St. John's River High School Fishing 24 Feb 18

[Mike Cork]

FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL WINS TBF/FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON ST. JOHNS RIVER
PALATKA, Fla. (Feb. 27, 2018) – The Fleming Island High School duo of Chaz Raulerson and Reed Lynch, both of Fleming Island, Florida, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 24 pounds, 4 ounces to win the 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Florida State Championship on the St. Johns River.
The Fleming Island duo's limit was anchored by a 9-pound, 9-ounce largemouth which also earned the team Big Bass honors for the event. The most popular lures were soft plastics including Yamamoto Senkos, Zoom Trick Worms and flukes.
A field of 33 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from City Dock Launch Ramp in Palatka. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.
The top three teams on the St. Johns River that advanced to the 2018 High School Fishing National Championship were:       
  1st:     Fleming Island High School, Fleming Island, Fla. – Chaz Raulerson and Reed Lynch, both of Fleming Island, Fla., five bass, 24-4
  2nd:    Seminole Junior Anglers – Joey Bloom, Winter Springs, Fla., and Dylan Westhelle, Sanford, Fla., five bass, 22-7
  3rd:     Seminole Junior Anglers – Austin Riggs, Lake Mary, Fla., and Justin Rosser, Sanford, Fla., five bass, 15-9
Rounding out the top 10 teams were:
  4th:     Seminole Junior Anglers – Steven Steinard, Oviedo, Fla., and Brandon Simmons, Chuluota, Fla., five bass, 12-10
  5th:     Seminole Junior Anglers – Will Grace, Mims, Fla., and Trevor Campbell, Geneva, Fla., five bass, 12-9
  6th:      Osceola High School, Kissimmee, Fla. – Cole Thompson and Jimmy Jankowski, both of St. Cloud, Fla., five bass, 12-3
  7th:     Lake Wales High School, Lake Wales, Fla. – Hunter Hayes and Thomas Croft, both of Lake Wales, Fla., five bass, 11-13
  8th:     Bartow High School, Bartow, Fla. – CJ Novak, Lakeland, Fla., and Joshua Johnson, Bartow, Fla., five bass, 9-15
  9th:     Lake Wales High School, Lake Wales, Fla. – Lars Rain, Lake Wales, Fla., and Jonathan Hansell, Hains City, Fla., five bass,   9-5
  10th:   Bartow High School, Bartow, Fla. – Trenton Coleman, Lakeland, Fla., and Connor Seay, Bartow, Fla., five bass, 8-11
Complete results from the event along with photos of the top finishers can be found at HighSchoolFishing.org.
The 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Florida State Championship was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12, open to any Student Angler Federation (SAF) affiliated high school club in the state of Florida. The top 10 percent of each Challenge, Open, and state championship field will advance to the High School Fishing National Championship on Pickwick Lake, in Florence, Alabama, June 26-29. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.
In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all High School Fishing anglers nationwide automatically qualify for the world's largest high school bass tournament, the 2018 High School Fishing World Finals, held in conjunction with the National Championship on Pickwick Lake. At the 2017 World Finals more than $60,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded.
Full schedules and the latest announcements are available at HighSchoolFishing.org and FLWFishing.com.
About FLW
FLW is the world's largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2018 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW and their partners conduct 286 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and Spain. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show, broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat.

[Deadeye]

Sure wish they had these when I was a kid. Might of saved me from some real bad times.

So happy for the kids of today for this. So sad for the other crap they have to deal with.

[BarryFL]

Sure wish they had these when I was a kid. Might of saved me from some real bad times.

So happy for the kids of today for this. So sad for the other crap they have to deal with.

Really! I can't imagine how much fun it would have been in high school and college to fish competitively.

-Barry-