Youth Bass Fishing League
Youth Bass Fishing Club Handbook (Adobe PDF - 3.21MB)
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The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has partnered with The Bass Federation and B.A.S.S to bring Youth Fishing Clubs to your schools.
If we get 16 or more schools involved and a desire for a state championship, the South Carolina High School League can make bass fishing a high school sport in all areas of public school!
Here’s how it works:
There are three options for forming a bass fishing club. You can choose to participate in a combination of any of the three options or just one of the options.
Option 1: TBF of SC Junior Anglers Program
Option 2: TBF Student Angler Federation Program
Option 3: B.A.S.S Junior Bassmasters Program
- You need an adult at your school to help lead your youth fishing club, provide advice and help arrange tournaments, fundraisers, speakers and other learning sessions pertaining to fishing.
- Club level tournament may be held on ponds/bank fishing, piers or by boat. If using boats, there needs to be one boat per 2 anglers. In other words, to fish all 6 anglers (the minimum number to have a club), you need 3 boats. There will need to be one adult per boat.
- Boats may be donated for use by members of the community or local bass clubs.