Mark Gintert, Tournament Director
580.716.4251 cell or 330.993.0014 cell
mark@bassfederation.com

Competition Waters:

• Kentucky Lake
  

Practice:

• Competition waters are open for practice until 5 p.m. April 24.
• The purchasing of, or bartering for, information or the hiring of fishing guide services will not be permitted after April 9.

Boat Operation:

• Contestants are not permitted to drive the boat when the combustion engine is in operation. Each boat will be driven by a coach or volunteer driver. Contestants may operate the trolling motor. Coaches and volunteers may provide assistance, including information about locating and catching fish, but are not permitted to fish.

Catch & Size Limit:

• Five bass per team, minimum 12-inches on spotted bass and 15-inches on largemouth and smallmouth bass.

License Requirement:

• A Kentucky fishing license is required. Click here to purchase.

Items Supplied by FLW:

• Weigh-in bag

Maps:

• Click here for an interactive map showing takeoff and weigh-in locations, registration, housing and boundaries.

Format:

• The qualifying teams from each of four 2014 KHSAA Bass Fishing Regionals are invited to compete. The 2014 KHSAA Bass Fishing Champions are determined by the heaviest weight for a maximum of five bass. The winning team will be named State Champions.

Takeoff and Weigh In:

• Kentucky Dam Marina
  466 Marina Dr
  Gilbertsville, KY

Registration:

• Curris Center Theatre
  3rd floor of the Curris Center
  314 Curris Center
  Murray, KY 42071

Host:

• Murray State University

Items to Bring:

• A boat
• Personal floatation device
• Valid student ID
• Valid Kentucky fishing license
• Sunscreen & sunglasses
• Rods and reels
• Line cutters & needle-nose pliers
• Lures & tackle
• Rainsuit
• Jersey or shirt representing your school

Schedule:                                 *Please note all times listed are Central Standard Time

• Thursday, April 24     

–       5:00 p.m.               All High School teams must be off the water

–        6:30 – 7:30 p.m.    Registration on the 3^rd floor of the Curris Center

–        7:30 p.m.               Rules Meeting

• Friday, April 25

–        6:30 a.m.               High School Fishing teams report to Kentucky Dam Marina.

–        7:00 a.m.               High School Fishing Takeoff at Kentucky Dam Marina.

–        3:00 p.m.               High School Fishing Check-in at Kentucky Dam Marina.

• Saturday, April 26    

–        6:30 a.m.               High School Fishing teams report to Kentucky Dam Marina.

–        7:00 a.m.               High School Fishing Takeoff at Kentucky Dam Marina.

–        3:00 p.m.               High School Fishing Check-in at Kentucky Dam Marina.

Rules:

• KHSAA, the Student Angler Federation and FLW expect strict adherence to the following rules by all contestants. KHSAA, SAF and FLW also recommend the use of nonpuncturing culling clips for marking fish and livewell additives like Rejuvenade to help promote the healthy release of bass. In the event of an emergency, please call 911 first and then notify the tournament director.

2014 KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championship Rules

By Patty Lenderman

Get outta my seat!  That seemed to be the theme chant at the final qualifying round of the Southeast Texas High School Association tournament on Sam Rayburn April 13, 2014.  With over 30 schools represented in a tournament average participation per event of 240 teams, the competition was fierce for individual and school representation.  Several teams got to sit in the hot seats as leaders of the tournament, only to be told “Get outta my seat!” by others who caught more weight in bass.  In the end, it was Lumberton’s Bailey Bridges & Tyler Ford who won the final qualifying tournament with over 19 lbs.

Each team is paired with a boat captain who runs the boat for them throughout the day.  Fishing conditions were optimum, with overcast skies and temperatures that rose from the upper 60’s to mid 70’s.  By mid afternoon, the wind started picking up as impending storms headed their way.  Scads of volunteers were at every station from parking to weigh in to coordinate a smooth weigh in.  John Salamone kept everyone entertained with his on stage antics while Ray Beck tallied each sack.

Kade Morgan and Brandon Payne of Silsbee were the first to occupy the Gopher Hot Seats with their weight of 13.49 lbs.  They were knocked out by Colton Sonnier & Cayson Beal of Kountze having a 16.12 lb limit.  Weights continued to climb, as they had to give up their seats to the Corrigan Camden team of Wyatt Frankens and Clay Nash having 18.13 lbs.  Nash and Frankens heard the final orders to get out of those seats when Bailey Bridges and Tyler Ford of Lumberton High School came in with their 19.20 lb limit to win the event. Continue reading

Jake and Josh Dugger were torn with a decision to either play in a local basketball tournament or fish the TBF/FLW Grand Lake Open on Saturday in Grove Oklahoma. They decided to enjoy the spring weather and fish and it was probably one of the best decisions they could have made. The identical twins and their Boat Captain, who is also the Superintendent of schools as well as being their dad, made the trip from their River Valley Bass Club in Northwest Arkansas across state lines into Oklahoma. They were the first to leave the dock in the morning as they led the 29 boat field out of the Wolf Creek Launch Ramp marina and they never looked back as they put together a terrific 5 fish limit of 20lbs. 1 oz. to win the event as well as securing a qualifying spot in the TBF/FLW Southern Conference Regional Championship in October.

Also having a banner day was Cameron Pappan from Winfield High School in Kansas who also ventured south into Oklahoma and put together a terrific 5 fish limit that we weighed in at 16lb. 15oz to finish second and also pick up one of the three qualifying spots available in the event.

Rounding out the top three were Trevor Yates and Jacob Keenum who also brought in a very respectable 5 fish limit that tipped the scales at 13 lbs 9oz.

With all of the anglers fishing in the wake of the TBF Adult National Championship which was held the three previous days as well as a stiff southwest wind, the conditions were less than ideal.

“We kind of just stumbled into them stated” the Duggers. “The amazing thing is that we probably caught as least three limits of fish today and all of them would have been over 15 lb. bags” stated the grinning pair. “It was just one of those days”!

The TBF/FLW High School State Championship is now in full swing with events happening every weekend in some particular state added the winning team.

To view the upcoming schedule contact Highschoolfishing.org and then scroll down to your state.

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