Club name:  BCCC Youth Bass Team

SAF Club Created: 2-9-10

School Name & Mascot: Barnwell County Career Center/no mascot yet

City/State: Barnwell, SC

*Club Email Address: jeasterling@bccc.k12.sc.us

Club Advisor: Jimmy Easterling, coach

Club President: Trey Knopf

Number of members: 7

How often does your club meet? 1^st Monday of each month

How did your club get started? SCDNR contacted our Agriculture teacher

Club’s favorite lake and why? Lake Murray, SC because it is the only one we have fished so far

Describe TBF tournaments, community service and/or conservation projects your club has or plans to have?  We fish a club tournament every month and would like to fish tournaments against other SC teams.

Has your club done any fundraising? We are 100% fundraiser funded, so yes.

Any local sponsors that help support your club? We are trying to get 10 area businesses as sponsors to pay for our tournament shirts

Where do you get your volunteer boaters from? We have two parents with bass boats, I have one, and we have two regular bass fisherman who help when they are not tournament fishing.

Tell us something unique about your club! We are a county Career Center that receives our students from the three high schools in the county; we have members from each school.

Club Name: Hornet Anglers

Club Created: August 2010

School Name & Mascot: Dixie High School – Hornets

City/State: Due West, SC

Club Advisor: Eddy Stone & Chris Bensel

Number of members: 25 – Only 1 girl on team

How often does your club meet? 2 times a month

How did your club get started? We have access to a lot of lakes and many of our students fish and wanted a high school team.

Club’s favorite lake and why? We have 5 lakes within a 30 minute drive and each lake offers different reasons to love it!

Describe TBF tournaments, community service and/or conservation projects your club has or plans to have? We have had 2 tournaments in conjunction with 5 Lakes Fishing Club. We are working on conservation plans. We fish 11-13-10 with the Clemson Team.

Any local sponsors that help support your club? We have 6 local sponsors & several fishing club volunteers. Sponsors are: WK Brown Timber, Tow Boat US, Portronics, Greenwood Auto Salvage, Bar-E, Lake Secession Marina

Where do you get your volunteer boaters from? Parents, grandparents, school alumni and clubs.

Tell us something unique about your club! Professional Bass Fisherman Casey Ashley is our mentor and graduated from Dixie High.

Club name: Santee Junior Bassmasters

School Name & Mascot: Wilson Hall/The Barons

City/State: Sumter, SC

Club Email Address: claylowder@yahoo.com

Club Advisor: Clay Lowder

Club President: Waiting on meeting to vote new one for this year

Number of members: 28

How often does your club meet? 4 or 5 times a year

How did your club get started? One interested student and his dad sought information and spoke with school principal about starting the club through our school.  Many students wanted to join!

Describe TBF tournaments, community service and/or conservation projects your club has or plans to have? We sent 6 members to represent us in the state tournament last year on Lake Murray, and they all fished well.  In the younger age group, our member, Josh Knowlton, won and represented us in the national tournament in Atlanta this summer.  It was a great experience for Josh!

Any local sponsors that help support your club? We have several interested, but we are still working on that.

Where do you get your volunteer boaters from? (parents, local bass club, etc.) Parents and local bass club members that are willing to take time to fish with us on weekends.

Tell us something unique about your club! We started off our first year with a huge number of members.  We have wonderful parent participation and support.  We enjoy fishing on local ponds together as well as on our big SC lakes.