Pickens Anglers pictured with guest speakers Cody Peak & Landon Cook from the Mississippi State Fishing Team.
By TIM BROWNING, Guest Correspondent
A short nine months ago, 30 high school anglers began fishing the first season of Pickens Anglers High School Fishing Club. Students were competing as two-person teams to make it to the Finale where the top third of the field would fish for scholarship money to continue their education.
Students fished one tournament per month and the combined weight of all six regular season tournaments would decide who fished in the Finale. Five teams finished at the top of the field to compete in one last tournament for scholarships.
Dylan Fondren and Riley Harcrow finished with 54.52 lbs., Zac Hamilton and Lucas Baines finished with 51.82 lbs., Courtney Dudley and Will Noland finished with 51.80 lbs., Lane Lowery and Preston Gregory finished with 48.62 lbs., and rounding out the top five was David Stokes and Austin Stokes with 41.20 lbs.
These ten anglers along with boat captains began the day last Saturday at safe light fishing, Aliceville Lake on the Tenn-Tom Waterway. The five teams fished until 3:00 p.m. at which time the day’s catch was weighed and released. Weigh-in differed a little at this tournament, as we did not announce weights or results until later in the evening at our first annual banquet.
We reconvened that evening at 6:30 in Carrollton at the service center for our banquet. A crowd of about 90 people including anglers, parents, grandparents, siblings, some of our sponsors, and other invited guests enjoyed the evening.
See complete story in the Pickens County Herald.
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