Big Valley High School Anglers

08/26/2026

The new school year has started which means new chances to get on the water for area students. On Saturday, September 5th the BV HSA has a practice gathering at Millerton and we have room for up to 5 students who would like to get on a boat and get on the water for a few hours. We’ll be going from 6am to noon. The first HS and Jr. HS families who get this form filled out will get the spots- I’ll follow up with details: https://forms.gle/f5VEjeEEbrGahdVQ9

If the student comes with a boater and wants to join us, please fill out the form too, as all participants must be registered through the Student Angler Federation.

In order to fish in CAHSATT, SAF, or MLF High School Events, you must be registered as part of an official team. If you're in the lower San Joaquin Valley (Madera to Bakersfield) and your school or area does not have a registered team, you can become a member of the BV HSA. The Yearly SAF Membership...

05/16/2026

Hey Anglers! I’m at ⁵⁵⁹ Fresno Bait and Tackle and just dropped off some Googan Squad hats given to the group by a generous community member. So if you are a high school or youth angler, get on down here and pick one up- FREE! And be on the look out for the new posts about next year’s schedule. Spoiler- I’m staying local so little travel and more opportunities to get on the water with one of our amazing community boaters. Stay tuned!

04/07/2026

Hello all members- this is a reminder that the last two events of this school year are SAF events and you register through their website linked below. Delta Open is 4/19 out of Orwood Marina and the State Championship is at the Delta on 5/9 going out of Ladd’s. If you’re not a BV HSA member yet but want to fish these events, you’ll need a partner and a boat. And you need to reach out to me to get your TBF memberships and numbers asap. Good luck to all the students going to these events!

If you have any questions, please contact The Student Angler Federation (SAF) SAF Membership is all that is required to fish ANY SAF State Championship, Challenge event or MLF Open Event. Any eligible SAF high school members can fish pursuant to events rules. LEGEND YELLOW - High School Fishing Worl...

03/24/2026

Congratulations to Bryce Fernandez and Daniel Verduzco for their great performance at the Student Angler Federation Open at Clearlake this weekend. Bryce and Daniel brought 19.96 pounds to the scales to finish 7th out of 53 boats trying to qualify for the HS National Championships. Big, HUGE, Thank You to boat captain Lupe Fernandez for giving the boys this amazing opportunity. OUTSTANDING!!! Next up is another Open at the CA Delta. Can’t wait to see how the teams do there!

02/17/2026

Free Baits for High School Students! So Cole Anderson of grattbaits reached out to me a couple weeks back to say the good people of G-Ratt wanted to do something to support the high school fishing scene in CA, and would Big Valley HSA like some baits. Yes, Please! This weekend a huge box of their new 4” The Rocker soft jerkdaits landed at my door step, and I wanted to share the wealth with as many HS anglers as possible. With that in mind, I just dropped this box off with the great Tas Moua at ⁵⁵⁹ Fresno Bait and Tackle and here’s the deal- any student who shows up at the shop and shows a high school student ID gets 3 free packs of The Rocker. A student from Sanger High was in there when I dropped them off and he walked out with packs for all his Apache fishing friends. This offer is good until the gift packs run out, so hustle on down. And PLEASE, thank G-Ratt Baits by posting some pictures on your instagram/FB accounts with an to let them know the students in Fresno County appreciate their generosity. Now let’s get fishing!

02/16/2026

The 5th stop of the CAHSATT tour was today at Oroville, which is no doubt a long way from Fresno. But BV HSA die-hard Brennan James wanted to make the trip and thanks to dad, Brian, and hero volunteer boat captain Mike Pawlowski (seriously, you put a post up right now and ask if someone you don’t know will tow his boat 4+hours on 99 to take you fishing, and, by the way, he doesn’t get to fish. Yeah- that’s how incredibly generous Mr. Pawlowski is) Brennan got to fish Oroville for the first time this weekend. Pretty 😎. Speaking of pretty cool- Brennan looks like he’s going for a Chris Zaldain mustache to go with those Ben Milliken glasses. I mean- pretty good combo to shoot for right there. Congratulations Brennan! And a HUGE thank you to Mike Pawlowski for making it happen. I’ll have results out when I get them and a sweet little offer to High School Anglers on the post tomorrow. Stay tuned!