Kids' Fishing Derby

Monday, May 19, 2014

Jill Bock

Saturday morning was a bit cool and gloomy but the fish were biting during the annual Kids' Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Division at the Sikeston Sports Complex. Youngsters benefitted from the generosity of Hope Epidemic which paid all of the participants' registration fee as a "random act of kindness."

John Laster and his grandson, Andrew Winders, discus fishing while waiting for a bite.
Joel Turner had to use all his muscles to pull in the stringer of fish he and his brother caught.
Lucas Turner admires the fish caught by him and his brother, Joel.
Amber McDowell caught her fish but needed dad, Barry McDowell, to get it off the hook.

Emily and Holly Thurston show off their catch from the Fishing Derby.
Brandon Herrion lets out a whoop when he sees the fish caught by his sister, Myah.
Myah Herrion needed some help from her dad Jay to land her fish.
Macee Hoskins shows off her four catfish.
Shelby Meeker and her stringer of fish.