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Photos by Jerry Goldberg Derby opens the new season

| 19 Apr 2012 | 11:53
    Samantha Stead, 5, relaxes in her easy chair, just fishing away. "I got a small one last year," she said.
    Samantha Stead, 5, relaxes in her easy chair, just fishing away. "I got a small one last year," she said.
    Clearly the youngest fisher-kids, 2 year-old Tristin Rogers may not have had fishing on his mind, but he was still there trying.
    Clearly the youngest fisher-kids, 2 year-old Tristin Rogers may not have had fishing on his mind, but he was still there trying.
    The banks of Lily Pond were lined up with relaxing parents and avid angler-kids during the Commissioner Fishing Derby.
    The banks of Lily Pond were lined up with relaxing parents and avid angler-kids during the Commissioner Fishing Derby.
    Nine- year-old Fernando Coba-Gomez shows off one of the five trout he caught in less than 40 minutes.
    Nine- year-old Fernando Coba-Gomez shows off one of the five trout he caught in less than 40 minutes.

With the opening of trout season last Saturday came the sixteenth annual Pike County Commissioners Fishing Derby, at Lily Pond in the county park. Volunteer derby staffer, James Leiser said Lily Pond was stocked the night before with 600 Rainbow Trout . “All the fish... measured 16 inches to 21 inches,” said Leiser. The sign-in register indicated 285 kids under 16 years of age came to try their luck at trout fishing. “Last year we had only 220 children sign up and we expect more today when Little League lets out,” reported Leiser. “We’ve been here since 7 a.m. and I don’t expect to catch anything but I’m having fun,” said 13 year old Jessica Rhinesmith. Her dad, Randi, said they had come up from New Jersey to visit a friend and this was their first year at the fishing derby. - Photos by Jerry Goldberg