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

Josh Moore of Louisiana & Texas State Team Lead After Day 1 of 2012 Central Division Presented by Evinrude

6/13/12 –State teams from Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas have come to the great hot and humid state of Louisiana to compete on the legendary Red River.  After a great welcome banquet, held at the Boosier City Civic Center, all the anglers, their families, staff and volunteers were fed with an awesome catfish dinner. The 96 competitors were ready to start their week in hopes of advancing to the 2013 TBF National Championship to be held next Spring. The weigh-ins this week are taking place at the Red River South Marina near Bossier City. They are free and open to the public. Continue reading

Chin & Garrision crowned as TBF Oregon Youth State Champions

A first time competitor Wyatt Garrison and 2 time Oregon youth champion Nicholas Chin win the Oregon TBF Youth State Champions on the Willamette River on Saturday, May 26, 2012 from Portland Oregon. Garrison won the 11-14 age group, with a 2 fish catch of 3.31 pounds and Chin won the 15-18 age group with a 5 fish limit of 12.39 pounds. Chin said that he had his limit by 9:00 am and was looking for big fish for most of the day. Continue reading

Rogue Lightning Strike Claims a Life of TBF Florida Member

Ponca City, Okla., – Monday, June 11, 2012

TBF mourns the loss of division championship angler, Lorenzo Magdaleno, 51, from Lake Placid, Fl. He was a veteran angler and a member of the Florida Bass Federation and the Homestead Hawg Hunters club for more than a decade. Magdaleno was pronounced dead by Florida officials on Friday, June 8, after a bolt of lightning apparently struck Magdaleno and his boat partner, Mike Hardin, from Tennessee while they fishing shortly after noon prior to the final day weigh-in of the TBF Southern Division Championship on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee.  Continue reading