Bartow High School Jackets Bass Fishing Team Hosting 3rd Annual BOBBY LANE CUP!

Dec 14th on the Kissimmee Chain

Launch Site and Weigh in –  Camp Mack River Resort

GRAPHIC_2Open to all high school anglers. Two-student team format plus boat captain/coach. Must be (SAF) Student Angler Federation members to fish. If you are not a member, please call the TBF National Office at 580-765-9031 or visit www.highschoolfishing.org Membership fee is $25 per student.

Registration and Pre-Tournament Meeting – Dec 13th, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm (EST) with free hot dogs and drinks to be held at D.B. Bait & Tackle, 640 S. Orange Ave  Bartow, FL 33830. Contact Derek Boswell BHS Jackets Tournament Director at 863-513-8877 or e-mail bboswell4@yahoo.com

Sponsored by:

  • Camp Mack’s River Resort – 14900 Camp Mack Road Lake Wales, FL 33898 Office (863)696-1108 Toll Free 1-800-243-8013  or email@campmack.com   “Always Good Fishing”
  • D.B. Bait & Tackle – 640 S. Orange Ave Bartow, FL 33830  phone (863)533-0624 or e-mail mulchmanDB@yahoo.com  Got Bait?
  • LB3 Outdoors –  P.O. Box 0829 Auburndale, FL 33823 phone (863)899-2746 or www.lb3outdoors.com    Arnie, Bobby and Chris Lane  – POWW!
  • McBroom’s Awards 1560 North Park Ave Bartow, FL 33830 phone (863)534-3557 or Sam@McBroomsStamps.com

State Champions Crowned in PA, NJ and MD on Chesapeake Bay

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The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW and PA Bass Federation hosted the 2013 Student Angler Federation (SAF) Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland High School Fishing State Championships on Saturday, July 27. The event was held on the Chesapeake Bay launching out of Elkneck State Park.

Mifflinburg High School brought several teams to the state championship and the team of Dylan Pawling and Shawn Diffenderfer were victorious for Pennsylvania. They weighed in a limit that weighed 16.43 lbs and a nice 4.62 kicker to be crowned state champs. Second place for PA was another Mifflinburg Wildcat team of Zach Himmelreich and Ryan Dehaas with 13.42 lbs. Third place was Skyler Krause and Joshua Bucher – Cedar Crest Falcons with 4 fish that weighed 13.08 lbs with a 5.68 kicker! Continue reading

Gretna Anglers Win High School Fishing Tournament

ahrens-&-soe-3LINCOLN, Neb. – Eric Soe and Payne Ahrens of Gretna won the 2013 Nebraska State High School Fishing Tournament on July 27 at Harlan County Reservoir.

The Gretna Dragon team, with coach/boat driver Cory Roll, weighed in a five-fish limit totaling 15 pounds. Soe also caught the tournament’s biggest largemouth bass at 5 pounds, 8 ounces.

Soe and Ahrens advance to the regional tournament Oct. 5 at Lake Texoma, Texas. The regional champion advances to nationals next spring. Continue reading