The 2022 SAF Virginia High School State Championship was held on March 5th at Smith Mountain Lake.

Konnor Sweet and Blaine Miller with Lebanon High School took 1st place with 8-56. Coming in 2nd place was the Southwest Select team of Thai Tatum and Brenton Powers with 6-69. Taking 3rd place was Aydin Knapp and Justin Humphrey from the Southern Outcast club with 4.51.

Congratulations to Konnor and Blaine for their 1st place finish. They will advance to the 13th Annual High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship to be held June 22-25 on Pickwick and Wilson Lakes in Florence, AL.

The Student Angler Federation (SAF) had their Tennessee High School State Championship at Kentucky Lake out of Beech River Pearl Harbor Ramp.  Anglers all over Tennessee came to storied Kentucky Lake to try their luck and win a state title.

The Scotts Hill team of Braden and Ross Wilson claimed top honors with a hefty sack of fish that weighed 19 pounds and 7 ounces.  Taking second place was the Henry County team of Charly Hutson and Chloe Wisniewski with 15 pounds and 14 ounces.  Third place belonged to the newly formed West TN Student Bass Trail TEAM OF Hunter Sims and Harrison Overman with 11 pounds and 13 ounces.  The top five also included Hunter Slone and Elijah Kelley from Upper Cumberland with 9-02 and Drake Hamilton and Jace Richardson, from Obion County, with 8 pounds even.

Braden and Ross Wilson also claimed the Lew’s Big Bass Award and two Lew’s Reels with their 7-09 lunker, that they caught just after the event started.  Most anglers were catching their fish on crawfish- colored crankbaits or Rattletraps.

Full tournament results and photos can be found by CLICKING HERE

After a wind advisory cancelled the Nevada State Championship on February 28^th, teams from the Boulder City Bass Club were excited to see the weather hold up for the rescheduled event Saturday March, 26th. Teams launched out of Willow Beach and headed down river to Lake Mohave. Despite a forecasted record high of 90 degrees, the weather was ideal for some early spring fishing. Senior and two time State Champion Izec Easter and partner Talynn Madrid saw several bass on beds but couldn’t capitalize. “We had a great day on the water as usual, but we just couldn’t get enough bites to win. We broke two off and landed one,” Easter said. That one keeper weighing 2lbs 5oz was enough for third.

Sophomores and longtime fishing duo, Dodger Smith and Charlie Stewart secured second place with a 3 fish limit weighing 8lbs 15oz. Accounting for almost half the sack and the tournaments big fish was Smith’s smallmouth coming in at 4lbs 2oz. “ While we were trying out different things we saw a spot that looked good and figured why not since we had not tried anything like it yet and sure enough within the first few casts we had a big one on,” said Smith.

Boat Captain Rob Sanford ran his team 30 miles downriver. Fishing the back waters they spotted beds as deep as 22 feet. Patience paid off for Colten Hartgroves and new club member Rylan Garrett as they were able to hook 7 and cull two. Despite losing their biggest they still managed to weighed in with 10lbs 14oz giving each angler their first Nevada State Title.

Congratulations to all the anglers and a special thanks to our boat captains!