Saturday April 26^th the third annual Battle on Balboa was held on Lake Balboa. The event is sponsored by the Ouachita Bass Anglers club and  matched the Cobra Bass Club from Fountain Lake High School against the Jessieville Bass Fishing Club from Jessieville High School. Thirty four students participated bring in 72 bass and all but one of the bass were returned to Lake Balboa alive. Fourteen students from the Cobra team were selected by Angler of the Year points to compete against the fourteen students on the Jessieville team.

Ian Lacey from the Cobra club won first place individual with a 3 bass limit weighing 6 lbs 15 oz. Ian also won big bass with a bass that weighed 3 lbs 7 oz.

Second place individual was won by Curtis Priest with the Jessieville team. Curtis had a 3 bass limit that weighed 6 lbs 11 oz.

Carson Chandler from the Cobra club won third place individual with a 3 bass limit weighing 6 lbs 1 oz.

The team trophy for the second year was won by the Cobra Bass Club from Fountain Lake High School with a team weight of 51 lbs 1 oz. Additionally the Ouachita Bass Anglers gave each club a $200 check.

WIRTZ, Va. (April 29, 2014) – Zachary Francis of Abingdon High School and Matthew Rock of John Battle High School brought a five-bass limit to the scale on Sunday, April 13 weighing 14 pounds, 5 ounces to win the 2014 Virginia State High School Fishing Championship on Smith Mountain Lake. The win qualified the team to compete in a future High School Fishing conference championship.

The top five teams on Smith Mountain Lake were:

1st:            Zachary Francis, Abingdon High School, and Matthew Rock, John Battle High School, five bass, 14-5
2nd:           Nathan Wood, Patrick County High School, and Landon Siggers, Tunstall High School, five bass, 13-5
3rd:            George Washington High School – Junior Robert and Gabriel Pool, five bass, 11-15
4th:            Pulaski County High School – Triston Waddle and Jeremy Lineberry, five bass, 11-11
5th:            Franklin County High School – Jared Ward and Hunter Alice, five bass, 10-8

The 2014 Virginia State High School Fishing Championship was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 9-12. The top 10 percent from each TBF/FLW state championship field will advance to a High School Fishing conference championship along with the top 3 teams from each of the six 2014 High School Fishing Opens that coincide with the 2014 Walmart FLW Tour. The top 10 percent of each conference championship field will then advance to the High School Fishing National Championship, coinciding with the TBF National Championship and an FLW Tour stop in the spring of 2015. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all Student Angler Federation (SAF) nationwide automatically qualify for the world’s largest high school bass tournament, the 2014 High School Fishing World Finals. At the 2013 World Finals more than $40,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded. Visit HighSchoolFishing.org for details.

ABOUT THE BASS FEDERATION

The Bass Federation Inc., (TBF) is owned by those we serve and dedicated to the sport of fishing. TBF is the largest and oldest, organized grassroots fishing organization. TBF affiliated state federations and their member clubs conduct more than 20,000 fishing, youth and conservation events at the local level each year and have provided a foundation for the entire bass fishing industry for more than 40 years. Visit Bassfederation.com.

ABOUT FLW

FLW is the industry’s premier tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money nationwide in 2014 over the course of 229 tournaments across five tournament circuits, four of which provide an avenue to the sport’s richest payday and most coveted championship trophy – the Forrest Wood Cup. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world. For more information about FLW visit FLWOutdoors.com and look for FLW on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube.

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The dynamic duo of Conner Quin and Bryce White brought five Ross Barnett Reservoir beauties to the Student Angler Federation scales on Sunday that weighed 14lbs. 5oz to win the 2014 Mississippi SAF State Championship.

The pair will advance on to the Southern Conference Regional event in October with a chance to once again advance on to the TBF/FLW High School National Championship and a $10,000 scholarship prize.

All of the contestants in the event also qualified for the High School Fishing World Finals  on Lake Dardenelle in Russellville, Arkansas July 14^th through the 19th by virtue of their participation in this event and their SAF membership.

Conner McNabb and Ryan Ware of Magnolia Heights were right behind them in the standings securing the runner-up spot with a solid five bass limit the weighed in at 12lbs 10 oz. They edged out Ty Cox and Seth Shettles who also brought a full limit of five that weighed 11lbs 15oz to the Tommy’s Trading Post weigh-in site.

The SAF state Championship series continues this week with the Georgia SAF State Championship on Lake Lanier.

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