The Louisiana TBF held their 2023 Junior State Championship March 18th on Lake D’Arbonne in Farmerville, LA. The weather conditions were tough with a cold front moving in for the weekend. Resulting in only two teams bringing in a five fish limit. One of those teams was Levi Whitman and Noah Graham. Their bag of fish weighed 9 pounds 11 ounces. This was enough to take 1st place and the opportunity to advance to the Bass Federation Junior World Championship. Peyton Bailey and Jayden Meadows came in 2nd place with a five fish limit that weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces. Rounding out the top 3 teams was Hunter Barnett and Hayden Hardy with 4 pounds 14 ounces. 

The Louisiana Bass Federation would like to give a huge shout out to Mayor John Crow and team from the City of Farmerville for a great show of support and making this a great event for the high school anglers. We also want to thank Big Star Grocery and Goldman Marine for their support at this event. For full results CLICK HERE. To see more photos from this event CLICK HERE

2023 Louisiana TBF State Qualifier

“2^nd Annual Terry Blackmon Memorial Tournament”

March 10^th and 11th, 2023 Toledo Bend, LA

 Launch site: Toledo Bend RV Resort and Cabins landing.

Mandatory Meeting Mar 9^th at 5:00 pm Toledo Bend RV Resort Landing-Weigh in site

Weigh in March 10th^th– 3:00 pm and March 11^th-2:00 pm

$200.00 Entry Fee Boater/$100 Non-Boater  Deadline: Post Marked February 28, 2023. No signing up at event!

Mail: Granger Samaha 32421 Clyde Chambers LN, Denham Springs LA, 70726 or grangersamaha@outlook.com

Off limits – Monday March 6, 2023. No information or guides – 30 days before tournament

Practice dates: March 7^th-9th, 2023. Must be off water at 3 pm on Mar 9th.  

No Boundaries. Posted water off limits.  5 fish 14” limit.

Can pay Membership and Tournament Entries. Venmo-@Granger-Samaha PayPal-@grangersamaha

CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORM

The 2022 Louisiana TBF Junior State Championship was held March 12th on Lake Caddo in Oil City, LA. With 70 teams participating, the top 7 teams will be advancing to the TBF Junior World Championship to be held July 27-29, 2022. 

Due to cold temps with strong winds and frozen precipitation the night before, the morning take-off was delayed until 8AM. Many of the boats were unable to even open their rod boxes or glove compartments because everything was frozen. Little Buddy heaters were used by some to thaw things out. Very unexpected weather conditions for Louisiana but these junior anglers toughed it out.

At the end of a very tough day of fishing, only 16 teams brought fish to the scales. Jake Weaver and Kaleb Horn brought an impressive five fish limit with a total weight of 22-14 taking first place. In second place, with another great bag of fish was Levi Joyner and Matthew Mccarthy with 18-15.  Eli Still and Gage White took 3rd with just two fish that weighed 10-13. Eli and Gage also took Big Bass honors with a 6-06 big fish. And taking 4th place was Seth Nugent and Mason Hicks with 5-15. Lane McCullough and Kole Green came in 5th place followed by Brody Meador and Lucas Cox in 6th place. In 7th place was Tucker Beatty and Jack Jayroe. For full results CLICK HERE. For more photos of this event CLICK HERE

Jake Weaver and Kaleb Horn

Levi Joyner and Matthew Mccarthy

Eli Still and Gage White

Seth Nugent and Mason Hicks

Eli Still and Gage White

It was a cool but rain free 2 day tournament with a lot of fish caught especially with the pressure from other tournament anglers on the water. Congratulations to boater Ryan Kemp with 27.75 pounds for winning the Boater division and Curt Belton with 24.27 pounds for winning the Co-Angler division. Congratulations to the Top 10 Boater and Co-Anglers that qualifies for the Semi-Finals on the Lake of Pines on Oct 1st and 2nd. The Top Louisiana Boater/Co-Angler from the Semi-Finals will head to the 2023 National  Championship. Thanks all who participated and helped this be a great tournament.  CLICK HERE for full results