Individual medalists from the 3rd annual Fish Iowa! Games casting competitions held this spring competed in a finals competition during the Summer Iowa Games, July 17. The competition was sponsored by the Mid Iowa Bassmasters, Iowa Sports Foundation (Iowa Games), and Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Medals were awarded in two age groups. The top winner in each group received a rod and reel.

Age 6-9
1st – Malena Rumelhart, Guthrie Center
2nd – Grady Laabs, Guthrie Center
3rd – Hunter Vasey, Guthrie Center

Age 10-12
1st – Matthew Vannatta, Guthrie Center
2nd – Jaden Schurman, New Liberty
3rd – Alexis Allison, Lenox

The Fish Iowa! Games is a casting competition developed by the Iowa Sports Foundation in conjunction with the Iowa DNR. The program is a fun competition where students learn to cast from three distances using the flipping, pitching and casting techniques. During the competition participants received points based on the accuracy of each casting technique.

Fish Iowa! Games is a great introduction to fishing for the kids of Iowa. Often this is the first time kids have held a rod and reel.
More than 27,000 students from across the state participated in the Fish Iowa! Games program.


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