Madison, Wisc. – July 11, 2022 – A small but competitive group of teams gathered on the shore of Lake Waubesa, one of the lakes that makes up the very fishy waters of the Madison Chain of Lakes for the 2022 Wisconsin High School Fishing State Championship. Teams were comprised of anglers from across the state looking to secure a spot in the 2023 High School Fishing National Championship to take place in La Crosse, WI next June.

A beautiful day met the 16 anglers though the afternoon breeze made for a tougher bite as the day went on. Half the teams found a way to drop the tournament limit of 5 fish in the basket but only one could come out the state champion.

The team of Hayden Fry and Griffin Geiss (Brookfield East High School) locked into a bite earlier in the week and kept up with it to lock in the win weighing 12lbs 15ozs. Exactly one pound over the second-place team of Cameron Gates and Nick Schaefer (Oregon High School).

Hayden and Griffin will now have the opportunity to fish in the National Championship in their home-state and take home thousands in scholarship money to further their education and perhaps their competitive fishing future.

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).