Wilgreen jr.open bass tournament

[EJHick]

Do you all do anything to promote this? I know when I was younger I do not remember anything like the Jr. Bassmasters, which I would have loved to be involved in. You should supply schools, high-schools, with papers or pamplets. It would be cool if highschools had teams. I know Trinity has a fishing club, maybe st. x? but I know DeSales didn't, I tried starting one but it did not work out!

If there is anything else you all do, function wise, let me know because our team is looking for oppurtunities to get the youth involved in fishing. Considering only a few members have boats, it would be tough to be a boater in the tournaments, but anything else just let us know.

Eric J. Hickman Jr.
U of L Bass Club
Tournament Director
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[Trex]

Thanks for the insight Eric. We promote localy.
My biggest problem is making sure I have enough boats to handle the kids.
Believe it or not for some this is the only time they fish and others are avid fishermen like us.
We have been doing this for seven years and it's always a challenge to pull it off smoothly. Why, one year I even forgot to give out the trophies. Had to do it the following year but managed to get them to the right yongsters.
It's great to watch these kids grow up and begin to win tournaments.
We have 5 former jr. anglers fishing BFL this year and doing well. One is even leading the points on the non-boater side.
I know some of, and have fished with the Ky. team and of course I know the EKU team. So, it's good to talk to one of the UL team. We are a great sport and I think on the brink of becoming a collegant sport. So I believe you young men are pioneers to our sport. So a lot is riding on your shoulders to po-tray a good example.
Keep up the good works and I wish all our Ky teams luck in their tournaments.
Rex Allen
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