Bass Champions Fly Home to Medford

November 20, 2011 7:52 PM

cconrad@ktvl.com">Caitlin Conrad/cconrad@ktvl.com

MEDFORD, Ore -- Medford Oregon is now home to this year's Western Regional Bass Tournament 1st Place Champions. Colby Pearson and Jacob Wall returned home on Sunday with their first place trophies. 

The two young anglers compete as a team in the tournament which was held at Lake Saguaro in Arizona. Although Pearson and Wall attend different high schools they fish as a team. The two won the Oregon State High School Championship last spring. Now after their regional win they are headed to Alabama for Nationals. There the two will represented the entire Western Region. 

The regional tournament included high school and college competitors. Although the young men were only competing in the high school division they were still able to out fish all but one college team. 

Pearson and Wall explained their strategy was to fish shallow and catch the maximum amount of fish the competition allowed, which was five. The two caught all five fish and had the second biggest batch, over all at the competition, out angling all of the other high school teams. 

Wall's father, Steven Wall, explained both boys got into fishing at a young age. He said bass fishing isn't huge in the Northwest, usually fisherman in the area prefer salmon and other deep water fishing. Wall says many people don't realize how many bodies of water in Southern Oregon offer great bass fishing. Which makes it no surprise the young fishermen were able to find sponsorships giving them the chance to compete. Sponsors provide equipment and funds to get the competitors out and fishing. 

The team explained, before Western Regional they spent time researching the lake and strategizing their game. Wall says they are now not only excited to go to nationals, they started researching on the plane. 

Pearson and Wall both wanted to say a special thanks to some of their sponsors including:

• Big Bass Baits
• Baitdomain.com
• Eagle Claw
• Hiroshima Customs

You can find out more about the competition by clicking here. 

via ktvl.com

~≈~From The World of Fishing News Team~≈~

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