2nd Co-ed team of the 2022 season takes the win in Mississippi. Ayden Gideon and Anna Pearson seals the deal with a 13 pound 9 ounce bag on Columbus Lake. The pair wins a berth to compete in the 2022 High School Fishing World Finals & National Championship. Ayden Gideon also secures a birth to the MS TBF National Semi Finals as a co-angler for his High School State Championship win. He also gets his TBF membership and entry fees paid with this contingency. Both Anna and Ayden win a complete angler profile with the National Scouting Report.2nd place also advancing to the Nationals this year was Noah Brooks and Chad Bullen. The Stone County Anglers weighed in at 13 pounds and 6 ounces plus they had a 5 pound 2 ounce kicker fish that would get them a set of Lew’s reels sponsored by Lew’s and Strike King big fish award.Also locking down a spot to the 13th Annual High School Fishing World Finals in third place was Calup Williams and Phillip Herring representing Greene County Wildcats. The two anglers weighed in 11 pounds and 7 ounces.The Student Angler Federation would like to thank all the volunteers and the Columbus-Lowndes Convention & Visitors Bureau for making this a great event for the students. For full results and photos of this event CLICK HERE
VIRGILLITO AND BACOT WIN CHAMPIONSHIP AT CADDO LAKE
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 13th 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.
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CLEPPER AND FORD WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT LAKE CONROE
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.
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