Weekend of fun

Craft booths offered everything from the beautiful to the "boo-tiful" at New Madrid's Fall Festival on Oct. 2 on Main Street. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

There was a line for the fried tacos and other food items offered at the booth operated by Crenshaw's Sweets during the New Madrid Fall Festival on Oct. 2. Serving up the tacos are Tonette Brown, left, and Angela Bashley. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Regina Halterman, left, and James Halterman, center, speak with a visitor at the Fraternal Order of Woodman booth at the New Madrid Fall Festival. In addition to the Twisted Cat Tournament and the Youth Fishing Rodeo, the festival offered a variety of food and crafts. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Alaya Lambert, 5, reaches up to pet a llama at the Lazy L Petting Zoo, one of the many activities which were part of the Fall Festival at New Madrid on Oct. 2 With Alaya is her little sister, Lauren, 2. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

A catfish twists and turns after being pulled from the live well on one of the boats taking part in New Madrid's fishing tournament on Oct. 2. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

An angler drops one of the three fish he brought to the weigh-in during a day of fishing on the Mississippi River as part of the Twisted Cat Outdoors Tournament. There were 52 teams taking part in Saturday's tournament at New Madrid. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

The large catfish brought in by the anglers during the Twisted Cat Outdoors Tournament at New Madrid on Saturday brought an array of reactions from the crowd watching the weigh-in. A few daring youngsters even attempted to touch the catfish as they swam in the holding tanks. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Boats wait their turn to bring the catch of the day to the weigh-in site on New Madrid's Main Street during Saturday's Twisted Cat Tournament. The 2021 tournament at new Madrid had 52 teams entered. The first place winner was the team of Donald Moore III, Donny Moore and Brad Pruett, who had three fishing weighing a total of 140.23 pounds. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

A fisherman in the Twisted Cat Outdoors Tournament at New Madrid on Saturday displays one of the catfish he pulled from the Mississippi River. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Fish caught in the Twisted Cat Outdoors Fishing Competition placed in a holding tank then are returned alive to the Mississippi River to be caught again another day. The annual event in New Madrid draws anglers from across the Midwest with competitors from Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Boats wait their turn to bring the catch of the day to the weigh-in site on New Madrid's Main Street during Saturday's Twisted Cat Tournament. The 2021 tournament at new Madrid had 52 teams entered. The first place winner was the team of Donald Moore III, Donny Moore and Brad Pruett, who had three fishing weighing a total of 140.23 pounds. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

City of New Madrid employees move catfish from the holding tank into containers to return the fish to the Mississippi River. The fish didn't always cooperate much to the delight of those gathered around the tank. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Thanks to her mom, Kayla, Dakoda Phillips, 4, stayed dry despite the rain coming down during Saturday's Youth Fishing Rodeo at New Madrid. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Kylie Ertz, 11, displays her first catch of the day at New Madrid's Youth Fishing Rodeo. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Chris Jones puts the fish caught by his son, Zayden, on a stringer. Zayden was one of more than 50 youngsters taking part in the Youth Fishing Rodeo which was a part of Saturday's Fall Festival at New Madrid. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Zayden Jones, 6, likes catching fish but when it comes to holding one, he would rather not. Helping Zayden at the Youth Fishing Rodeo on Saturday was his father, Chris. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Bryan Brown exclaimed "it's a whopper" as he and his father attempted to pull in a fish during Saturday's Youth Fishing Rodeo at New Madrid. The event was sponsored by the Riverbend Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and Southeast Health. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Some of the youngsters taking part in Saturday's Youth Fishing Rodeo at the New Madrid City Pond on Saturday balanced umbrellas along with their fishing pole as they fished (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

The fish didn't mind the wet weather and neither did the anglers who took part in the Youth Fishing Rodeo at New Madrid on Saturday. More than 50 young people age 12 and under took part in the event. Participants received a fishing pole for taking part along with stickers, candy and other items. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)

Shona Barber with a some help from her mom, Janice, and her dad, Daniel, reels in her catch during the New Madrid Youth Fishing Rodeo. The event, sponsored by Southeast Health and the Riverbend Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, was part of Saturday's Fall Festival at New Madrid. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)