CHILDREN GET HOOKED ON TROUT COMPETITION.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Ten-year-old Jerald Small may have broken his fishing pole, but he won first place in his division during the 25th annual Youth 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). on Saturday. The free three-hour fishing derby, which attracts more than 3,000 youngsters every year, was held Saturday at Apollo County Park in the 4500 block of West Avenue G. ``I just dropped it in, and five seconds after that I got a bite,'' said Small, who attended the derby with his grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl , two brothers and two cousins. ``I was reeling reel·ing n. Maine Sustained noise, as from hammering: "Hark that reeling, now, you'll wake the baby!" Anonymous. it in when the pole broke, then I grabbed the rope and pulled it in myself.'' Small won first place in the 8- to 10-year-old division and won a new bicycle after he caught a 2-pound, 12-ounce trout trout: see salmon. trout Any of several prized game and food fishes of the family Salmonidae, native to the Northern Hemisphere but widely introduced elsewhere. Though most species inhabit cool fresh waters, a few (called sea trout; e.g. . ``I can't believe I won,'' said the Palmdale youngster, who has participated in the competition twice before and came out emptyhanded. ``I was shocked when they said I was in first place.'' The event is sponsored by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Parks and Recreation Department and the Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill Chamber of Commerce. Beginning at 7 a.m., the derby is divided into age groups for kids 5-7, 8-10, 11-12 and 13-14, with mountain bikes awarded to the first-place boy and girl in each division. Gift certificates and fishing gear are given to the second- and third-place winners. Eight-year-old Daniel Gold of Lancaster was in third place in his division for about an hour until someone caught a bigger fish. ``It was good. I caught five big fishes,'' said Gold, displaying his 1-pound, 7-ounce trout - the biggest fish the youngster has ever caught. ``We go fishing every three weeks,'' the boy said. ``We use a secret bait bait a preparation containing a palatable food substance such as raw meat, carrot or bran and a pharmaceutical or poisonous substance. The purpose is to introduce the medicament or poison into the unsuspecting animal. and we got secret hooks, so we can catch the big ones.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color) Children ages 5 to 14 cast their lines Saturday at the 25th annual Youth Fishing derby at Apollo Park in Lancaster. Winners got bikes. (2--color) Ryan Boccardi, 7, shows off his catch after fishing for the first time with his Cub Scout pack at the Lancaster trout derby. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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