Lenz and Anderson win High School Fishing Southeast Regional on Harding

AUBURN, Ala. (Sept. 10, 2011) – Dalton Anderson and Dawson Lenz from Georgia’s McIntosh High School won the High School Southeast Regional tournament held on Lake Harding Saturday. TBF along with FLW Outdoors held the high school tournament in conjunction with the FLW College Fishing Southeast Regional.

McIntosh High School had four bass weighing 5 pounds, 15 ounces to beat Fuquay-Varina High by 1 pound, 15 ounces.

Lenz said the team used a Texas-rigged green pumpkin Senko weightless in the grass as well as a
 Texas-rigged 8-inch Lake Fork ribbontail worm with a 3/16-ounce bullet weight to catch their fish Saturday.

“During practice we were flipping with a Speed Worm and today we switched to a Senko to try and draw more subtle bites because the lake,” he said. “This cold front that came through this week really put a hurtin’ on the fish, so we tried to get as many bites as we could. We knew it was going to be tough so we went ahead and switched to more sublte baits and that worked out pretty well for us.” Continue reading

Arizona High School Fishing State Championship Set For September 25

Ponca City, Okla. (Sept. 6, 2011) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, announced it will be hosting the inaugural Student Angler Federation Arizona High School Fishing State Championship, September 25 Cholla Recreation Area, Roosevelt Lake, AZ. The state championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9-12. Registration for high school anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is online at HighSchoolFishing.org or by calling 580.765.9031. Check-in is 4-5pm Saturday, September 24 at the Cholla Recreation Area with a mandatory rules briefing to follow at 5pm. We highly encourage all teams to pre-register online or by phone in advance. Continue reading

Nebraska Names High School State Champions

Ponca City, Okla. (Sept 3, 2011) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, hosted the inaugural Student Angler Federation Nebraska High School Fishing State Championship, September 3 on Maranatha Lake in Lincoln County, Neb. The state championship was a two person team event for students in grades 9-12.

The high school team of Adam Diehl and Drew Bailey of Lincoln County High School Bass Club were named champions after bringing in a 5 bass limit that weighed 11 lbs even. The team also brought in the tournament big bass that weighed 3.84 lbs. Second place went to Jarett Siefford and Tel Pyzer with a 3 bass limit that weighed 8 lbs 9 oz, and just short of the big bass honors with a 3.8 lb bass. 3rd place team was Trevor Lee and Jacob Zimbelman. They had 4 bass that weighed 8 lbs 2 oz. Continue reading