Kentucky will join Illinois as the second state to make bass fishing an official high school sport. — Gofishn
As Cincinnati.com and other national media outlets reported, Kentucky will join Illinois as the second state to sponsor a high school bass fishing state championship, starting next April.
Kentucky's High School Athletic Association announced back in February that bass fishing, bowling and competitive cheer would be added as sports in the coming year.
The current competitive format would have two student-anglers fish from a boat that's driven by an adult. The best five fish for each team member would be added up to determine a winner based on total weight. All fish will then be released after the weigh-in.
Illinois announced last year that they've gone from 99 high school bass fishing teams to 232 in the past four years.
If anything, the sport gives other students that don't want to play baseball or football as chance to compete in a sport on the high school level against their peers. And that's never a bad thing.....snip~
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You have got to be kidding me.....Bass fishing as a High School Sport. I can't believe it is doing well in Illinois. Can't believc Illinois was the first state to do so either. Oh yeah, all those Downtown Chicago Kids will really want to get into some fishing for Bass. Hell they don't even do the shiznit on their own time let alone have to take something like this in high school.
Let me guess the Chicago Public Schools will be Fishing For Carp and Catfish. The Northside will fish For Angel-Fish and Pike, while the Southside gets stuck with Smelt and Minnows.
Next up Sea-Horse Racing and remembering not to try and yell under water.