LIVE! Blog from high school fishing finals

The country’s first ever sanctioned high school fishing
tournament kicked

off at 7 a.m. this morning at Carlyle Lake. A calm and cloudy
morning

turned wet when heavy raind began to fall at about 10 a.m. The
53 teams

from around the state were originally scheduled to fish until 3
p.m., but

thundering skies has led officials to call in the boats.

Illinois High School Association Fishing Coordinator Dave
Gannaway will be

making his way to the main stage in a few minutes to discuss how
the

tournament’s first day scoring will be determined. The tops
teams from

today will fish again at 7 a.m. Saturday for the state
championship.

Rain continues to fall. Stay tuned for more details from
Carlyle.