TBF Junior World Championship

2025 TBF Junior World Championship

Dates: July 30-31-Aug1, 2025
Location: Lake Oahe, Pierre, SD

Event Press Release
2025 Official Junior World Championship Rules
Event Fact Sheet

One of the oldest and most productive programs that the Bass Federation has ever had is the TBF Junior Angler Program it was started by 4 state federations in 1994 and has grown into a nationwide program. Reformatted by popular demand, all TBF Junior events are 2 person TEAM tournaments and the TBF Junior World Championship (JWC) has been expanded to 2 days of competition before the cut day to the day 3 finals.

Young anglers who are 8th grade or less on the day of their LAST state federation Junior qualifier (The day they qualify) AND who have not started the 9th grade by the time of the Junior World Championship (Typically last week of July) can join as TBF Junior members and fish as a team with a buddy from their own boats with their own boat captains! We have active state Junior Programs in almost every state across the country and 1 team advances to the Junior World Championship for every 10 unique teams that fish any State Federation junior qualifier. (so (1) for 1-10, (2) for 20, (3) for 30, etc.) Any junior program must have a minimum of 6 active Junior members to participate.

Junior Sanctioned Trails. (Non -State federation affiliated.) 1 team advances for every 20 unique teams from any other (non-state federation) TBF sanctioned (by TBF national office) JUNIOR trail. NOTICE: Just because you are affiliated with TBF and running a Junior-approved circuit or club does NOT mean you are automatically sanctioned and approved to qualify anglers directly to the Junior World Championship each year. Sanctioning is done on a case by case, trail by trail state by state year by year, basis, and there are requirements to sanctioning for this purpose. For more info contact national Youth director Joey Bray at 580-765-9031

These junior anglers fish in local club & state tournaments and participate in fundraising and conservation projects just like the adults do.

The competitive branch of this program allows the anglers to attend their sanctioned Junior State events and attempt to qualify for the annual TBF Junior World Championship (JWC) out of their own boat with their own boat captain for thousands of dollars in scholarships and prizes! The bigger your program is the more teams can advance.

2025 TBF Junior World Championship

Designated Practice days are Monday and Tuesday, July 28, 29, 2025. READ THE RULES!

Registration & Mandatory Rules Briefing: Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Tournament Days for 20245 July 30, 31 and Aug1 – Wednesday, Thursday, full-field competes with their qualified teammate from their own boats with their own boat captains. First two days are Divisional championships and final day is JWC Championship Day.

Each team in their own division is competing for the divisional Champion title.

The field is cut in the following manner: by divisions, the teams actively competing in the current Junior World Championship.

Largest division represented will be eligible to advance their top 3 teams.

Next two biggest divisions will be eligible to advance their top 2 teams.

The two smallest divisions will be eligible to advance their top 1 team.

Giving us the top 9 teams from the 5 divisions. Every team advancing to the final Championship Day will be competing for scholarships and prizes.

After we crown our divisional champions and award advancement spots from each division, we will also advance 5 additional teams from overall weights from day1 & day 2 combined weights. The additional 5 teams will be teams that did not qualify through their divisions.

This brings our top 9 teams by division 5 additional teams from overall weights not qualified from their divisions, giving us 14 teams advancing.

On Thursday night, following the weigh-in, we will have a lucky dog drawing for one additional team to advance to the final Championship Day.

This will round out the field to the top 15 teams all competing for the prestige title of Junior World Champions.

Previous Junior World Champions

Year	Age Format: 8th grade & under Team
2024	KATIE BAILEY-JACOB MOODY	West Tennessee Junior Trail
2023	Grayson Goodwin – Colton Baker	Ohio Renegade JR Bass Masters
2022	Madison Robertshaw – Ryan Steinhoff	Southern CO Jr Bass Club
2021	Dylan Sorrells – Cullum Brown	Texas – Central Division
Year	Age Format: 15 and Under Team Event
2020	Cody Miller-Ryan Steinhof	Southern CO Jr Bass Club
2019	Huntley Dees – Triton Graham – Southern Division	Citronelle Community Fishing Club Alabama Bass Federation
2018	Trey McKinney – James Baker – Northern Division	Illinois Jr Bass Federation
Year	Age format : 11-15 Individual
2017	Syler Prince, Palatka FL (Southern Division)
2016	Fisher Davis, Mount IDA, AR (Central Division)
2015	Tyler White, Oak Hill, WV (Mid-Atlantic Division)
Year	Age Format : 11-14 – Individual	Age format: 15-18 Individual
2014	Joe Stolski, Baxter, MN (Northern Division)	Perry Marvin, Peru, NY (Eastern Division)
2013	Luke Loewe Ripon, WI (Northern Division)	Jonathan Ladner, Thorofare, NJ (Mid-Atlantic Division)
2012	Max Danese, MA (Eastern Division)	Andrew Guilliams, MO (Central Division)
2011	Derek Davis: Clinton, UT (Western Division)	Nicholas Deering: Portland, ME (Eastern Division)
2010	Shane Edgar: Glendale, AZ (Western Division)	Greg Zellers: Winamac, IN (Northern Division)
2009	Daryk Eckert: Stockport, OH (Northern Division)	Zack Messer: Aiken, SC (Western Division)
2008	Lowell Turner: Bradford, RI (Eastern Division)	Kyle Raymer: Brandenburg, KY (Southern Division)
2007	Dylan Peppers: Good Hope, GA (Southern Division)	Shane Lehew: Charlotte, NC (Southern Division)
2006	Jonathan Jones: Chickasha, OK (Central Division)	Josh Wagy: Dewitt, VA (Mid-Atlantic Division)