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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.

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Branch Brook family
Branch Brook Park
Derby winners
Branch Brook Park
Girl with sunfish
Camp Wyanokie
Boy stocking fish
Camp Wyanokie
Girl with sunfish
Grover Pond
Mom, daughter and fish
Grover Pond
Derby bass
Grover Pond
Girl with sunfish
Nomahegan Park Pond
Happy boys
Nomahegan Park Pond
Mom and daughter and fish
Rooke Lake
Father, son and fish
Rooke Lake
Derby family
Rooke Lake
Dad, son and fish
Rooke Lake
Young angler
Rooke Lake
Officer and a family
Turkey Swamp Park
Two happy anglers
Verona Park Pond
Derby winners
Verona Park Pond
Boy with large carp
Verona Park Pond
Batso Lake Bass
Batso Lake
Dad, daughter and sunfish
Batso Lake
Boy with eel
Batso Lake
Dad, daughter and fish
Ed's Pond
Boy with fish
Furnace Lake
Boy with bass
Furnace Lake
Happy angler
Mettlar's Pond
Derby family
Mettlar's Pond
Mom, daughter and fish
Mettlar's Pond
Happy Angler
Mettlar's Pond
Dad and daugher fishing
Mettlar's Pond
Derby winners
Mettlar's Pond
Mom and daughter fishing
Mettlar's Pond

Children's Derby Action 2004, page 2
Children's Derby Action 2004, page 3

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