The Lake Hamilton High School Fishing Team hosted their first tournament of the season Saturday on Lake Ouachita. 24 boats, 47 youth anglers with 24 boat captains from three area schools(Mt. Pine and Jessieville along with LH) braved below freezing temperatures, brutal wind and snow flurries to fish the tournament sponsored by the Lake Hamilton BassnWolves and Ranger Boats. The Lake Hamilton team of Lane Dodd and Bryce Briggs won with 5 fish weighing 21.10 pounds and big bass weighing 5.29 pounds. See the attached flyer for pictures.
Freshman Anglers rule the 2013 Florida High School State Championship
March 10, 2013 – A pair of Bartow High School freshman anglers used a 5 lb 6 oz kicker fish to eke out one of the closest battles in SAF state championship history Saturday at the Kissimmee Lake Front Park and Big Toho Marina. Kaitlyn Boswell and Cole Schmucker came to the scales with a 5 bass limit that tipped the scales at 14 lbs 15 oz to capture the 2013 Florida High School State Championship, just edging out Seminole High School stars Austin Murray and Travis Kremer by a mere two ounces. Murray and Kremer’s weight of 14 lbs 13 ounces was just enough to squeak by the team of Dustin Bozeman and John Ferguson, who’s five bass limit was also just two ounces behind at 14 lbs 11 oz. Continue reading
Calloway Angler wins state! (MSU State Championship Open)
Temperatures in the 20s and icy launching conditions did not hamper the CCHS Lakers as they put nine boats in the water for the 2013 MSU Open Kentucky High School Bass Fishing Championship, held Sunday at Kentucky Dam Marina in Gilbertsville, Kentucky.
Calloway’s Reed Finley, along with Student Angler Federation member, Brandon Oswald, of Saratoga, Wisconsin brought home the first place prizes of $2000 scholarships with a limit of five prize-winning beauties for a total of 25 lbs., 3 oz. Finley hooked the Big Bass Award with a large mouth weighing in at 6 lbs., 4 oz. Continue reading