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Youth Activities
Our Youth activities are split between two endeavors, Our Junior Club Bassin Bunch Junior Bass Club of Harford County, and providing Bassmaster CastingKids casting Competitions.
Bassmaster 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 bulls eye 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 $3.1 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]
The Bassin Bunch Bass Club sponsors CastingKids events each year. In
conjunction with the Maryland Department of Natural Resource's Hooked on
Fishing, not on Drugs program, we will hold two CastingKids competitions
each Friday of DNR's Fishing Clinic at the Harford Glen Environmental
Center.
In addition, we have held these competitions for the Boy Scouts of America,
local merchants, and at the annual Fishing Expo at the Maryland State
Fairgrounds.
We formed The Bassin Bunch Junior Bass Club in 2006 with eight members. In this first year of activity, the Junior Club held 5 meetings, elected Club Officers, and participated in four Tournaments. All in all, a real productive first year.
