DISTRICT 10 – Due to the large membership in the IL / IN district , Indiana earned two boats in the upcoming championship . Lake Wawasee , Indiana , was the site of the Oct . 10- 11 competition . Boaters advancing from Indiana will be Jon Ruffier and Travis Edgar , while Tim Lewis will represent Illinois . Co-anglers advancing for Indiana are Dewayne Wilda and Bob Kuykendall with Jake Vanmeter from Illinois .
DISTRICT 12 – VA / WV was hosted on Kerr Lake , Virginia , Sept . 19-20 . The District Champion boaters advancing are Chris Fiore ( VA ) and Josh Balser ( WV ). Co-anglers are Craig Ferguson ( VA ) and William E . Posey ( WV ).
Matt Japchen
along with Kevin Gergel ( PA ) and Robert Stock ( NY ). The coangler champs were Matt Japchen ( PA ) and Jared Burrows ( PA ), while Lloyd Raheem will carry the New York flag .
Josh Balser , William E . Posey , Chris Fiore and Craig Ferguson
DISTRICT 13 – Washington , DC / DE / MD was held Sept . 26- 27 on the Upper Chesapeake Bay in Maryland . The boaters advancing will be Mike Morris ( DE ), Peter Yanni ( DC ) and Martin Osborne ( MD ). Co-anglers will be Matt Felty ( MD ), Joshua Torres ( DC ) and Ronnie Littleton ( DE ).
DISTRICT 14 – The PA / NY / Ontario , Canada district had to be split up this year due to COVID-19 restrictions on the U . S . border . On Sept . 19-20 , District 14 Ontario was held At Port Colborne , which lies just west of Buffalo , New York , on the Canadian side of the shores of Lake Erie . The boater advancing is Ontario ’ s Matt Pezzetta . Representing Canada as the top co-angler will be Dylan Blair .
On the same days , District 14 PA and NY anglers fished Lake Wallenpaupack , Pennsylvania . Because of its large TBF membership base , PA is allowed to qualify two boaters and two co-anglers to the championship this year . The top boaters were Joe Pacholec , Sr . ( PA ), who bested the 74-boat field ,
DISTRICT 15 — District 15 CT / NJ / RI had to be split due to COVID-19 travel restrictions . Held on the Hudson River Oct . 10-11 , the boaters advancing from that event are Mike Czaplinski ( NJ ) and Keith Cleary ( CT ). The top co-anglers were Joseph Casale ( NJ ) and Josh Escobar ( CT ). Rhode Island held its contest on Webster Lake , with boater Jeremy Sadowski and co-angler Guiseppe Andreoli advancing .
DISTRICT 17 – The ME / NH National Semi-Final was held Sept . 26-27 on Damariscotta Lake , Maine . Advancing from Maine on the boater side will be Mark Lodge , while New Hampshire ’ s top boater will be Edward Lapierre . Co-anglers on their way to the Championship are Maine ’ s Toby Cross and New Hampshire ’ s Chris Perry .
DISTRICT 18 – WA / OR was held on Roosevelt Lake , Washington on Oct . 3-4 , where John Branch ( WA ) and Kory Ray ( OR ) earned the boater titles . The co-anglers champions were Michael Free ( WA ) and Glen Hancuff ( OR ).
DISTRICT 19 – The ID / MT tournament was on CJ Strike Reservoir in Idaho Oct . 10-11 . District Champion boaters were Charley McMurdie ( ID ) and Jason Crone ( MT ). Top coanglers were Torrey Tucker ( ID ) and Cher Moua ( MT ).
DISTRICT 21 – Advancing from Colorado , boater Sam Heckman and co-angler Scott Hoendervoogt took home the top spots on Lake Pueblo this year on Oct . 3-4 .
DISTRICT 22 – NV / UT was rescheduled from its original summer date due to COVID-19 and held on Oct . 24-25 on Lake Mohave , Arizona . Advancing as boaters will be David Malone ( UT ) and David Hudson ( NV ) along with co-anglers Hunter Loveless ( UT ) and Adam Cacal ( NV ).
Joe Pacholec
DISTRICT 23 – AZ / CA was held Nov . 14-15 on Lake Shasta , California . District champion boaters were Steve Lund ( AZ ) and Mark Corrente ( CA ), while the co-angler winners Advancing to the 2021 Federation National championship as boaters were Steve Lund ( AZ ) and Mark Corrente ( CA ); co-angler winners were Cameron Millholen ( AZ ) and Jeff Green ( CA ).
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