Faculty of Fishing and TBF Join Forces

Offer Free Online Courses to All Federation Members

(Ponca City, OK) Jan. 10, 2012 – The Bass Federation, the nation’s oldest and largest organized grassroots fishing youth and conservation organization, announced it has partnered with Faculty of Fishing. The partnership will offer the most complete and comprehensive online fishing education program the fishing world ever has seen. The Advantage Anglers program package, a $ 19.99 retail value, consists of 11 basic courses designed for the new or recreational angler, which will be offered FREE OF CHARGE to all federation members under the TBF umbrella. This includes TBF adult and junior anglers, the Association of College anglers, (ACA), the Walleye Federation, (TWF), and TBF’s widely popular Student Angler Federation, (SAF), and all SAF high school fishing club members. At a value worth more than annual national membership costs, all FREE OF CHARGE! Another reason it “pays” to belong to TBF. Continue reading

Florida High School Fishing Teams go Head-to-Head

Ponca City, Okla., – Dec. 15, 2011- Lake Shipp in Winter Haven, Fl., will host the central Florida SAF club’s Plant City High School and Bartow High School face-off on Saturday, December 17. These two teams will go head-to-head in the Student Angler Federation’s first individual school matchup.  Both teams have worked hard to put their SAF High School clubs together and get their students out on the water fishing. In fact, last weekend Bartow High School hosted their inaugural Bobby Lane Open, which featured several schools from around the state.  This weekend’s competition will be more than a Christmas celebration for these two teams.  It will mark the beginning of a movement to bring high school fishing to the limelight.

When the Raiders and Yellow Jackets square off this weekend, both schools will send their top four boats out on Lake Shipp in hopes of that largemouth bite.  Each boat consists of two student teammates and an adult boat captain.  The school with the heaviest catch from the four combined boats will win this Holiday Challenge. Continue reading

BHS Yellowjackets Hold Successful Inaugural Bobby Lane Cup

Dec. 10, 2011; Kissimmee, FL – It was a Malys day! Jay and Cody Malys of the BHS Jackets Bass Fishing Team with 6 bass total weight 16lbs 13oz won the Bobby Lane Cup. Jay had big bass for the day 4lbs 8oz., earning him tournament jersey off Bobby Lane’s back. Part of the team prize was a fishing trip with Lane after weigh-in. ” It was awesome fishing with Bobby Lane, he caught a 5lb bass within 15 minutes fishing with us,” Jay said. The experience will last a lifetime. Congratulations Jay and Cody.

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