Greg Zellers and Brody McWilliams pulled of a rare double in High School Fishing by winning the Indiana High School State Championship for the second consecutive year with a five fish limit that weighed in at 10 lb 13 oz.

The pair of talented anglers outdistanced Blake Albertson and Dayton Land of Bloomington High School who had 4 fish that weighed in a very respectable 8lbs 13 oz.  Finishing third was the brother combination of Tyler and Bret Olson of Charlestown High School who brought three fish weighing 8 lbs 3 oz to the FLW Outdoors BFL Trailer weigh-in. Continue reading

It was a tough day of fishing and they were the last team to come to the scales with a berth in the Central Conference Regional Championship at Kentucky Lake waiting in the balance. Joseph Hays and Jimmy Ciurej placed their fish on the scale, they knew it would be close. Dailus Richardson and Trevor McKinney of Benton High School had previously weighed in 3 fish and were the leaders at that point.  Even though the field wasn’t huge the tension was high as the scales read out 6LBS 8 OZ to put the top two teams in the Illinois SAF State Championship in a virtual tie for first place.

After a short break to tabulate all the teams and initiate the tie breakers Hays and Ciurej were declared the winners on the bases of having the most fish alive at the end on the end of the contest and they claimed the champion’s trophy and the opportunity to advance on to the TBF/FLW regional contest. Continue reading

(Sylvan KS Wilson Lake) The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW, TBF of Kansas and Russell County Economic Development and Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted the 2013 Student Angler Federation (SAF) Kansas High School Fishing State Championship on Sunday, May 19th. Twelve teams signed up to fish the tournament but only eleven showed due to the impending weather situation in Kansas and surrounding states. The teams fishing represented high school students from 14 different high schools throughout the state of Kansas. Continue reading