May 11, 2018
Sharing their love of fishing, the East Texas Baptist University bass fishing team recently helped with the annual "Fishing for the Future" event held at Pirkey Power Plant in Hallsville.
This event is hosted by the Harrison County Game Wardens, AEP/SWEPCO, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and Texas A&M Forestry.
The event had about 150 special needs students and adults from East Texas school districts and the ARC of Harrison County. ETBU's bass fishing team helped the students bait their hooks and reel in fish.
"We really enjoyed helping with this event and sharing our love of fishing with other people. Our anglers did a great job serving at this event showing how much fun it is to fish. Our program at ETBU is more than just about fishing but making Fishers of Men and today they showed the love of Jesus at this event," said head coach Cameron Burger.
ETBU started their bass fishing program last year and already has qualified anglers for the national tournaments producing two All-Americans.