There are many opportunities for kids these days to get in boats and have a full experience in a bass tournament. Most of these opportunities are for students that join a club, or are part of a high school club. However, this event which debuted in 2019 is open for any student in Iowa. This years event included students from West Delaware HS, Center-Point Urbana HS, Benton Community HS, Cedar Rapids Prairie HS, Solon HS, Independence HS, Waukee HS, SE Warren HS, Washington HS, and ADM HS. 40 students participated with their 20 captains in this event held at Pleasant Creek Lake near Palo.
Scheels of Cedar Falls was once again the Title Sponsor for the event, along with others including; Quantum Fishing, The Rod Glove, X-Zone Lures, Cliff Keen Athletic Clothing, and Hot Rod Baits Bass Series. Students placing high in the event were able to take home over $1,500 in fishing gear and trophies.
May 8th greeted anglers with a huge cold front to Eastern Iowa which included a little frost on the morning of the event. Mother Nature didn't stop there, she added an easterly wind from 10-15mph wind for most of the event. Some anglers reported catching dozens of bass per boat and it seemed like all sorts and styles of baits were catching bass. A total of 62 bass made their way to the weigh-in scale for this event, an all-time record for this annual tournament. Every boat but one was able to weigh fish in!
The anglers of John, Kole, Charlie and Noah were able to bring in 10 keeper bass that weighed 17.08# to claim the 2021 Championship for Washington High School. This school also won in 2019, with Marion as the winner from 2020. John also weighed in the biggest bass of the event; it weighed 4.18 pounds. In second place on the "Team" competition was the team of Remy, Grady, EJ, and Sam from Independence. They weighed in 8 bass that weighed 11.54 pounds.
The individual tournament Top 5 are as follows:
- 1- Washington HS- 9.78#
- 2- Solon HS- 8.65#
- 3- Center-Point Urbana- 8.57#
- 4- Independence HS- 8.38#
- 5- Washington HS- 7.30#
Complete standings of this event can be found on the event website: Iowa High School Bass Team Championship
It is an honor to be able to work with sponsors, especially the Title Sponsor of this event; Scheels of Cedar Falls to bring this event to Eastern Iowa. This event allows any student in the state of Iowa a chance to compete and participate in a professionally run event for only $10 an angler.
Congrats to all the students that fished this event, I hope we can do it again next year!
Great event! Congrats to all.
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