Annual Youth Fishing Tournament Returns
The Barnesville Fire & EMS Annual Youth Fishing Tournament is back this year to provide a fun-fishing day.
Registration for the event begins at 8 a.m., with fishing scheduled from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at Barnesville Memorial Park’s Rotary Lake.


Young participants enjoyed the 2025 Youth Fishing Tournament. (Barnesville Area News file photos)
The event is free to enter and is open to children in the following age groups:
- 6 and under
- 7-11
- 12-15
Old Barn Bait & Tackle, located just west of Hendrysburg on Route 800, will once again donate worms for participants.
Barnesville Fire & EMS will hold drawings for door prizes and hopes to provide every child with an opportunity to win.
The event is sponsored by several local organizations and community members. Organizers thanked the following supporters for their donations:
- Village of Barnesville
- Barnesville Fire & EMS
- Sons of the American Legion
- Old Barn Bait & Tackle
- Convenient Food Mart
- Hendershot Detailing
- Dean and Kim Wehr
- Travis Keiser and Amy Carvin
- Trent and Brooke Brownfield

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