- November 5, 2024
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Lakewood Ranch 14-year-old Kevin Anderson has participated in the Youth and Teen Fishing Tournament for seven years.
Anderson has fished at Lake Uihlein several times, the last being in August and he caught five fish.
Yet, year after year at the tournament, he came up empty.
But during this year's tournament Oct. 5 at Lake Uihlein, Anderson's luck changed.
He reeled in a 15-inch largemouth bass with 15 minutes left in the tournament.
Anderson smiled as he held the fish in his hands while waiting for a volunteer ranger to measure it.
As soon as the measurement was done, Anderson returned to the lake and cast his line.
Within three minutes, Anderson was speedily reeling his line in once again, but at the last second, the fish broke free.
"It took everything," he said looking at the cut line on his pole.
There was still 10 minutes left in the tournament, so Anderson was quick to fix his fishing line, put on bait and get his line back in the water with hopes of capturing another fish.