Dagsboro youngster named state fishing tournament champion
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has announced the winners of the 37th annual Delaware Youth Fishing Tournament.
Hosted by the Delaware Natural Resources Police, DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife, the event was held June 3, at three locations across the state, with more than 200 youth anglers casting their lines at Ingrams Pond in Sussex County, Akridge Scout Reservation in Kent County and Lums Pond in New Castle County. Tournament weighmasters on site at each pond weighed catches for participants ages 4 through 15 as they competed for each county’s top catch and age-group titles, as well as the title of overall winner.
This year’s overall champion is Brody Spencer, 11, of Dagsboro, who caught 8.52 pounds of fish in Ingrams Pond. The largest fish of the tournament was caught by Kent County winner Bristol Brown, 10, of Lewes, who landed a 5.6-pound largemouth bass that added to her total of 6.87 pounds of fish at Akridge Scout Reservation near Dover.
The largest fish of the tournament was caught by Kent County winner Bristol Brown, age 10, of Lewes, who landed a 5.6 pound largemouth bass that added to her total of 6.87 pounds of fish at Akridge Scout Reservation near Dover.
Other Sussex County winners were: ages 4-7, first place, Tristen Wertz, 1.89 pounds; second place, Ella Elliott, 0.55 pounds; third place, Piper Vannicola, 0.30 pounds; ages 8-11, first, John Timmons V, 2.96 pounds; second, Caden Timmons, 1.39 pounds; third, Gary Shepherd, 0.86 pounds; ages 12-15, first, Owen Laux, 5.80 pounds; second, Alayna Adkins, 0.47 pounds; third, Landon Elliott, 0.08 pounds.
Kent County winners were: ages 4-7, first, Arianna Chaves Torres, 5.47 pounds; second, Beau Lindale, 3.72 pounds; third, Kohen Marvel, 2.78 pounds; ages 8-11, first, Dominic Webb, 6.36 pounds; second, Carter Mast, 3.37 pounds; third, Collin Mesinger, 3.19 pounds; ages 12-15, first, Evan Knutsen, 3.92 pounds; second, Brennan Ring, 3.43 pounds; third, Gianna Velazquez, 2.02 pounds.
New Castle County winners were: ages 4-7, first, Miles Hopkins, 2.77 pounds; second, Fiona Awesome, 2.25 pounds; third, Mason Healey, 2.03 pounds; ages 8-11, first, Mackenzie Healey, 1.53 pounds; second, Griffith Jordan, 1.28 pounds; third, Alexis Talley, 0.94 pounds; ages 12-15, first, Theodore Perez, 2.21 pounds; second, Tyler Harvell, 1.81 pounds; third, Aiden Talley 1.19 pounds.
The Delaware Youth Fishing Tournament was established to introduce youth to the sport of fishing, and to teach the catch-and-release approach to conservation.
