Vermont High School Fishing State Championship Set For July 1

PONCA CITY, Okla. (June 14, 2012) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, and the Vermont Bass Federation announced it will host the 2012 Student Angler Federation (SAF) Vermont High School Fishing State Championship. The event will be held Sunday, July 1 on Lake Champlain at Missisquoi Bay launching from the east side of the bridge.    

The championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9-12. Registration for anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is online at HighSchoolFishing.org. Check-in begins at 6:30am EST on Sunday, July 1 at the launch ramp on the east side of the bridge with a rules briefing to immediately follow. We highly encourage all teams to preregister online or by phone in advance to avoid late registration fees. Continue reading

West Virginia High School Fishing State Championship Set For June 30

PONCA CITY, Okla. (June 14, 2012) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors,  and the West Virginia Bass Federation announced it will host the 2012 Student Angler Federation (SAF) West Virginia High School Fishing State Championship. The event will be held Saturday, June 30 and will return to Marion County and the Monogahela River in Fairmont, W.Va., launching out of Pricket’s Fort State Park.   

The championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9-12. Registration for anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is online at HighSchoolFishing.org. Check-in begins at 5:30pm EST on Friday, June 29 at the Clarion Inn, in Fairmont, W.Va., with a mandatory rules briefing to follow at 7pm. We highly encourage all teams to preregister online or by phone in advance to avoid late registration fees. Continue reading

Michigan Names Junior State Champions

Another great Youth State Championship. We had great weather and some real good fishing. First of all I want to thanks all the boaters for coming out and helping us with this event with out them we could have never done what we did. Thanks to our M.C. Kim Stricker for taking time out of his busy schedule to do this for the kids. Continue reading

David Heffel of Kansas & Team Texas In Lead After Day Two of the 2012 Central Divisional on Red River

6/14/12 – A slow moving storm rolled through the Red River South Marina last night and more storms were off in the west this morning at takeoff. Those storms moved south and eventually dissipated. The anglers were hoping it would improve the bite today, and it did for the most part. Kansas Federation State Team Member David Heffell of Hays, Kan. who stayed consistent and takes the overall lead with 20 lbs 12 oz today on the Red River near Bossier City, Lousiana. Team Texas maintains the State Team Lead with a two day team total of 132 lbs 1 oz. The race is tight and 16 anglers will advance to the 2013 TBF National Championship tomorrow; 8 as Boaters and 8 as Co-Anglers. A lot on the line for these guys and they will have their game faces on tomorrow. Continue reading