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PONCA CITY, Okla. (June 10, 2013) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW, is excited to host the 2013 Student Angler Federation (SAF) Wisconsin High School Fishing State Championship on Saturday, July 27. The event will be held on the Madison Chain of Lakes.

The state championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9-12. Registration for anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is online at HighSchoolFishing.org. Check-in is at 6am CST on Saturday, July 27 at the Lake Farm Shelter #2 with rules briefing and tournament to follow.  We highly encourage all teams to pre-register online in advance to avoid late registration fees. Continue reading

On 05/18/2013, 19 High School Fishing Teams arrived at Gill’s Creek Marina on beautiful Smith Mountain Lake in Wirtz VA for the mandatory registration. As the teams registered, many talked about having good days of practice with 14-15 lbs bags of fish. On Saturday during practice, the sun disappeared and the rain set in and the bite changed. On Sunday, 5/19/2013, all the teams blasted off at safelight in search of a limit of 5 keepers. With an overcast sky, the anglers had a decent morning until around 11am when the steady rain set in again. As the anglers returned to the marina, the rain was still coming down. As the anglers headed to the holding tanks, the rain stopped and the sun popped out. When the scales opened, the anglers proved that the rain didn’t stop the show as many smallmouth and largemouth were weighed in. The team of Brandon Newberry and Hayden Justus of Honaker High School took 1^st Place with 5 fish that weighed 13.1 lbs. The team of Richard Wellhouse and Jordan Mazza of Potomac Falls High School had 2^nd  Place with 5 fish that weighed 11.13 lbs and 3^rd Place went to the team of Nathan Wood and John Smith of Patrick County HS with a 5 fish limit that weighed 10.11 lbs. Big bass of the tournament was caught by Nathan Wood and John Smith and was a 3.10 lb largemouth. For more pictures and standings, check out Virginia TBF Youth on facebook.

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On Saturday 6/01/13 the Minnesota Federation of Bass Anglers held the Minnesota State High School Bass Championship on Medicine Lake at Clifton French Park in Plymouth, MN. The lake is well suited for all styles of fishing. The water temp was still between 63-66 degree and there were quite a few bass that were still on beds. The 2013 Minnesota High School champions are Kaleb Seeger and Jake Saterbak of Osseo High School with a bag weight of 15.57,  2^nd place went to Ryan Hooper and Isaac Johnson from Brainerd High School with the weight of 12.63 and 3^rd place was Austin Anderly and Will Stalks of LeSueur-Henderson/ Brainerd High Schools with a weight of 12.62. We had 18 teams enter the tournament this year. It was a very diverse group with some fishing 6-8 events a year and to some it was their first tournament ever. The sun was out most of the day and then we had a little bit of rain during weigh ins. All in all it was very enjoyable experience for everyone. Awards and prizes were furnished by our generous sponsors at Cabela’s, Ranger Boats, Solar Bat eyewear, and Berkley.

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