Children's Fishing Derby Action, 2004
The Children's Fishing Derby Program began in the 1970s with Hackettstown
Fish Hatchery personnel stocking about 10 ponds each year with bluegill sunfish.
Today approximately 90 derbies will receive fish, with channel catfishand black
crappies being added to the stocking mix.
The
purpose of the program is to help bring the joys of fishing to the youth of the
state by enhancing existing populations of fish in derby ponds. Below are some
pictures illustrating the results of this effort. For more information on the
program see the Children's Fishing
Derby page.
Click
on images for larger version.
![Branch Brook family](images/derby/branchbrook1sm.jpg)
Branch
Brook Park |
![Derby winners](images/derby/branchbrook2sm.jpg)
Branch
Brook Park |
![Girl with sunfish](images/derby/campwyanokie2sm.jpg)
Camp
Wyanokie |
![Boy stocking fish](images/derby/campwyanokielsm.jpg)
Camp
Wyanokie |
![Girl with sunfish](images/derby/grover1sm.jpg)
Grover
Pond |
![Mom, daughter and fish](images/derby/grover2lsm.jpg)
Grover
Pond |
![Derby bass](images/derby/grover3sm.jpg)
Grover
Pond |
![Girl with sunfish](images/derby/nomehegan1sm.jpg)
Nomahegan
Park Pond |
![Happy boys](images/derby/nomehegan3sm.jpg)
Nomahegan
Park Pond |
![Mom and daughter and fish](images/derby/rooke2sm.jpg)
Rooke
Lake |
![Father, son and fish](images/derby/rooke5sm.jpg)
Rooke
Lake |
![Derby family](images/derby/rookelake1sm.jpg)
Rooke
Lake |
![Dad, son and fish](images/derby/rookelake4sm.jpg)
Rooke
Lake |
![Young angler](images/derby/rookelake6sm.jpg)
Rooke
Lake |
![Officer and a family](images/derby/turkeyswamp1sm.jpg)
Turkey
Swamp Park |
![Two happy anglers](images/derby/verona1sm.jpg)
Verona
Park Pond |
![Derby winners](images/derby/verona2sm.jpg)
Verona
Park Pond |
![Boy with large carp](images/derby/verona3sm.jpg)
Verona
Park Pond |
Children's Derby Action 2004, page 2
Children's Derby Action 2004, page 3
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