[ToddM]

BARTLETT KIDS DAY FISHING DERBY

Date: 8/15/2009 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Place: Beaver Pond
Stearns Road just east of Rt. 59
Bartlett, IL 60103
Contact: Mike Zaborowski FRV Youth Director
m29zabo@hotmail.com

We will be awarding prize's and a raffle after 11:00 AM.
The day should be complete a little after 12:00.
Prizes are awarded for the largest fish in each specie
per age group.

The raffle is huge, tons of items. Your kids will have a blast!
This event is open to the public as all of our events are,
the fishing starts ay 9am. See you there!

[ToddM]

I picked this up from our youth event organizer, very cool!

Please bring the kids/grandkids. I have a ton of prizes and fishing tackle items that will take about a hour to raffle off. Some of the prizes include a Frank Bottiglieri custom made spinning rod and a 4 hour guided trip for 2010, which Rich Gallagher donated. Plus all the usual fishing items: fishing combos, reels, nets, lure packs, tackle boxes, camping equipment.

Cabales is even having a casting clinic for the younger kids.

[ducksnort]

I am hoping to take my 3 children. Never been there but hopefully they will have fun. Any suggestions on bait?

[ToddM]

I am sorry I did not see this post earlier. Yes, bring some ice jigs and waxies for the panfish Bring some crawlers and some corn. Chum a little but not alot of corn and put some corn on a hook and a crawler and put those on the bottom. There are quite a few age categories and the top three for each category in each age group are awarded. Each fish has it's own category. bluegill, crappie, bass, bullhead, carp and a misc category which even a clam ranked one year. Your kids will have a blast at this event!