Oct 06

Matt Neiburg and Zach Madsen of Blair High School weighed 15 pounds to win the Southern Conference Championship

06.Oct.2012

TBF along with FLW held the High School Southern Conference Championship on Saturday in conjunction with the FLW College Fishing Southern Conference Championship. Teams from across the region were competing and Matt Neiburg and Zach Madsen, both of Blaire, Neb., representing Blair High School, won the tournament, which was also held on Lake Dardanelle, with a five-bass limit weighing 15-0. Continue reading

Sep 15

2012 Travis Ferguson Memorial Fishing Tournament

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Corning, IA – Aksarben Bass from Omaha, NE hosted the 2012 Travis Ferguson Memorial Fishing Tournament to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of NE.

Standings

1st Place – Dennis Kotas- Colton Kelle
2nd Place – Lance Beasley – Scott Hausman
Place Total Weight
1 19.5
Tournament Results: 2 13.9
1st Place stringer 16.38 lbs

Big Fish – 6.59 lbs – Dennis Kotas 3 13.6 Continue reading

Sep 13

OKLAHOMA’S GRAND LAKE O’ THE CHEROKEES, WOLF CREEK PARK, TO HOST THE NATION’S BEST GRASSROOTS ANGLERS AT THE 2013 TBF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Ponca City, Okla. (Sept 13, 2012) – The Bass Federation announced today the Grand Lake Association and the city of Grove, Okla., will host the 2013 TBF Federation National Championship. The event will be held April 8-13, 2013 on Grand Lake and launch out of the new Wolf Creek Park in Grove.  It’s the culmination of more than two years of work for most of these anglers, competing against the nearly 25,000 members in TBF clubs across the United States and Canada to earn their invitation. Only the best anglers from each US state federation, the Association of Collegiate Anglers National Champions and the Canadian Champions earn a slot at the national contest.  There they’ll test their skills against the Grand Lake fish and each other, in the nearly quarter of a million dollar event. Continue reading

Aug 30

Blair pair outcatch competition for state crown

Photos and Story By David Hendee
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

TEKAMAH, Neb. — The ingredients were all there.

Summit Lake, one of the best bass fishing sites in the region.

Sixteen motivated, two-person teams from across the state competing in the second Nebraska High School Fishing Championship.

A break in the summer’s siege of 100-degree temperatures.

The result: A tough day on the water for just about everyone — except Zach Madsen and Matt Neiburg of Blair. Continue reading