Fifty-two high schools from across the State of Illinois launched today in a history making event on Lake Carlyle in Mid-Central Illinois today beginning high school bass fishing as a sport governed by the IHSA. Illinois is the first state to do so. Weigh in will be at 3:00 pm today. The Bass Festival hosted by the City of Carlyle will be both days at the Dam Access launch facility. Congrats IHSA and participating high schools on this groundbreaking effort.