Texas High School Fishing State Championship Set For March 25

PONCA CITY, Okla. (Mar. 5, 2012) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, and the Allen Convention & Visitors Bureau announced it will host the 2012 Student Angler Federation (SAF) Texas High School Fishing State Championship. The event will be Sunday, March 25 on Lake Lavon launching out of the Collin Park Marina Ramp near Allen, Texas. A unique element of the event is it will follow the Association of Collegiate Anglers (ACA) Cabela’s Collegiate Big Bass Bash, held on Lake Lavon Friday and Saturday.

The championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9 -12. Registration for anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is online at HighSchoolFishing.org. Check-in begins at 5:30pm CST on Saturday, March 24, at the Cabela’s Store in Allen, Texas with a mandatory rules briefing at 7pm CST. We highly encourage all teams to preregister online or by phone in advance to avoid late registration fees.

“The city of Allen is thrilled to be hosting the 2012 SAF Texas High School Fishing State Championship,” Tourism Director, Karen Cromwell, stated. “We’re eager to bring these young anglers and their families back to Allen and Lake Lavon for what promises to be another great event!” Continue reading

MFHS Fishing Club Holds Club Tournament March 3rd – 8lb 10 oz Lunker Caught by Collin Edwards!

MFHS Fishing Team hosted a Club Tournament on Lake Marble Falls on Saturday, March 3rd with 24 student anglers entered on 12 boats. It was a cool “postcard’ morning that proved to be a great day on the lake for the competitors. 20 of the 24 student anglers weighed in and the total for the day was 42 bass weighing in at 109 lbs 3.5 oz!

Here are the top 10 finishers:

1st      Austin Ellis          5 fish, 17 lbs 4.2 oz

2nd     Shilo Nelson        5 fish,  9 lbs  7.4 oz

3rd     Collin Edwards     2 fish   8 lbs  9.9 oz and  BIG BASS  8 lbs 3.0 oz

4th      Lane Amidon        3 fish   7 lbs  8.6 oz

5th      Ben Stripling         5 fish   6 lbs  2.9 oz

6th     Hunter McNeese  3 fish   5 lbs  5.3 oz

7th     Cole Van Brocklin 2 fish   4 lbs  9.3 oz

8th     Chris Mata            2 fish   4 lbs  7.9 oz

9th     Hunter Delz          2 fish   4 lbs  3.8 oz

10th   Nick O’Connor     2 fish    4lbs  0.3 oz Continue reading

Brown & Murray Win 2012 Florida State High School Fishing Championship

March 3, 2012 (Kissimmee, FL) – Twenty-nine high school fishing teams and their coaches helped get the High School Fishing State Championship Series off to a good start as they braved high winds on legendary Lake Toho near Kissimmee, Florida today.

When the teams all returned to the scales, it was newcomers Trevor Brown and Austin Murray who conquered the field with a 5 bass limit that weighed 14.13 pounds to win the 2nd annual event.  This was the first High School tournament for these two anglers. Trevor Brown, who attends Pine Ridge High School, was all smiles as he thanked his dad John for getting him and his partner Austin, who is a home-schooled student, on the fish. “It was a real grind,” cited Trevor. “We fished hard all day and fortunately we got a few big bites.” The real story of this championship was that Trevor actually built the lures that the pair used to catch the winning bag. When asked if he might be interested in selling a few of those to other anglers Trevor just smiled and said, “That’s the plan!” Both anglers also said they were going back home as champions and hope to use that feat to get a high school club started in their area and bring back several more teams next year. Continue reading