| 2024 High School Fishing National Championship winners Josh Kauffman and Trent Carey advanced to the 2024 Toyota Series Championship on Wheeler Lake in Huntsville, Alabama last November. |
Prestigious High School Fishing National Championship to offer more than $3.8M in scholarships and prizes to student anglers GROVE, Okla. (June 17, 2025) – The 16th Annual High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship – the world’s premier high school fishing event – is set to take place at Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma, next week, June 25-27. Teams from nearly every U.S. state and multiple foreign countries are set to compete for a share of the record-setting prize pool in high school bass fishing, with the total amount of scholarships and prizes totaling over $3.8 million dollars, according to The Bass Federation (TBF) Student Angler Federation (SAF). Each High School team consists of three people to a boat – two High School Fishing anglers and their adult boat captain or coach. The 2025 High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship, hosted by the Grove Convention & Tourism Bureau , are set to bring an estimated 3,000 people to Grand Lake and Grove, Oklahoma, for the week-long event. “We live and breathe fishing in Grove, Oklahoma, and to host a world-class championship of this caliber with student anglers from around the world is an honor,” said Brent Malone, Grove Convention & Tourism Director. “Our town is super excited for the 2025 High School World Final Championship that will be held at Wolf Creek Park. We have hosted thousands of tournaments in past years, but when you get to showcase our lake and community to families from all over the country you get excited to roll out the red carpet. We will be ready and prepared to make these student anglers feel at home in our wonderful community.” Student anglers will launch each day at 5:30 a.m. CT (or first safe light) from Wolf Creek Park, located at 963 N. 16th St. in Grove. Weigh-ins will also be held at Wolf Creek Park and will begin at 1:30 p.m. each day. Fans are welcome to attend and encouraged to follow the event live online through weigh-in broadcasts and daily coverage at HighSchoolFishing.org . The event is held in conjunction with the High School Fishing World Finals – open to all Student Angler Federation (SAF) members worldwide – the largest and most competitive tournament in high school fishing. At the same time, on the dual-stage, the top 10% of teams from all SAF-sanctioned events over the past year – including the MLF Abu Garcia High School Fishing Opens Presented by Tackle Warehouse – will also battle it out in the prestigious High School Fishing National Championship, boasting its own set of prizes and scholarships that top more than $500,000. These qualified teams are automatically entered into both events, giving them double the opportunity to win from a combined prize pool in a single trip. In addition to the college scholarships and prizes offered, the High School Fishing National Champions will also advance to compete as co-anglers at the 2025 MLF Toyota Series Championship, held Nov. 6-8 on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma, and a shot at the top prize of a new Phoenix 518 Pro boat with a 115-horsepower outboard. |