ANGLING FOR FISH TOURNEY BENEFITS ABUSED CHILDREN.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer CASTAIC - Looking just like a pro, 7-year-old Taylor Venegas leaned her arm backward and threw her fishing line into the water at Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² on Saturday as part of a fishing derby Fishing Derby is an Atari 2600 video game created by Activision programmer David Crane based on the sport of fishing. In Fishing Derby, two fishermen sit on opposite docks over a lake filled with fish (and a shark that passes through). and charity tournament. The 7-year-old, along with her sister Alyson, 8, and father Bryan Venegas of Palmdale, were among hundreds of children participating in the free trout derby. The trout derby and a bass fishing tournament were part of the 10th annual Bassing for Abused Kids event at Castaic Lake to raise money to help abused, disabled and neglected children. ``The best is catching the fish and reeling them in,'' Taylor said as she caught two fish within moments of each other. ``I want to go out and do more fishing.'' Her sister, standing beside her on the lake shore, agreed, ``I love catching fish. But it's hard work,'' she contended. While the Children's Trout Derby was free, the professional bass tournament Saturday had a $125 entry fee and allowed boaters in teams of two to participate in the nearly six-hour event. Organizers said that participation in the trout derby was lower than in past years and said it could be attributed to the cloudy weather but the bass tournament had 78 boats had registered for the event. ``We had a record attendance,'' said David Flynn David Flynn (aka Dave Flynn, born 1977) is an Irish composer and musician. He is one of Ireland’s leading young composers with a number of major awards and commissions to his name. , treasurer of the Bassing for Abused Kids group. ``Everybody knows it's for charity and the empty their pocket books to help the kids. They're truly pouring their hearts out.'' Proceeds from the day's events, which also included a raffle, will be divided between the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. program and the Royal Family Kids' Camp in Orange, a camp for abused and neglected children. Over the past years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time event has raised more than $150,000 for the two organizations. Blake Brainard, 7, shivered in the cold Saturday as he waited for a bite on his line but the die-hard fisherman and former Oregonian said that he didn't mind the sacrifices for doing something he enjoyed. ``I'm having fun,'' the youngster said as his proud father showed off a tackle box that displayed him as the third-place winner in a similar derby in Oregon two years ago. ``I love the fish.'' CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- 5; 3 -- ran in SAC edition only) Robin Behbood, 15, of Canyon Country, top, appears less than thrilled at landing her first fish during Saturday's trout derby to benefit an abused children's charity at Castaic Lake. Above, eager young anglers gather to try their luck at Castaic Lake. Blake Brainard, 7, of Valencia, far left, uses some finesse fi·nesse n. 1. Refinement and delicacy of performance, execution, or artisanship. 2. Skillful, subtle handling of a situation; tactful, diplomatic maneuvering. 3. to try and land a big fish. Near left, James Fairchild For the 21st century British bus historian, see . James Harris Fairchild (1817–1902) was an American educator. Harris was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1817. His father was Grandison Fairchild. , 9, of Newhall wears his lures like medals during Saturday's derby. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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