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Kids’ Fishing Day nets nice weather, turnout

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, May 24, 2017

By Matthew Nash

Kids’ Fishing Day nets nice weather, turnout
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Kids’ Fishing Day nets nice weather, turnout
Sadie Miller, 8, of Port Angeles, brings in a fish with help from her mom Amy and Ron Hayes of the Puget Sound Anglers of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter as her cousin Harper Hilliker, 5, and grandma Bonnie McCloskey watch in anticipation. Sadie and Harper were one of hundreds of children to participate at Kids’ Fishing Day on May 20 in the Water Reuse Demonstration Park pond north of Carrie Blake Park. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

More than 400 children turned out on May 20 for the Kids’ Fishing Day at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park pond, said organizers with the Puget Sound Anglers of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter.

Bob Keck, president of the local chapter, said they loaded 1,700 fish earlier in the week with about 200 of those jumbo rainbow trout. They loaded 1,000 more fish on Monday and plan to bring in another 2,000 later in the summer, he said.

Children 14 and under can fish in the pond all summer long without a fishing permit, organizers said.

Kids’ Fishing Day continues as a partnership between the City of Sequim, Department of Fish & Wildlife and the Anglers.

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