KALAMAZOO, Mich. (July, 30, 2018) – The Wyandotte Roosevelt High School fishing duo of Nicolas Buindo and Brady Stuart, both of Wyandotte, Michigan, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 14 pounds, 3 ounces to win the 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Michigan State Championship on Gull Lake.
A field of 25 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from the Township Park Ramp in Kalamazoo. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.
The top two teams on Gull Lake that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:
1st: Wyandotte Roosevelt High School, Wyandotte, Mich. – Nicolas Buindo and Brady Stuart, both of Wyandotte, Mich., five bass, 14-3
2nd: Caledonia High School, Kent County, Mich. – Henry Colin Deridder, Freeport, Mich., and Caleb Paize, Caledonia, Mich., five bass, 12-1
Rounding out the top 10 teams were:
3rd: Michigan Student Angler Federation – Jaden Mainstone and Gage Mainstone, five bass, 11-11
4th: Walled Lake Central High School, Walled Lake, Mich. – Jarrod Willbur, Wolverine Lake, Mich., and Reid Oblak, West Bloomfield, Mich., five bass 10-14
5th: Michigan Student Angler Federation – Remington Barkley and Dan Brown, both of Hartland, Mich., five bass, 9-7
6th: Pennfield High School, Battle Creek, Mich. – Wyatt Webb and Jackson Wood, five bass 9-2
7th: Michigan Student Angler Federation – Barry Kennedy, Clarklake, Mich., and Robert Lefere, Jackson, Mich., four bass, 7-11
8th: Whitehall High School, Whitehall, Mich. – Tyler Douglas and Mitchell Moore, four bass, 6-9
9th: Western High School, Parma, Mich. – Wyatt Walker, Parma, Mich., and Kaleb Krontz, Spring Arbor, Mich., three bass, 5-10
10th: Fenton High School, Fenton, Mich. – Jeff Metzger and Kayden Van Houten, both of Linden, Mich., three bass, 5-7
The 2018 TBF/FLW High School Fishing Michigan 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 Michigan. The top 10 percent of each Challenge, Open, and state championship field will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship on a body of water that has yet to be revealed. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice. https://www.bassresource.com