Federation National Office Newsletter Archive

August 16, 2011

Nicholas Deering and Derek Davis Capitalize on Changes; Fight Back Against DeGray Lake to Earn the 2011 National Guard Junior World Championship Titles

August 13, 2011, Arkadelphia, AR - Yesterday’s blue-bird skies were long gone today as a strong cloud cover, temperature drop, and spike in humidity took over on the final day of the 2011 National Guard Junior World Championship on DeGray Lake presented by the National Guard. Nicholas Deering and Derek Davis held the top spots in their respected divisions going into the final day but not overall. Today, they went out to prove they were in fact the best of the best. Both Deering and Davis received $3,000 in scholarships, a $1,000 Berkley Sponsorship offer, and the most esteemed titles in youth fishing, the 2011 National Guard Junior World Champions. Read More

Thomas Chambers and Brandon Koon Earn 2011 High School Fishing World Finals Champion Titles!!!

Chambers and Koon from the Arizona Bass Busters sealed the deal today with a sweet victory at the second annual, 2011 High School Fishing World Finals on Lake Dardanelle. Both walked away with scholaship offers of $4,000/yr, renewable for up to four years totaling $16,000 a piece/$32,000 from Bethel University, spots on the Bethel University Varsity Fishing team, $500 Cabela’s gift cards, new Compaq laptops, plus some heavy jewelry and the esteemed Worlds Champion titles. In addition the two anglers will represent High School Anglers nnationwide with an invitation to fish the 2012 ACA BoatsUS Collegiate National Championship out of a custom wrapped Ranger Boat! The team will compete right along side the top college anglers in the US! Read More

Vermont, New York, New Hampshire & Maine High School Fishing State Championship Set for August 28

Ponca City, Okla. (Aug. 4, 2011) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, announced it will be hosting the inaugural, joint Student Angler Federation Vermont, New York, New Hampshire and Maine High School Fishing State Championship Sunday, August 28 at Missisquoi Bay on Lake Champlain. Launch is on the east side of the bridge. The state championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9-12. Registration for high school anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is open online at HighSchoolFishing.orgor by calling 580.765.9031. Check-in will be ramp side at 5:30am on Sunday, August 28. A rules briefing will follow at 6am, followed by launch. We highly encourage all teams to pre-register online or by phone in advance. The event winners from each state will advance to a regional event the following weekend in State College, Penn. Read More

Wisconsin and Iowa High School Fishing State Championship Set for August 27

Ponca City, Okla. (July 15, 2011) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, announced it will be hosting the inaugural Student Angler Federation Wisconsin and Iowa High School Fishing State Championship Saturday, August 27 at St. Feriole Island Marina Boat Launch, in Prairie du Chien, Wisc. The state championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9-12. Registration for high school anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is open online atHighSchoolFishing.org or by calling 580.765.9031. Check-in begins at 5pm on Friday, August 26 at the Cabelas in Prairie du Chien, Wisc. A mandatory rules briefing will follow at 7pm. We highly encourage all teams to pre-register online or by phone well in advance. Read more

Mississippi High School Fishing State Championship Set For August 28

Ponca City, Okla. (Aug. 16, 2011) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, announced it will be hosting the inaugural Student Angler Federation Mississippi High School Fishing State Championship, August 27 at the Stennis East Bank Lock and Dam Recreation Area in Columbus, Miss. The state championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9 -12. Registration for high school anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is online at HighSchoolFishing.org or by calling 580.765.9031. Check-in begins at 5pm on Saturday, August 27 at the Launch Ramp Pavilion located at the Stennis East Bank Lock and Dam Recreation Area with a mandatory rules briefing to follow at 6pm. We highly encourage all teams to pre-register online or by phone in advance to avoid late registration fees. Read More

2011 High School Fishing Regional Schedule

The winning two-person team from each state championship advances to an FLW Outdoors/TBF High School Fishing Regional Championship held in conjunction with a National Guard FLW College Fishing Regional Championship hosted on a college campus this fall.

The winners from each regional will advance to the FLW Outdoors/TBF High School Fishing National Championship held on a college campus in conjunction with the National Guard FLW College Fishing National Championship in the spring of 2012.

Each team that qualifies for a regional and/or national championship will receive a travel allowance to help offset expenses. The High School Fishing National Championship winners will also each receive a $5,000 scholarship to use at the university of their choice.

The following tournament dates and locations have been announced, along with which state that belongs in each division.

Date	Division	School	Lake	City	States Competing in Division
9/3/2011	Northern	Penn State	Sayers Lake	State College, PA	PA, WV, VA, NY, VT, RI, CT, MA, MD, DE, NJ, ME, NH
9/10/2011	Southeast	Auburn	Lake Harding	Auburn, AL	TN, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, KY, MS
10/8/2011	Central	SIU	Lake Kinkaid	Carbondale, IL	WI, IA, IL, IN, MO, MI, OH, MN, ON, ND, SD
10/15/2011	Texas	Texas A&M	Somerville Lake	College Station, TX	LA, AR, KS, TX, NE, OK, NM
11/19/2011	Western	Arizona State	Lake Pleasant	Tempe, AZ	OR, ID, UT, CO, NV, AZ, CA, WA, MT, WY