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Cedar Falls, IA
2026 EVENT Details
The annual event is set once again, it will take place the day before Mother's Day on Saturday, May 9th at Lake MacBride.
Tournament hours: 8am-2pm ~ 5 bass per boat
2 Events in 1: Typical standings for individual boats and BONUS Team Event for schools. Add the top two placing school weights to qualify for additional prizes and awards.
Lake MacBride: Boat Ramp located WEST of the beach will be Tournament Headquarters for check-in, starting positions, and weigh-ins.
Registration is OPEN, click on the link in the LEFT column to get entered, starting order is decided by when you sign up.
Deadline- ENTRIES must be received by Monday, May 4th.
2025 Team Championship Review
Another year for this event has come and gone. For the past seven years, Tournament Director Todd Reed (www.fishingwithtoddreed.com) has been able to give this opportunity to kids from all over the state. "It is an honor to work with my sponsors to bring this event to the youth of Iowa." This OPEN bass tournament, not requiring and formal club or organization, is for all kids across the state. There are a few bass clubs in the state but not as many as you would think. This event allows anyone to grab a partner, an adult, a boat and come fishing for a part of $4,000 in fishing awards and gear. This year the event took place on Lake MacBride near Solon, Iowa. There were 57 boats, or 114 kids fishing on the day from 20 different schools. They were; Benton Community, Cascade, Cedar Falls, Charles City, Waverly/ShellRock, CR Prairie, Anamosa, Des Moines Roosevelt, Gilbert, Independence, Johnston, Louisa Muscatine, Midland, Mt. Pleasant, North Linn, Prince of Peace, Solon, Tipton, West Delaware, and Wilton.
The weather was beautiful on this day and the bass were biting. This event is unique as there are a couple different competitions going on simultaneously. First, like a typical bass tournament each boat weighs in their five biggest bass from the day. The other part is the "TEAM" portion. The two top boats from the same school are added together for the "team score". It has been a fun twist to High School fishing, as the sport will grow fastest if we connect with schools. In 2024, it was the Indee Bass Club from Independence taking home the Championship. Let's take a look at how things panned out in 2025.
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| Max with the BIG BASS |
Probably the biggest surprise at the scales on this day was the "Strike King Big Bass" that was brought in by Max of Des Moines Roosevelt. The largemouth bass weighed 5.19 pounds, a HUGE bass for anywhere in the Midwest, a big congratulations to them for catching that monster during the event.
As for the individual boats it was a mix boat from Waverly/ShellRock and Charles City that claimed the trophy for 2025. Clay and Will had five keeper bass that weighed 11.91#. In second place was the team from CR Prairie, Nolan and Max weighing in 11.76 pounds. In third place was Tyson and Kallen from Johnston with 11.63 pounds. Coming in at forth place was Tucker and Micah from CR Prairie with 11.32 pounds. Rounding out the top five was Marshall and Reese from Johnston with 10.52 pounds.
Prizes were given out to the top three teams placing in the school portion of this event, as well as the top 15 individual boats. Over $4,000 in awards and fishing gear was given away. Rods, reels, tackle, life vests, fishing tools, trophies and the Championship Rings were all possible by our great sponsors. A HUGE shoutout to the Cedar Falls SCHEELS store for their continued support of this event. We are already planning and thinking about the 2026!!! Strike King, Lew's Fishing and Hot Rod Baits were contributing sponsors as well.
Lastly, a HUGE thank you to the tournament volunteers, Chad O'Brien, James Cook, Garry Anderson and Jeremia Matz from SCHEELS for making this event go smoothly for everyone. THANK YOU ALL!
