TBF Junior World Championship

2024 TBF Junior World Championship

Dates: July 23-26, 2024
Location: Lake Hartwell, Anderson, SC

Event Press Release
2024 Official Junior World Championship Rules
Event Fact Sheet – Local Lodging for Anderson, SC

Division by State

One of the oldest and most productive programs that the Bass Federation has ever had is the TBF Junior Angler Program it was started by 4 state federations in 1994 and has grown into a nationwide program. Reformatted by popular demand, all TBF Junior events are 2 person TEAM tournaments and the TBF Junior World Championship (JWC) has been expanded to 2 days of competition before the cut day to the day 3 finals.

Young anglers who are 8th grade or less on the day of their LAST state federation Junior qualifier (The day they qualify) AND who have not started the 9th grade by the time of the Junior World Championship (Typically last week of July) can join as TBF Junior members and fish as a team with a buddy from their own boats with their own boat captains! We have active state Junior Programs in almost every state across the country and 1 team advances to the Junior World Championship for every 10 unique teams that fish any State Federation junior qualifier. (so (1) for 1-10, (2) for 20, (3) for 30, etc.)  Any junior program must have a minimum of 6 active Junior members to participate.

Junior Sanctioned Trails. (Non -State federation affiliated.) 1 team advances for every 20 unique teams from any other (non-state federation) TBF sanctioned (by TBF national office) JUNIOR trail. NOTICE: Just because you are affiliated with TBF and running a Junior-approved circuit or club does NOT mean you are automatically sanctioned and approved to qualify anglers directly to the Junior World Championship each year.  Sanctioning is done on a case by case, trail by trail state by state year by year, basis, and there are requirements to sanctioning for this purpose.   For more info contact national Youth director Joey Bray at 580-765-9031

These junior anglers fish in local club & state tournaments and participate in fundraising and conservation projects just like the adults do.

The competitive branch of this program allows the anglers to attend their sanctioned Junior State events and attempt to qualify for the annual TBF Junior World Championship (JWC) out of their own boat with their own boat captain for thousands of dollars in scholarships and prizes! The bigger your program is the more teams can advance.

2024 TBF Junior World Championship

Designated Practice days are Monday and Tuesday, July 22, 23, 2024.  READ THE RULES!

Registration & Mandatory Rules Briefing:  Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Tournament Days for 2024: July 24, 25,26 – Wednesday, Thursday, full-field competes with their qualified teammate from their own boats with their own boat captains. First two days are Divisional championships and JWC qualifiers.

Each team in their own division is competing for the divisional Champion title.

The field is cut in the following manner: by divisions, the teams actively competing in the current Junior World Championship.

Largest division represented will be eligible to advance their top 3 teams.

Next two biggest divisions will be eligible to advance their top 2 teams.

The two smallest divisions will be eligible to advance their top 1 team.

Giving us the top 9 teams from the 5 divisions. Every team advancing to the final Championship Day will be competing for scholarships and prizes.

After we crown our divisional champions and award advancement spots from each division, we will also advance 5 additional teams from overall weights from day1 & day 2 combined weights. The additional 5 teams will be teams that did not qualify through their divisions.

This brings our top 9 teams by division 5 additional teams from overall weights not qualified from their divisions, giving us 14 teams advancing.

On Thursday night, following the weigh-in, we will have a lucky dog drawing for one additional team to advance to the final Championship Day.

This will round out the field to the top 15 teams all competing for the prestige title of Junior World Champions.

Previous Junior World Champions

Syler Prince, Palatka Florida 2017 Reigning 15 and under Champion.