BERKLEY® GOES BACK TO SCHOOL

Launches First International High School Fishing Club Challenge 

berkleyCOLUMBIA, S.C. (August 14, 2013) – Berkley fishing tackle is going back to school. High school that is, with the launch of the first International High School Fishing Club Challenge. Beginning August 15th, high school fishing coaches can register their school to participate in the program. The program lasts through the school year and offers numerous fishing related opportunities, rewards, product samples and prizes.  Continue reading

Mattison & Poulsen Win Southern Conference Championship on Texoma

la-hs-winnersThe final conference championship was held this past weekend at Lake Texoma in conjunction with BFL Regional at Pottsboro, Tex. State Champions from Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma & Texas competed on Saturday, Oct. 19th.

It was a very tough day for all the high school fishing state champions. A strong cold front hit the area, making the fishing extra tough on the teams.  Only 4 fish total were weighed between the 7 teams competing. But Louisiana’s State Champions from Airline High School Cameron Mattison and Chad Poulsen captured the High School Southern Conference Regional Championship and will advance to the 2014 High School National Championship to be held next spring. They managed to bring 2 fish to the scales that weighed 3 lbs 15 oz, but it was enough to win the tournament.

Kansas State Champs Brock Miller & Dakota Driskill weighed 1 fish for 1 lb 15 oz, finishing them up in 2nd place. Third place went to Oklahoma’s Blake Capps and Josh Geim of Hilldale High School. They had 1 fish for 1 lb 10 oz.

This was the final conference championship of the 2013 High School Fishing Season.

The five conference champions moving on to the national championship are as follows:

Central Conference Champions – Kaleb Seeger & Jake Saterbak (Minnesota)

Northern Conference Champions – Corey Horelick & Austin Bestwick (Connecticut)

Southern Conference Champions – Cameron Mattison & Chad Poulsen (Louisiana)

Southeastern Conference Champions – Carter McNeil & Tucker Smith (South Carolina)

Western Conference Champions – Frankie Mueller & Shane Edgar (Arizona)

The Rotary Club of Fresno’s SAF Central California Open October 5th, 2013

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Over the weekend, 33 young anglers representing 9 high schools, blasted off in 18 boats to compete in California’s first high school open. The event took place on Pine Flat Lake just east of Fresno- And the weather was perfect. The lake’s big fish seemed to enjoy the pleasant day so much that they couldn’t be tempted onto a line, but the students found smaller keepers not quite so distracted. The individual team champions were Austin Thao and Brandon Yang from Clovis East High School with 7.82 lbs followed by Calem Bell and Dominic Moua of Hanford High at 7.40lbs then Brothers Tyler and Reece Wells of the Wells Academy bagging 7.08lbs. The day’s success was assured by the 13 volunteer boat captains culled from four local bass clubs.

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