Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby a success
Winners of the Kids' Ice Fishing Derby display their cash prizes at the awards ceremony held at the Fish & Game club house. From left are: Emery Lorrain, 2nd and 3rd place; Andrew Meader, 5th place; Lydia Currier, 4th place; and Miqueias Biasuz, 1st place. Courtesy of Tammy Steinmetz
Despite a drizzly morning, the Kids Ice Fishing Derby on Wiley Pond attracted some 25 kids, 15 adults, and one very active dog. Courtesy of Tammy Steinmetz
Sorcha Salom displays a fine brook trout that's about to be officially measured. A total of eighteen trout were entered in the Derby. Courtesy of Tammy Steinmetz
Winners of the Kids' Ice Fishing Derby display their cash prizes at the awards ceremony held at the Fish & Game club house. From left are: Emery Lorrain, 2nd and 3rd place; Andrew Meader, 5th place; Lydia Currier, 4th place; and Miqueias Biasuz, 1st place. Courtesy of Tammy Steinmetz
Despite a drizzly morning, the Kids Ice Fishing Derby on Wiley Pond attracted some 25 kids, 15 adults, and one very active dog. Courtesy of Tammy Steinmetz
Sorcha Salom displays a fine brook trout that's about to be officially measured. A total of eighteen trout were entered in the Derby. Courtesy of Tammy Steinmetz
The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association’s Annual Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby held at Wiley Pond in Boothbay on Saturday, Feb. 20 started out rainy but the enthusiasm couldn’t be dampened.
Approximately 25 kids and 15 adults braved the early morning precipitation and watery, slippery ice to drill holes and set up traps. The first brook trout was entered at 8:28 by Andrew Meader. From then on, a “steady pick” ensued, with three or four fish an hour brought to the clubhouse to be measured, with the last one entered at 1:57 p.m., just shy of the 2 p.m. deadline. Weather conditions improved as the morning progressed, and by the end of the event skies were clear and the sun was out.
Eighteen trout were entered in the derby. First place went to Miqueias Biasuz for a 12.5” fish, good for the top cash prize of $50. Second place went to Emery Lorrain for a 12.25” trout that garnered a $25 prize, and Emery also took third place with an 11.75-incher, good for $10. Lydia Currier came in fourth with an 11 3/8” brookie and also won $10, and Andrew Meader rounded out the pack in fifth place with his 11.25” trout, and took home $10. Other contestants who entered trout included Stewart Salom, Robert Shaw, Chase Licursi, Anthony Barter, Henry Currier, Nick Morley and Sorcha Salom.
Fish & Game Club members also handed out a dozen door prizes to the young contestants, which included ice trap outfits, a rod and reel, tackle box, lures, and a $25 Cabelas gift card donated by member Tabor Young.
Board member Tammy Steinmetz and vice president Ken Anderson were in charge of the food, which included hot dogs and a venison stew donated by Andy Davis, chicken noodle soup, minestrone soup, muffins, brownies, chips, popcorn, and hot chocolate.
President Dennis Blackman kept the wood stove stoked in the club house and measured many of the fish entered, and other club volunteers, including Rusty Court, helped keep things moving along.
The BRF&GA Kids’ Ice Derby has become a popular winter event and the club is planning on holding it again next February.
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