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Local youth invited to participate in the 2024 Gary Oglesby Memorial Youth Fishing Rodeo

Grab your rod and reel, kids! The Bulloch Bass Club and BCRP will host this year's Gary Oglesby Memorial Youth Fishing Rodeo at the pond at Mill Creek Regional Park Pond on Saturday, October 5. All children who participate will receive a prize and a free hot dog lunch, along with trophies for the largest fish and cash for tagged fish.
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The Bulloch Bass Club and Bulloch County Recreation and Parks would like to invite the community to the 2024 Gary Oglesby Memorial Youth Fishing Rodeo at the Mill Creek Regional Park pond on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 8-11am.

Registration begins at 7am, followed by fishing fun, and finally, lunch and drawings at 11:30am.

The tournament is FREE for all children ages 5-15 years. An adult must accompany all children, and all children must provide their own fishing equipment and bait.

FREE hot dogs, chips, and drinks will be provided to each child that enters the fishing tournament.

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. Bulloch Bass Club

Highlights of the tournament will include:

  • Tagged Fish: $50.00 will be awarded to any young fisherman that catches this year’s tagged fish, and $10.00 will be given to any young fisherman catching previous year’s tagged fish.
  • Tournament Weigh-in: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place trophies and rod/reel combos will be presented.
  • Prize Drawing for Bicycles

Every child who participates in the tournament will leave with a prize! The Gary Oglesby Memorial Youth Fishing Rodeo is made possible thanks to generous community sponsors.

For more information about the event, please contact Morrell McCaskill, President of the Bulloch Bass Club, at 229-344-5336 or Jeff Beecher, Club Secretary, at 912-657-1086.