with 1 fish score able fish for 1.71lbs Taelin Sugimura and Cash Mccluskey. 3rd place with 1 score able fish for 1.53lbs Lee Pagador and Caynon Moody.

Koehler and Strey win Wisconsin State Championship on Buffalo Lake

The Wisconsin Bass Federation hosted the 2023 Wisconsin SAF State Championship June 3rd on Buffalo Lake. Preston Koehler and Sawyer Strey took home 1st place honors with a limit weighing 18.22. Gavin Bergman and Beckett Korpal finished 2nd with 15.76. Finishing in 3rd place was Jacob Martin and Ben Tesch with 15.64 and 4th place was Hayden Fry and Jack Stephens with 11.87.

Brown and Potter Win Ohio State Championship at Gallipolis

Some days are more of a fishing day than a catching day.  A lot of the times the fish just do not jump into the boat and there are days that you don’t catch a couple of dozen fish throughout the day.  That was the kind of day we had this past weekend at the Ohio River.  The temperatures were in the low nineties, with little to no breeze and even fewer clouds.  Shade was at a premium and the only way to stay cool was to get in the water or ride up and down the lake.  But even with these conditions all the High School anglers hit the water eagerly, ready to try and win the title of Student Angler Federation High School State Champions for Ohio.

The Oak Hill Oaks team of Braydon Brown and Evan Potter caught just enough fish to claim the title by just one ounce.  Finishing second was the JHS Fishing team of Landon Camp and Hunter Sites.  Gallia Academy teams took the next three spots with Beau Johnson and Wesley Houck finishing third, Mason Skidmore and Dylan Sheets finishing fourth and Reed Caldwell and James Saunders rounding out the fifth spot.

Most anglers reported having to catch their fish both in the creeks in the mornings and out on the river in the afternoon.  Most anglers were fishing fairly shallow as the morning started and were throwing, topwaters, spinnerbaits and some kind of plastics.  Then when they moved out on the river, most anglers went to crankbaits, topwaters, chatterbaits and Ned Rigs.  The Lew’s Big Bass of the day belonged to the team of Landon Camp and Hunter Sites and earned them two new Lew’s Reels for their efforts.

For full results and photos from this event CLICK HERE.