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The Huron Expositor, 1988-05-04, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 4, 1988 — 3 Young anglers hook 103 trout STOCKING THE POND - Larry Dolmage throws one of many buckets of fish into the pond at Lions park to prepare it for the trout derby. 300 fish were put in the pond, and 103 were taken out on Saturday morning. Submitted photo. ti LIONS PARK was the scene of much activity on Saturday morning and afternoon as over a hundred young fishermen gathered to try their hand in the annual trout derby. The derby opened at 7:30 but there were eager kids at the park an hour early. Corbett photo. L'K MILLER TIME - from his fishing root beer under bett photo. Dean Wood takes a break to enjoy a hot dog and a a tree Park. Cor - STANDING ROOM ONLY - Fishermen at the trout derby crowded under the trees on the south bank of the pond in Lions Park. That was were all the fish seemed to be com- ing from and that spot on the shoreline was -in demand. Corbett photo. NOT ALL THE FISHERMEN at the trout derby were boys, and Kendall Schenck and her father Brent were among those who pulled trout from the pond. Here Mr. Schenck gives Kendall some fish to take and have measured. Corbett photo. FISHING LESSONS were the order of the day for many of the kids at the trout derby, and here Brian Manuel coaches Amanda Manuel and Shannon Dale in the finer points of fishing. Corbett photo. •ay ¢° R.:f.."fir.; 1. MEASUREMENTS of each fish captured were taken, and here Larry Dolmage measures the tenth of a fish and gives a fisherman the statistics on his latest catch. Corbett photo. JILL BETTLES caught the biggest fish at the trout derby this year, as her wild -not 'stocked- rainbow trout came in at 37 cm. Corbett photo. DEAN WOOD and family took their share of trout out of Lions Park on Saturday. Corbett photo. 46; 2174. THOSE HOOKS are easier going in than they are coming out, and this young angler had some problems getting her catch to give up her hook. Corbett photo. MWORK was the order of the day at Ine trout derby, and here Sean Melady gives Herman Reid a hhnd getting his fish off his line. These two accounted for about ten of the 103 fish caught at the derby. Corbett photo.