VERMONT FISHING: Spring Derbies Hook Kids on Fishing

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Spring Derbies Hook Kids on Fishing

Here's a great opportunity for young people to give fishing a try. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has released a list of upcoming fishing events, most of them intended just for kids.

The Department has two programs designed to help young people learn about fishing: Kids' Brooks, and Let's Go Fishing.

The Kids' Brooks program provides an opportunity for kids to fish in a well-stocked pond or stream.

Let's Go Fishing teaches fishing techniques, tackle craft, ethics, and aquatic ecology and management.

For over three decades, the state has provided free fish to the children of the state through the Kids' Brooks program. The program originally provided fish for derbies or posted kids' brooks (sections of streams posted for fishing only by children under license age). Now, some of the sponsored events include senior citizens and handicapped persons.

Organizers of these events are typically charitable, community, or non-profit groups, such as fire departments, fish and game clubs, Rotary, Lions, town recreation committees, 4-H clubs, and scouts.

This year, 75 groups are involved with an estimated 6,500 participants expected. Derbies provide children with the opportunity for a successful fishing experience, enabling them to become acquainted with angling skills, fishing ethics and aquatic habitat.

Most kids fishing derbies are open to the public, although they may be restricted to the town residents or to a particular group of individuals. From 150 to 300 fish are provided for each derby, depending on how many participants there were the previous year. Approximately 20,000 eight- to ten-inch brook trout are stocked annually for these events by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.

Kids' fishing derbies started in late April and run until mid June. Water temperatures become too warm to stock trout later in the season. For further information, contact Barb Johnston at Fish & Wildlife's Waterbury, Vt. office at (802) 241-3700.

Upcoming Kids' Fishing Derbies
May 9:
Pownal - Pownal Fish and Game Club, Mark Leonard 823-5250; 823-0144 Augustines Pond

May 16:

Brandon - Neshobe Sportsman Club, E. Rhodes Wyman 247-6738, Wyman's Ponds
Chester - Chester Rod and Gun Club, Robert Cassidy 875-2024 Lover's' Lane Brook
Dorset - Dorset Sportsmen's Club Inc., Jack Stannard 867-0225, 867-4420, Prentiss Pond
Ludlow - Black River Valley Rod and Gun Club, Ronald Holm 773-7019
West Arlington - Arlington Fish and Game Club,Gilbert Wilcox 375-6993, Firemans Pond

May 23:
Chittenden - Teenie's Tiny Farm, Bob Bearor 773-2637, Teenies Pond
Springfield - Robert L. Johnson, V.F.W. Post 771, Conrad Guerrette 886-2799, Ferguson's Pond

May 24:
Manchester Center - Harned-Fowler V.F.W., James Johnson 362-9840, 362-3039, Comb Pond

May 30:
Weston - Weston Rod & Gun Club, Peter Jannke 362-4824, 362-1776

June 1:
Rutland - Vermont Achievement Center, Brian McDermott 775-2395, 235-2229

June 3:
Pittsford - Mendon Fish & Game Club, Jeff Smith 773-7959, 773-3772