The Florida state competition for the southern division
of CastingKids was held in Okeechobee on Saturday,
March 1st.
The winners were:
1st Place - April Floyd (11) - 11-14 age division, from Okeechobee,
FL, final score of 120
1st Place - Luke Farmer (8) - 7-10 age division, from Estero,
FL, final score of 100
2nd Place - Jacob Simmons - 11-14 division, from Kissimmee, FL,
final score 110
2nd Place - Alexander Davis - 7-10 division, from Deltona, FL,
final score 60
April and Luke will be going to Summerton, South
Carolina on April 4th & 5th to represent Florida in the 2008
CastingKids Southern Divisional. Winners from this event will
advance to Junction City, Kansas, November 7th & 8th.
Click Here to See Photos of the Event
CastingKids
 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 $2.9 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]
Awards:
$21,0000 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
Downloadable documents
CastingKids
Contest Participation Form (PDF)
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you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader software, click
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