This is how Legends are made!! Lady anglers dominate the LA High School State Championship. Alexis Virgillito and Taylor Bacot wowed the crowd with a huge bag weighing in at 30 pounds and 3 ounces. The lady anglers bested the field by nearly 2 pounds. Not only did the lady anglers win the state championship advancing them to the 13^th annual High School Fishing World Finals & National Championship but they also won a full scouting profile from National Scouting Report.

Second place, also receiving a berth to the National Championship was Noah Trant and Mark Andrew Trant. The Trant brothers held the lead right until the end with a great bag of fish weighing in at 28 pounds 15 ounces. The nearly 29 pound bag was the teams biggest 5 fish limit and secured the team with a very respectable finish.

Brody Page and Stone Smith also weighing over the 20 pound threshold with 21 pounds and 8 ounces gave them the third place spot and sealing a trip to Florence, AL to compete for top college scholarships and prizes.

Big Fish of the day was a 7 pound 7 ounce lunker sponsored by Lew’s Strike King the set of Lew’s reels went to team Timberwolves representing Darbonne Woods was Gavin Albritton and Zeb Ates.The Student Angler Federation would like to thank all the volunteers for their help before, during and after the tournament.  Also, thank you to the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission for hosting the event. Thanks LA SAF Anglers for another great state championship.

For full results and photos of this event CLICK HERE

Conroe Lake was shining this past weekend as the bigger fish were moving up. The Co-Ed team of Fallon Clepper and Wyatt Ford captured the win with an impressive weight of 25 pounds and 13 ounces sealing a National Championship berth at Lake Pickwick in Florence, AL this June. These two Montgomery ISD anglers also have won a spot to the TBF National Semi Finals as co-anglers with their memberships & entry fees paid. Our new sponsor NSR the National Scouting report has also been so gracious to award this team with a full scouting profile which will help the team pursue their college of choice.

Second place was Cade Lipham and Will Collora from Lake Creek High School Lions with 17 pounds and 15 ounces.

Our third place finishers representing Clifton High School were Zander Windham and Dayton McDowell, with a solid bag weighing in at 17 pounds even. All three top finishers had solid bags of fish to weigh in on Lake Conroe.

The Lew’s Strike King big bass award went to Preston Burch and Andrew Wilson with a Solid Conroe lake bass weighing in at 7 pounds 9 ounces. The team from Montgomery ISD each won a Lew’s reel for their efforts with the biggest bass of the day.

For full results and photos of this event CLICK HERE

The Student Angler Federation (SAF) held it’s High School State Championship at Lake Lanier over the weekend.  Teams from all over Georgia came to Laurel Park to participate and try and catch some of the big spotted bass that the lake is known for.  Mother Nature decided to make her presence known as the anglers were greeted with rain as they woke up that morning and the rain continued throughout the entire day.

Coby Thompson and Bentley Floyd caught the “Cabela’s BIG BAG” of the event which was a limit that weighed 17 pounds and 14 ounces.  They were also able to land the “Lew’s Big Bass” award also with a nice 6-03 lunker largemouth.  They received two Lew’s reels for their catch. Finishing a close second was the Pike County team of Joe Haren and Alan Smith with 16 pounds and 6 ounces. Third place went to Elijah Benson and Braedon Hubbard from Dawson County with a limit that weighed 15-15. Fourth and fifth paces belonged to Aspen Martin and Jett Strickland from Calhoun High School with 15-10 and Brandon Willard and Bryan Gayton of Woodland High School with 15-08.

Most of the fish were spotted bass and the anglers reported catching them on several different baits.  Small sized swimbaits were probably the best bait of the day, along with crankbaits, jigs, Ned Rigs, Neko Rigs and the occasional Chatterbait.  Several teams were fishing shallow in waters anywhere from 1-3 feet and the rest of the anglers were fishing out deeper in 25-40 feet of water.

Results can be found by CLICKING HERE and all the photos are on our Student Angler Federation High School Fishing Facebook Page which can be seen by CLICKING HERE.