Small fry fishing

–Janet Leifer photos

Top: Fishers and friends react as a brood trout is hooked at the St. John Fishing Derby.

Above: With so many lines in the water, Denny Hinds, organizer, has to untangle things after the fish is reeled in.

More than 150 children ages 12 and younger turned out to Heritage Hardware in St. John for a fishing derby. A constructed pond next to the store was stocked with 205 fish for the young anglers. The draw of the fishing derby kept most of the town busy until after 1 in the afternoon. Even after the derby officially closed at 1, kids were still showing up to try their hand a...