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PONCA CITY, Okla. (Apr 05, 2013) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW and the California Bass Federation will host the 2013 Student Angler Federation (SAF) California High School Fishing State Championship on Sunday, May 19. The event will be held in Contra Costa County on the California Delta in Bethel Island, Calif., launching out of Russo’s Marina.    Continue reading

The TBF Oregon held the High School championships out of Willamette Park on the Willamette River in Portland Oregon. The winners of the event were Jacob Wall and Cecil Williams-Wright with a 5 fish limit weighing 13.83# Second place was the team of Nick Chin and Daniel Kalmikov with a 5 fish limit of 12.31 pounds. Both teams were fishing tubes and crankbaits catching these limits of Smallmouth bass in the river. Congratulations to both teams.

Chris Lampe and Daniel Goetz representing Hillsboro R-3 High School captured the 3^rd annual Student Angler Federation (SAF) Missouri State High School Championship on May 5, 2013 on Truman Lake in west central Missouri.  This was done with weighing in 2 fish for a total weight of 7.04 pounds.  As Chris and Dan both stated ”it was tough”.  Chris also captured the 1^st Big Bass award.  In fact all the teams stated that fishing was very tough.  Bites were few and far between.  Continue reading