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Jenna Taylor watches as her German carp gets measured. She won largest fish in the 6-9 age category. Family friend Wayne Burke holds the fish as Putnam Rotarian Marc Archambault measures it --- 29 inches. More photos on page 5. Linda Lemmon photo.
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Savanna Burke with her dad Wayne and Doug Porter, chair of the fishing derby committee. Courtesy photo.
Bryce Plouffle
Above: Willow Les Chandler
Left: Hailey Rourke. Courtesy photo.
Below: Trevor Bouchard. Marc Archambault photo.
Kids at Rotary
fishing derby
have a great time
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — More than 50 kids came to the banks of the Quinebaug River and had a blast at the 48th annual Putnam Rotary Club Noe Poulin Fishing Derby. When you added the cheerleaders (parents) there were more than 100 people at the event.
After registration, the kids lined the banks of the Quinebaug and started fishing. Awards in three age categories were made and then they were treated to lunch. This year everyone was encouraged to release their fish after they were measured
Awards went to:
Largest Fish – 13 – 15 years old – Trevor Bouchard (gray shirt) – 13” yellow perch
Largest Fish – 10 -12 years old – Hailey Rourke – (black shirt, jean shorts with sunglasses) 6 ½” bullhead
Largest Fish – 6 – 9 years old – Jenna Taylor – 29” carp
Largest Fish – 0 – 5 year olds – Savanna Burke – (yellow shirt, with Dad) 22” carp
Most Fish caught – Bryce Plouffle – (black T-shirt and WA hat) - several sunfish
Smallest fish (4” sunfish) – Willow Les Chandler.
The most unique catch - turtle – Izik Alfredo Santigo.
The carp that took off with one of the fishing poles didn’t hang around for his “prize.”
J. Scott Pempek, the Putnam Rotary Club president said: “It was a great event! I’m not sure who enjoyed it more, the kids fishing or the many Rotary volunteers watching the reactions of the kids when they got a bite and were reeling the ‘big one’ in.”
Major sponsor: WIN Waste Innovations which provided the seven major prizes, gift cards to local merchants and 10 additional gift cards as raffle prizes.
In addition: Runnings provided several additional gift cards; Rotarians Fred and Rande Chmura donated and cooked the food for the event; Marcy Dawley from Chase Graphics donated the photo shoot frame. Jenn Brytowski of Chase Graphics helped with the event flyers and with updated the banner for the event; Town of Putnam – use of the bandstand and sound system – closing of Bridge Street. Mayor of Putnam – Barney Seney and Selectman Scott Pempek (also president of the Putnam Rotary Club) opened up the event. Twelve Rotarians were also there to help that day.
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