The MSU FW Club volunteered at the Park Lake 4th Annual Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, February 16th, 2013. With the weather in our favor, there was about 6" of solid, great ice, out at Park Lake in Bath Twp. The Derby had over 60 participants total, including youth and adults.
We had originally planned to help the Kalamazoo Outdoor Club kids with their fishing, but since they were unable to make it out at the last minute due to the weather, we primarily spent the day out fishing, and measuring the fish caught for the Derby.
With the assistance of Dr. Hayes, we measured and took scales from all of the fish caught that were in the running for the Derby. It was a great experience, and an excellent event. We look forward to participating again next year, and hopefully we can work with the Kalamazoo Outdoor Club then.
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| Measuring fish for the derby |
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| Joey R. holding up his catch |
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| Inside the Ice Shanty |
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| Fishes just waiting to be measured |
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| View of Park Lake |
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| Damen K. measuring fish |
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| Carrie K. drilling a hole |
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| Becca B. holding up a catch |
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| Damen K. taking scales from a fish |
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| Shawn S. holding up his catch |
Written by Becca Blundell (blundel2@msu.edu). Photos courtesy of Carrie Kozel (kozelca1@msu.edu).
