Huge Turnout At Jeffers Bend Take Kids Fishing Day

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More than 600 individuals attended the annual Jeffers Bend Take Kids Fishing Day event Saturday. Kids accompanied by adults lined the banks of the North Fork Little River for a morning of fishing, fun, and a little competition for prizes. The competition was broken down into age divisions and included the categories of Longest Cast, Reel Time, Longest Fish, Most Fish, and the Smallest Fish.

There were also some young men on hand that participated in the event in past years that returned to help, show their suppot, and share their love of fishing with the kids.

Ty Blanton, a member of the Christian County Fishing Team, was at the event to share his enjoyment of fishing as well as lend a helping hand by taking fish off of hooks for the kids. Blanton tells the News Edge he plans to pursue fishing in college and possibly professionally.

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Mitchell Fort, who says he has participated in the event all of his childhood and now fishes for a college team, also came out to support the annual event and talked about how fishing influenced his life.

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Dewey Hayes, who has been a recorder at almost all of the Take Kids Fishing events at Jeffers Bend, explains to the News Edge what he does.

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Jeffers Bend officials say 600 pounds of fish were dumped into the North Fork Little River Thursday for the event Saturday.

The winners of each age division in each of the categories are listed below:
Casting Distance/Reeling Time
Age 3-5
Jacquavious Bush – Casting Distance 60′
Dearion Wharton – Reeling Time 6.85
Age 6-8
Kai Aldridge – Casting Distance 65′
Isaiah Spain – Reeling Time 12.04
Age 9-11
Tyler Holden – Casting Distance 75′
Adreana Smith – Reeling Time 9.99
Age 12-16
Dylan Mitchell – Casting Time 94′
Trey Blanton – Reeling Time 7.10
Longest Fish/Most Fish/Smallest Fish
Age 3-5
India Corey – Longest Fish
Jaquauris Bush – Most Fish
Saxton Schuett – Smallest Fish
Age 6-8
Derrick Quiroz, Brajon Santiogo, Ryles Cooper – Longest Fish
Kaden Tyrie – Most Fish
Smallest Fish – Molly Cansler
Age 9-11
Devin Quiroz – Longest Fish
Hans Mosley – Most Fish
Isiah McGhee – Smallest Fish
Age 12-15
Trey Blanton – Longest Fish
Dylan Mitchell – Most Fish
Naleyah Barnes – Smallest Fish

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