Jerry Don CaseKIMBALL, Tenn. — The Bass Federation will hold its 2012 Tennessee High School Fishing State Championship on May 11-12 on Nickajack Lake in Marion County.
Last year, Kimball hosted the Bass Federation’s National Championship, and Mayor David Jackson said it was so successful that town officials are excited to host a similar event.
The Kimball Board of Mayor and Aldermen recently voted unanimously to host the event this year and again in 2013.
Jackson said about 60 competitors are expected in this year’s tournament, and those participants and their families will be in town for “two or three days.”
Kimball will pay $2,500 and provide three hotel rooms for Bass Federation officials each year, but officials said that money will be recouped through the participants’ stays in town.