How often do you get to combine face painting, balloon fish and fishing poles, shoreline fishing and boat fishing and raise $85,000 for children with disabilities? If you do not have an answer for that, let me give you one: The Children’s Therapy Center’s 52nd annual Bass Tournament accomplished just that.
More than 70 boating teams and many shoreline anglers combined for one of the larger events in recent history. The event took place on Pools 13 to 17 of the Mississippi River.
Jeremiah Haas: Fishermen make big difference for youths in Mississippi River tournament
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