05/07/26 – Bass Fishing State Championships presented by UK HealthCare Scheduled for Friday, Saturday at Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley

May 7, 2026 2025-2026 News Releases

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 7, 2026

The 2026 KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championships presented by UK HealthCare are set to return to Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley in Calvert City on Friday and Saturday.

The two-day event will award an all-girls state champion for the fourth consecutive season, as well as a boys’/coed winner for the 14th year in a row. 

Admission is free to the public. Each day’s weigh-in ceremonies will be broadcast live on khsaa.tv at no cost.


2026 KHSAA BASS FISHING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• khsaa.tv
• Schedule
• Championship Program
• Day 1 Weigh-in
• Day 2 Weigh-in

– KHSAA –


About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized
in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to
manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a
voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both
public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and
178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic
insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes,
provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000
coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for
over 4,000 contest officials.

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