2024 Tournament Results
May 11th, 2024:
The Iowa High School Bass Team Championship at beautiful Lake MacBride, presented by SCHEELS was held on a spectacular day in Eastern Iowa. This year marked the 6th year that this event has been held. This is an annual Event, held each year the day before Mother's Day. 2024 brought RECORD numbers of boats for this event, 75 in total searched the lake for bass to try to claim the top prizes, including the CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS! This year we had 150 kids fishing at this open event, another new record! A huge thanks to the captains, and your Tournament Director Todd Reed for keeping this great event rolling. Other helping this event to flow smoothly were Jeremia Matz, Chad O'Brien, Randy Toale, Jackson Toale and Keith Donnelly. A HUGE thanks to the sponsors that helped to put OVER $4,000 of fishing gear and gift cards into the kids' hands at this event. SCHEELS of Cedar Falls, Lew's Fishing, X-Zone Lures, The Rod Glove, and Hot Rod Baits. "The more kids that are fishing, the better!"
24 Schools participated in 2024, another record as the youth bass movement keeps the momentum going: ADM, Ankeny, Cedar Falls, Charles City, Waverly Shell-Rock, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Farfield, Gilbert, Hudson, Independence, Johnston, LinnMar, MFL Mar-Mac, Midland, Tipton, Monticello, Mt. Pleasant, NE Goose Lake, New Hampton, North Linn, South Central Calhoun, Sumner-Fredricksburg, Unity Christian, and Wilson.
PRIZES: Prizes were given out to the Big Bass, the top 3 Schools (12 students) and the top 18 individual boats. Overall giveaways topped the $4,000 mark!
The Big Bass was of the event was a 3.83 pounds beauty. This was caught by Dawson Kasha of Wilton HS.
Top boat honors went to Ankeny High School and anglers Darin Dash and Tyson Rauser. Jackson Beatty and Gable Eddy from the Independence High School took second place. In third was Johnston, fourth place went to Charles City/Waverly-Shell Rock, and rounding out the top 5 boats were NE Goose Lake. See complete list of standings below.
The 2024 HS TEAM CHAMPIONS are Independence. Jackson Beatty, Gable Eddy, Colton Cameron and Carter Eddy were able to bring in a total of 16.37 pounds.
Top 5 TEAM RESULTS:
1st Place- Independence HS 16.37#
2nd Place- Cedar Falls HS 15.67#
3rd Place- Wilton HS 14.54#
4th Place- Johnston HS 13.67#
5th Place- North Linn HS 13.18#
2024 Date is Set: May 11, 2024
The annual event is set once again, it will take place the day before Mother's Day on Saturday, May 11th at Lake MacBride.
- Tournament hours: 8am-2pm
- 5 bass per boat
- 2 Events in 1: Typical standings for individual boats and BONUS Team Event for schools. Add the top two placing school weights to qualify for additional prizes and awards.
- Lake MacBride: Boat Ramp located WEST of the beach will be Tournament Headquarters for check-in, starting positions, and weigh-ins.
Registration is OPEN, click on the link in the LEFT column to get entered, starting order is decided by when you sign up.
Deadline- ENTRIES must be received by Monday, May 6th.
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2023 Event RESULTS
17 Schools participated in 2023, another record as the youth bass movement keeps the momentum going: Independence, Cedar Falls, CR Prairie, Solon, Fairfield, Hudson, Mount Pleasant, ADM, Ed-Co, West Delaware, New Hampton, Gilbert, Northeast HS, Johnston, North Linn, MFL-Mar-Mac and Wilton.
PRIZES: Prizes were given out to the Big Bass, the top 3 Schools(12 students) and the top 18 individual boats. Overall giveaways topped the $3,000 mark!
Here is a summary along with all the stats from this event:
Big Bass was a largemouth that weighed 4.51# by Kael Moore of Cedar Falls.
154 bass were weighed in and released back into MacBride.
Almost 250 pounds of bass weighed in, mostly Largemouth Bass, some Spotted Bass and 2 Smallmouth Bass.
Over $3,000 in fishing gear and gift cards were given to students thanks to SCHEELS in Cedar Falls, Quantum Rods/Reels, The Rod Glove and X-Zone Lures.
Every angler received a prize just for fishing.
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