Isle, Minn. – July 11, 2022 – 28 teams participated in the Minnesota State High School Fishing Championship with the hopes of advancing to the 2023 National Championship in La Crosse, WI. Anticipation was high until late rules changes forced the event organizers to change the length limit of the fish allowed to weigh.

Originally teams were going to be allowed to weigh their 5 best fish over 14 inches, but due to regulation changes on Mille Lacs, teams were pinched into a 12-17” size range of keepable bass. This threw the best laid plans out the window.

Perseverance was key though for the team of Aiden Holm and Reid McCalla (Becker High School) as they were the only team to secure 5 legal fish to weigh-in a tournament winning bag of 9lbs. 15 oz. The future Juniors will have the opportunity to fish for hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships next June.

Along with Aiden and Reid the 3^rd place team of Kolbe Sahr and Eion Quiel (Aitkin High School) will be representing Minnesota in the National Championship in La Crosse.

A big thanks goes to Mac’s Twin Bay Resort, McQuoid’s Inn and Da Boathouse, all located in Isle, MN and supported the teams and staff at this event.

Lake Cascade was good to Kyle Luis & Ryker Memmott. They started for smallmouth early in the morning with only a couple little ones and one nice 2lb, but as the sun came up they changed to largemouth and caught a few big ones that were able to keep them on top of the winner board with a limit of fish weighing 14.89lbs. It was the first time for Kyle & Ryker to ever fish together and they just clicked. In 2nd place was the team of Hayden Ryza and Dallon Hoskins with 11.03lbs. Payton Nance and Landin Stewart came in 3rd place with a total weight of 6.54. It was a fun tournament to fish, the weather was great and the lake has some great fish. The boys hope to keep in touch with other anglers that share the same love and passion for fishing. Without the love and support of their families this wouldn’t be possible. A special shout out to our dads who support us every weekend, without them this wouldn’t be possible. Thank you Jason (Kyle’s dad) and Shane (Ryker’s dad).

The 2022 Colorado SAF High School championship was held on June 12 at Pueblo Reservoir.  Hot is an understatement.  Battling thru 102 degrees the team of Rob Hunt and Dillon Robertshaw and their boat captain Ethan Foster from The Southern Colorado Junior Bass Club managed a limit and were able to take home the win. They will be representing Colorado at the 14th Annual High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin.