Immediate Press Release:
From:  Faith Angler Network
RE:  FAN High School Fishing Series Event number 2
March 14, 2014

FAN High School Fishing Series heads to the Big Bass Jewel of Central Texas; Lake Austin April 5, 2014.
Lake Austin, nestled in the heart of the State Capital City holds some very impressive stats- OK, not the size of the lake at merely 1600 surface acres; mainly  it’s one of the state’s largest producers of 13+ largemouth bass with 20 certified, “Toyota SharelunkerBass”.  Lake Austin is currently tied in 6th place with Lake Falcon top ShareLunker producing lakes.

“Bringing the second qualifying tournament of the series to Lake Austin in April is very exciting to us! Knowing any one of these high school anglers could very possibly bring in the next ShareLunker of the year” Stated , Jeff Cook Executive Director of Faith Angler Network.

This will be the second of three qualifying events in the FAN High School Series. The top 50% of the representing High School fishing teams will earn the right to compete in the FAN High School Championship this fall with the chance to win over $5000 in scholarships and prizes.

Where
Lake Austin 360 Bridge Park and Launch
Check in will start at 5am, there will be a boat safety check and we will release boats in numerical order at safe light
5201 Capital of Texas Hwy N
Austin, TX
78746

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Due to a scheduling conflict we will be moving the 2014 Wisconsin SAF State Championship event from the original date of Saturday June 22^nd on the Madison Chain of Lakes launching out of Winneconne Waterfront Park to Sunday May 18^th. The New Location will be the Mississippi River launching out of the City of La Crosse and the Clinton Street Ramp.

The Registration date will be Saturday May 17^th at the BFL trailer at the Clinton Ramp. Registration will start following the BFL weigh-in at approximately 4:00pm with the rules meeting to immediately follow.

We apologize for any inconvenience and if you have any questions regarding this event please contact Mark Gintert at: mark@bassfederation.com

On Saturday March 15, Eighty-Four teams of the very best High School anglers in Texas competed at the 2014 Texas High School State Championship on Lake Lyndon B Johnson just outside of marble falls Texas.  The anglers came ready to fish and the fish were ready to bite! Big fish were caught and records were broken.

These high school anglers racked up some stats at this event that would make most veteran adult bass fisherman drool.

The 2014 Texas High School state champions was the team of Joe Beebe and Will Brady from the Woodlands College Park Cavaliers with a staggering 32.00 pounds in their five fish limit! That is the new five fish SAF national high school all time weight record! The anglers were a bit shocked at their own weight and beamed that they caught all their fish on babybass colored soft plastic stick baits in shallow water.  For their win the duo received $5000 in college scholarship funds ($2500 each) as well as advancement to the 2014 High School Fishing Regional Championship.

They were followed closely by several 20 pound bags. Finishing in second place with 23 pounds even was two anglers from the Angelos Anglers team of Tristin Riddle and Sterlyn Wood they also earned advancement to the regional championship and scholarship in the amount of $2500 ($1250 each), rounding out the top three was a team from Centex High School Basshunters, Justin Tatum and Stephen Shaw with 20-11.

Big Fish was a WHOPPING 10 pounds and 03 ounces weighed in by Dalton Dension and Nicklaus Langlois of the FAN High School Bass Team.

The top 10 percent of each high school state championship advances to the regional contest. Advancing for this event are 8 teams total including are the top 3 listed above as well as 4^th place team Bo McGraw and Josh Perrin of Oak Ridge War Eagles, 5^th Austin Ellis and Ben stripling from Marble Falls High,  6^th was Wyatt Frankens and Clay Nash of the Corrigan Camden High School Fishing team, Hank Bostock and Calvin Burks also from the Corrigan Camden High School Fishing team and finally, Jonathan Moore and Anthony Menge of the ERA Hornets Bass Club.

Congratulations to all the anglers for a great job.

For full results and complete standings Results

CLICK HERE for a list of high school events or to find one near you!