Get your fishing poles ready: Wake Forest to host virtual fishing tournament

Wake Forest's parks, recreation and cultural resources department is hosting a virtual bass fishing tournament for all ages in May.

From May 10 to May 23, fisherman can visit any public fishery in Wake or Franklin counties to try and catch the biggest fish. Kids ages 12 and under in the virtual youth fishing tournament can catch any species of fish. But those ages 13 and up will be limited to bass, according to the town. You can register online for both the youth and adult tournaments through April 22.

The cost to participate is $10 for the bass tournament and $5 for the youth tourney, according to a press release. Participants in the bass tourney will receive a fishing scale to be used in the competition. Contestants in the youth tournament will receive an “Early Fisherman” packet. Those items will be available for pickup on May 6.