In this week’s Wildcast we are featuring the 5th Annual Catfish Rodeo held at Centennial Park in Nashville on Free Fishing Day, June 9th.  This year’s event was a great success with 480 young anglers, ages 5-16, reeling in 530 pounds of catfish!  Hosted by TWRA and the Cumberland River Compact, it was sponsored by McDonalds, Metro Parks, Project CENTS, and Lightning 100 Radio.

In addition to a fantastic fishing contest,  there were educational  booths and activities demonstrating the importance of clean healthy water to both humans and wildlife.

Winners of the fishing competition were the following:

1st Flight

Ages 5-8: 1st-Roderick Patrick, 2nd-Grayson Maddox, 3rd-Deandra Bush

Ages 9-12: 1st-Kristyn Osborne, 2nd-Alexandria Osborne, 3rd-James West

Ages 13-16: 1st-Justin Moore, 2nd-Fredrick Myers, 3rd-Brian Stone

2nd Flight

Ages 5-8: 1st-Dallas Maddox, 2nd-Dayla Moore, 3rd-Darius Stewart

Ages 9-12: 1st-Bailey Maddox, 2nd-Tyler Crague, 3rd-Desiree Miller

Ages 13-16: 1st-Shemaiah Quarles, 2nd-Fredrick Roland, 3rd-Seth Hedrick