High School Registration Starts This Week

Get signed up for the coming season

Registration for the 2017 season of High School Fishing is about to get under way. The schedule includes 29 Student Angler Federation (SAF) High School Fishing State Championships, 24 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Opens, seven state high school athletic association sanctioned tournaments and three SAF High School Fishing Challenge tournaments.

The full schedule is available here, and the schedule of the Opens is available at FLWFishing.com. In all, there are more than 70 tournaments for high school anglers to choose from, so there’s almost certainly something for you.

Registration begins Jan. 3, 2018. For SAF High School Fishing State Championships, each team must compete in the state in which their school is located. Teams from all states can compete in FLW High School Fishing Open tournaments and SAF High School Fishing Challenge events.

Entries for State Championships and Challenge events should be made at HighSchoolFishing.org, or by calling TBF at 580.765.9031. Entries for Opens should be made at FLWFishing.com, or by calling FLW at 270.252.1000. There is no limit to the number of teams accepted into a tournament from each school or club. Online registration starts at 9 a.m. CT. 

All High School Fishing tournaments are free to enter. The tournaments are two-person (team) events for students in grades 7-12 and open to any SAF-affiliated high school club. The top 10 percent of teams competing in each event held prior to June 10 will advance directly to the 2018 High School Fishing National Championship, which is held in conjunction with the 2018 High School Fishing World Finals, June 26-30 on Pickwick Lake in Florence, Ala. Qualifiers in tournaments held June 10 or later will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship.