Even though competitive bass fishing isn’t yet recognized as an official school sport in Ohio, it is catching on with young people here.
Competitive bass fishing is strictly catch and release. Teams of two, using only artificial baits that look like worms or crawdads, drop their lines in a specified area. Each competitor catches a maximum of five fish, which must be kept alive in water-filled wells on the boats. As soon as the fish are quickly weighed and photographed, they are released back into the lake. The winning team is determined by the total weight of the fish caught.
For safety, every boat is operated by an adult so that the two young competitors can concentrate on their fishing.
