COLBERT COUNTY-Many of Alabama’s top student anglers and Pickwick Lake will be featured on the World Fishing Network July 5-7.
Highlights from the annual Timmy Horton High School Bass Anglers Challenge will be televised on WFN at 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. CDT Sunday, July 5. The tournament highlights will also be shown on WFN at 8 p.m. Monday, June 6 and 5 a.m., 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 7. WFN, the world’s largest network for fishing and outdoors enthusiasts, is Channel 1679 on AT&T UVerse, Channel 720 on Comcast in the Shoals and Channel 394 on DISH Network. Additional channel listings are available at worldfishingnetwork.com and from local cable TV service providers.
The tournament, that was held June 13 on Pickwick Lake out of Riverfront Park in 
Sheffield, attracted student anglers from public, private and home schools throughout Alabama. The students fished from boats piloted by a parent or other adult. The anglers competed for $20,000 in college scholarships.
Tim Horton, a professional angler and outdoors television personality from Muscle Shoals is host for the tournament, that is organized by the Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau in Tuscumbia.
Ashley Taylor of Hayden High School, won the senior division (for grades 10-12) with a five-bass limit that weighed 21 pounds, 12 ounces. Chase Kanute of Hayden was second with 14 pounds, 14 ounces. BJ Sherrill of Muscle Shoals High School was third with 14 pounds, 2 ounces.
Braydon Smith, of Marion County High School, won the junior division (grades 7-9) with a 19 pounds, 6 ounces catch. Luke Glasgow of Marion County was second with 18 pounds, 2 ounces. Jay Creasy of Central High School in Florence was third with 17 pounds, 5 ounces.
Horton said he enjoys being able to provide students with an opportunity to fish on one
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of the best bass fishing lakes in America for a chance to win scholarships to help them continue their education.
“There’s not a better bass tournament anywhere in the country for student anglers,” Horton said. “Not only do they get to fish for scholarships, they get to do it on national TV. No other tournament for middle school and high school students that are televised nationwide.”
Susann Hamlin, executive director of Colbert County Tourism, said the tournament and the national exposure from the television show are a great way to promote fishing in the Shoals. She said the exposure lures anglers from throughout the nation to Colbert County.
