Nearly 70 kids fish in annual derby at Albion Sportsmen’s Association
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – These kids are delighted to be catching fish in today’s 29th Annual Danny Spierdowis Memorial Kids’ Fishing Derby will be from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 9 at Albion Sportsmen’s Association on Keitel Road.
There were 67 kids 16 and under signed up for the annual derby. Prizes go to kids who catch the most fish by cumulative weight and also for the longest fish. There are different age divisions.
Lily Miller, 8, of Lyndonville holds a bluegill she caught in the old quarry. Lily caught seven fish in the first half hour.
Connor Jurs, 13, of Kent holds one of the fish he caught this morning. The fish were biting and the kids were reeling them in.
Many kids and some dads tried fished from the shore of the former Peck’s quarry today. Many sunfish, bluegills and bass were caught.
The fishing derby is named in honor of Danny Spierdowis, who loved the outdoors, especially fishing in the former Peck quarries at the Sportsmen’s Association. Spierdowis was killed in a car accident at age 19 on Jan. 20, 1990. His mother Linda and sister Karen were at the derby today.
Marcus Coville of Waterport helps his grandson Eli Schutz, 9, after Eli caught a fish.
Jeff Casillo measures the length of a largemouth bass caught by Blake Morrison, 13, of Middleport.
“I caught one bigger but he got away,” Blake said.
Adam Burgio, left, is on the prowl for fish in today’s derby. Adam has fished in the derby for several years. This is the last year he can do it because he is 16.
Loren DuBois helps his daughter Aurora, 6, after she caught a fish. Aurora was prolific in catching fish today. The fish were put in buckets of water and then weighed. After they were weighed they were let back in the quarry.
Kristy Webber of Albion, right, watches her daughter Charley, 11, try to catch a fish in today’s derby.
Christopher Pirro of Albion puts a worm on the hook for his daughter Vayda, 5, while his son Benjamin, 10, waits for a fish to bite his line.
