2015 Junior State Championship was held on lake Washington this last week end with sunny mild weather. Water temperatures on some parts of the lake were in the high 50s indicating pre spawn conditions for junior competitors to figure out transitioning fish moving to spawning areas.

Trysdan Wallace–2015 State Junior Championship

Trysdan Wallace a freshman at R. A. Long high school struggled throughout the day but managed to bring in a couple of fish to just edge out previous Junior state champion Trevor Huff by a small margin to become this year bass federation state representative at the Junior World Championship to be held on Lake Hamilton, Ark in August.

Trevor Huff finished second place with a total weight of 4.96lbs to Trysdan Wallace’s 5.29lbs, but did manage to capture the big fish of the day with a 3.51lb small mouth.  Other competitor Carson Yancey, last year’s champion from Kent WA, Along with Cooper Callahan and James Morton from Yakima and Collin Jacobs of Tumwater.  All worked various techniques throughout the day, but could not buy a bite to bring to the weigh in.

Trevor Huff–2nd place

Big thanks go out to the volunteer boaters Brandon Huff, Mel Marchese, and Doug Jorgensen who stepped up to help out and all the members of the State Adult team.  Tyler Brinks for photos, Tony Lofranco, Wes Wesenberg, Troy Roberts, and Joe Mitchell for helping and supporting the kids along with Western Bass Club and our sponsors.

Spokane Valley Marine, Lake City Western Vigilantes’, Strike King lures, C & M Trophies, Dobyns Rods, St. Croix,  Jon’s N.W. outdoors,  Cabela’s, Big hawg baits , The Prop Shop, Three rivers marine, interstate batteries, Vicious fishing, KGM baits and the Washington National Guard.

2015 Federation National Championship Is Coming! April 21-25!

The 2015 TBF Federation National Championship is approaching! 96 of the best grassroots angler on the planet will converge on Grove, OK to start competition in just a few short weeks!

Good luck to all who will be the National Championship and “Live Their Dream!”

The event will be streamed LIVE on the internet at bassfederation.com  each day starting at 3:00pm CST

For a Schedule of Event for the Federation Championship please CLICK HERE

PONCA CITY, Okla. (Dec. 4, 2014) – The Bass Federation (TBF), the largest and oldest organized grassroots fishing, youth and conservation organization in North America with more than 20,000 members, announces the dates, locations and host states of its seven 2015 Division Championship events.

All 47 of the affiliated TBF State Federations fall into one of seven geographical divisions: Southwest, Northwest, Central, Southern, Northern, Mid-Atlantic and Eastern. The Eastern Division also includes the providence of Ontario, Canada.

All TBF State Federations fall into one of seven geographic regions. Each region has its own no-entry-fee
divisional championship on an annual basis. (Click to view/download hi-res image)

Each TBF affiliated state federation qualifies a 12-angler team to compete in the no-entry-fee TBF Divisional Tournament Championship events, as scheduled for 2015:

Southwest Division, May 13-15, Clear Lake, Lakeport, Calif.

Northwest Division, May 20-22, Noxin Reservoir, Trout Creek, Mont.

Central Division, June 3-5, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Aberdeen, Miss.

Southern Division, June 10-12, Lake Norman, Cornelius, N.C.

Northern Division, Sept. 9-11, Carlyle Lake, Carlyle, Ill.

Eastern Division, Sept. 16-18, Lake Winnipesaukee, Gilford, N.H.

Mid-Atlantic Division, Sept. 23-25, Lake Erie, Erie, Pa.

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