Over 600 Attend Concordia’s 2015 Fishing Derby | Photos

One word can sum up the 2015 Concordia Fishing Derby for Kids: Wow!

At last year’s fishing derby, we were hoping for 200 people to come – and we ended up with over 350. So this year, we decided to aim high and plan for 500, with the hope that we could get a few more people than in 2014… Unbelievably, over 600 people came to Saxony Farm Estate on Saturday!

Kids from all walks of life, from all over western PA, enjoyed a great day of fishing. The fish sizes ranged from a 3-inch blue gill to a 14-inch bass. We provided 1,000 beverages and 600 hot dogs and used hundreds of pounds of ice!

The craziest thing was the weather: It was nice throughout the event, from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. At 2:05, just as the last of the participants were leaving, it started to rain. By 2:15, it was a torrential downpour! How’s that for timing?

Thank you to all the volunteers and sponsors (below) who made the day a huge success! If you missed it, below are some pictures (click photos to enlarge). We have a few more over on our Facebook page, so make sure you check those out too! Feel free to leave a comment below. And if you have any pictures from the event, post them to the Concordia Facebook Wall!

Be sure to check the Events & News page for coming events at Concordia. The next mini fishing derby will be at the Summer Festival on the Cabot Campus, July 26. More info on that to come!

Visit our sponsors’ websites!

Cabela’s
Dick’s
DD Lures
Field and Stream
Gearhart’s Country Market
Consumer Direct Sports
Sam’s Club
Target
Wendy’s
Arby’s at Clearview Mall
Chuck E Cheese’s at Clearview Mall
Ponderosa Steak House at Clearview Mall
Eat’n Park at Clearview Mall

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