The 2022 Nebraska SAF State Championship was held on Lewis & Clark Lake in Crofton, NE. Matthew Nichols and Ryan Unger with McCook High School, took 1st place with a five fish limit weighing 13 pounds 10 ounces. In 2nd place was Gothenburg Bassmasters, Ty Kreis and Braeden Anderson with five fish that weighed 12 pounds 2 ounces. Rounding out the top 3 teams was Austen Madsen and Logan Greeno, Holdredge Duster Bass Club, with 11 pounds 13 ounces. For full results CLICK HERE.

Reigning 2021 Utah State Champs, Parker Stewart and BT Vogelsberg won the 2022 Utah SAF Championship again on Big Sandwash Reservoir with 13 pounds 10 ounces. They struggled early to find a bite for the first couple of hours. Once they found a pattern that worked they quickly field their bag and continued to cull up until weigh-in. Coming in 2^nd Henry Barber and Aiden able took 2^nd with 13 Pounds 2 ounces. Logan Ashworth and Spencer Stokes came in 3^rd with 10 pounds 8 ounces.

On June 11th, student anglers competed for the 2022 Tri-State Championship Title. Quaboag Pond in Brookfield Ma is a 558 Acre body of water at the head of the Quaboag River. It is a shallow body of water with abundant vegetation and a healthy population of big largemouth bass. With temperatures in the low 70’s, mostly cloudy skies, and light winds, the teams had great fishing conditions.

Third place went to the team of Antonio Phanuef and Kyle Zaro weighing 6 largemouth for a total of 12.25 lbs. The second place team, Gavin Haynes and Timothy Russell, brought 8 largemouth to the scales for a total weight of 15.40 lbs. The 2022 Tri-State Championship Title went to the team of Jack Houghton and Charlie Hinrichs weighing in a solid 19.95 lbs of largemouth. Houghton and Hinrichs also weighed in the largest bass of the event, weighing an impressive 5.63 lbs. Houghton and Hinrichs put together the winning bag by targeting shallow water vegetation with soft plastics and frogs.