The expansion includes 24 High School Fishing Open tournaments to be facilitated by FLW to complement the existing State Championships, Challenge events and High School Fishing World Finals coordinated by TBF.  All told, students will now have 76 TBF and FLW High School Fishing events in which to compete in 2017. 

Registration for ALL SAF High School Championships, Challenges and Open events begins January 3!   

Click here to register and for the full schedule of events! 

Make plans now to get registered and come see what all the hype is about with high school fishing and TBF/FLW’s renewed partnership and formats. You won’t want to miss out this season! 

The season opener will debut first of two new Challenge events, the Lake Okeechobee Challenge on January 15.  

Next up will be the Texas State Championship to be held on Sam Rayburn Reservoir on January 29.   

The Georgia State Championship will follow on West Point Lake on February 11.  

The second new Challenge event in the Cabela’s Lake Hartwell Early Bird Challenge on Lake Hartwell on February 19. 

And February will wrap up with the Florida High School State Championship on the St Johns River. 

Going forward, the SAF program will operate on a school calendar with the National Championship being held in the summer in conjunction with the High School Fishing World Finals.

All participants must be Student Angler Federation (SAF) members to participate. SAF membership includes both TBF and FLW membership plus a digital subscription to FLW Bass Fishing magazine, online training courses and more. 

SAF members never pay an entry fee to participate in TBF or FLW High School Fishing tournaments and all clubs are covered by SAF insurance, which means there is no added expense for schools with sanctioned High School Fishing clubs.