There was a good turnout and fun was had by all at the 2009 fishing derby.
Children and adults were treated to a warm, sunny summer
day for the 2009 Lake Wentworth Fishing Derby.Awards will be given out at the LWA meeting
on Saturday, August 8th at Kingswood High School.Some photos are included at the bottom of the page.
Here are the results for the age groups:In the 17 and older age group Kristen Smith and Brian
Ouhrabka were tied for the largest sunfish of 1 ounce.In the 13-16 age group Robert Jacob Mitchals
won for the largest large mouth bass weighing in at 1 pound, 11 ounces.Brooke Mitchals won for the largest small
mouth bass weighing 1 pound, 10 ounces and Jasper Jones with a 1 pound, 1 ounce
white perch in the 10-12 age group.Also
in that age group Mary Kretchmer and her friend Sarah Van De Valk tied for the
largest sunfish weighing 1/2 ounce.In
the 8-9 year old group Michael Langlois won for the largest sunfish weighing
1/2 ounce and Monty Jones with the largest catfish and largest small mouth bass
weighing 1 pound, 6 ounces.Greg
Mitchals in the 5-7 age group weighed in his rainbow trout at 1 pound, 14
ounces winning the tournament with the largest fish.Greg also pulled in the largest large mouth
bass of 1 pound, 13 ounces, largest Crappie of 1 1/2 ounces, and largest white
perch of 7 ounces.For the under 5 age
group Olivia Ouhrabka won with her sunfish weighing 1/2 ounce.Congratulations to all the participants!
Special thanks go to Ralph Cadman, Kristen Smith, and
Hugh Crawford for their help at the tournament; also to Mill Street Meat Market
for their donation.