Tipton High School Wins Inaugural Indiana High School Bass Fishing Championship

Sept. 10, 2011 – Hoosier Hills Marina on beautiful Patoka Lake in Southern Indiana provided the perfect location for Andy Hinkle and Keegan Gray from Tipton High School to win the inaugural Indiana High School Student Angler Federation State Bass Fishing Championship.  The Tipton duo narrowly got by the team of Greg Zellers and Brody McWilliams representing Winamac High School who finished second, and were also SAF Certified Student Anglers.

The Tipton team brought in two nice Patoka Lake largemouth bass that tipped the scales at 5.48 lbs. narrowly edging the Zellers/McWilliams team who brought in an almost identical pair that weighed in at 5.41 lbs.

Tipton High School was one of the first High Schools in the state to organize and run their school fishing club under The Bass Federation’s Student Angler Federation. Their school team has 10 members who have been fishing against themselves in club level events this fall. Continue reading

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