Fishing Derby Fiasco

What a week! This year’s fishing derby was full of exiting catches, fun prizes and big winners! First off, thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed our beautiful state park. Thank you all so much for spending time with your friends and family in the great outdoors and supporting our event. The annual fishing derby is made possible by everyone who purchases a derby ticket or other raffle ticket and all our amazing sponsors.
I’m happy to announce that we had a total of 40 tagged fish caught. There were around 730 tickets purchased for the fishing derby. The following table shows winners from the raffle drawings:

Name
Prize
City
Charles Pacheco
Aluminum Boat
Raton
Lee Romero
Kayak
Raton
John Armijo
$1000
Raton
Steve Ortega
$600
Raton
Jimmy Mascarenas
$400
Raton
Michael Bacca
$100
Pueblo
James Trujillo
Chainsaw Carved Bear
Raton
M&M Montoya
Cow Elk Tag
Raton
Worth Wilkins
$50 Cabelas
Raton
Ray Levengood
$50 Cabelas
N/A
Justin Rountree
Custom Walking Staff
N/A
M&M Montoya
Custom Walking Staff
Raton
Donna
Horseshoe Art
N/A
Julie Kelley
Custom Bow Saw
Raton

A big highlight of this week was the Kid’s Fishing Derby on Free Fishing Day. Kids would catch a fish, run up to the weighing station, weigh their fish and run back to the water in a fit of giggles and smiles. Here are a few pictures of all the fun we had:


Smiling with a real fish while painting the mold


Making fish printing masterpieces




Grand Prize winner grins from ear to ear with new fly fishing rod


Father and son pose with new Cars fishing pole


Winner with a backpack sponsored by the Sierra Club
(also included was a magazine subscription)



All smiles with a new fishing pole



Small kid, big winner!

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