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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
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