The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce and the Idaho Bass Federation hosted the 2012 Student Angler Federation (SAF) Idaho High School Fishing State Championship on Saturday, May 12, on CJ Strike Reservoir, just outside of Mountain Home, Id.

The High School Fishing  team of David Ashton and Jake Beahm of Borah High took 1^st place honors with a 5 fish limit weighing 14-09 pounds.  The Torok brothers, Loren and Blake of Lake City & The Bass Pack High School Fishing Club, brought in a limit weighing 10-07 pounds to capture 2^nd place followed by Jon Hickey and Anthony Baracko who put a limit together that weighed 9-11 pounds. Continue reading

The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, the Town of Kimball, and the Tennessee Bass Federation held the 2012 Student Angler Federation (SAF) Tennessee High School Fishing State Championship on Nickajack Lake Saturday, May 12. Forty six boats launched out of the Shellmound Park Ramp near Kimball, Tenn., with over forty teams bringing fish back to the scales that afternoon!  Nickajack Lake, part of the famed Tennessee River system, lived up to all of the anglers expectations as twenty teams brought in five bass limits. All of the students had the opportunity to weigh in their catch using equipment that was provided for by the Tennessee Bass Federation.

Dustin Mayton & Hayden Everett from the Oliver Springs High School Bobcats weighed in 16.56 lbs to win the 2012 Tennessee High School State Championship. Continue reading

May 12, 2012; Arkansas River, AR – Devin Baxley and TJ Miller of Greenbrier High School were the last team to come to the Verizon ramp scales on Saturday, which set the stage perfectly for one of the most exciting finishes in this year’s Student Angler Federation state championship series.

At that point, Alexander Bartlett and Daniel Vogel from the Pa Briuns were holding a slim one pound lead on the field with their 14.55 lb. catch when the Greenbrier duo brought their winning bag to the scales. After a tense couple of moments the LED readout showed 15.05 lbs. to edge out Bartlett and Vogel by a half a pound to capture the 2012 State title. The team was also the certified Angler award winners. The Arkansas Game & Fish presented the team with a nice prize package that included a nice set of life jackets. Continue reading