Forty area youngsters flocked to Abbott’s Pond in Iola June 5 for the Iola Police Department’s annual Hooked On Fishing, Not On Drugs campaign.
They were kept busy, landing a combined 123 fish on the day.
Kashy McVey landed the largest, at 5.16 pounds, while Kailyn Rodriguez caught the most, 10, weighing a combined 5.69 pounds. Evan LaCrone pulled in the smallest, weighing a scant .04 pounds.
In all, the participants pulled in 107.86 pounds worth of fish.
Winning the individual divisions:
Ages 2-8
1. Jayson Cuppy, 5 fish, weighing 3.95 pounds
2. Eryiona Firerson, 6 fish, 3.6 pounds
3. Hayes Chester, 1 fish, 3.34 pounds
Ages 9-12
1. Corbin Bowers, 3 fish, 11.63 pounds
2. Bently Hammond, 6 fish, 11.41 pounds
3. Lenden McVey, 3 fish, 6.78 pounds
Ages 13-17
1. Jayden Luke, 1 fish, 1.67 pounds
Tayler Blevins caught a frog, weighing .61 pounds.
