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Kids fishing day a huge success

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Approximately 350 kids and big kids (parents) took part in a day of fishing, casting competition and conservation at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. 

500 trout were released into the kids fishing tank and fun was had by all. At the same time SWCB qualified 2 more young anglers to the state level of the Castingkids. After the day was done the trout were released into the Animas River.

2008 Castingkids champions are 7-10 year olds Cole McCaw and 11-14 year olds Wyatt Hayes, both from Ignacio. (See Photo with SWCB President Chris Douglass.

Special thanks go out to the sponsors who made this event possible. La Plata County 4H, Blue Water Promotions, Durango Fire and Rescue, Colorado Division of Wildlife, New Country Auto, East By Southwest, Alpine Heating and Cooling, LLC., Southwest Outdoor Adventures, LLC. 

June 2007

The Kids Fishing Day and Casting Kids event on June 2nd at the Durango Mall was a huge success. We had nearly 200 kids show up to try there luck at the 600+ trout in the Kids Fishing Tank.  A Big thanks to Jim and Deb Edwards for hauling the huge tank to Durango and helping with all the rods, reels and baits. We would also like to thank our many sponsors. The Durango Mall, San Juan Dry Wall, Colorado Bass Federation, Basin CO-OP, New Country Auto, Brennan Oil, Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, AJ Construction, Agritek Fence. 

We also had 35, 7-14 year olds compete in the Casting Kids event for a chance to qualify to the state level. 

7-10 year old SWCB Casting Kid Champion is Austin McCaw from Ignacio.

11-14 Year old SWCB Casting Kid Champion is Mike Hawking form Bayfield.

BASS formed in 1968 to promote and encourage fishing. Recognizing that youngsters are the future of this great sport, BASS is far more than just another tournament organization and takes getting today's youth involved in the sport seriously. BASS has always been 100% committed to growing the popularity and excitement of the outdoors to a fast paced generation of youth.

In 1991, BASS developed the Bassmaster CastingKids program, which is similar to the NFL punt, pass, and kick events. However, in CastingKids the challenge is to flip, pitch and cast a hookless lure to a bullseye target.

Mastering these three techniques will give any angler the skills they need to present any lure and catch monster bass. Scoring is based on a points system so the young angler with the most points wins! In only 15 years of existence, with over 17,600 national and international events conducted to date, participation by more than 1.9 million children and more than $3.1 million awarded in cash, prizes and scholarships, the Bassmaster CastingKids program is the most successful youth fishing program in the world.

Participants compete in local events conducted by an affiliated BASS Federation Nation club. Each local event has two winners, one in each age group. The winners then proceed to their respective state finals, where each state then determines two winners to represent their state at the National Semifinals. From the National Semifinals only 12 contenders will advance to the National Championship, which is conducted in conjunction with the Bassmaster Classic each year. [One contender per each age group representing the Northern, Southern, Eastern, Mid-Atlantic, Western and Central Divisions]

CastingKids Awards
$21,000 in academic college scholarships are awarded to the 12 finalists.

$5,000: National Champion in each age group
$2,000: 2nd Place
$1,500: 3rd Place
$1,000: 4th Place
$500: 5th Place
$500: 6th Place

FISHING IS FUNTASTIC!

Discovery Kids

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