The Kelsea and Zachary take 1st in Fishing Tournament.

On Saturday May 10th the Knights of Columbus held a family picnic and the activities included a fishing tournament to be held on the bank of Old Settlers Pond in Round Rock. We started fishing at 3:30 after lunch. I took Zachary and Kelsea down to the preselected are which included the fishing dock on the pond. Zachary quickly located a school of perch fishing from the dock and called for Kelsea and I to join him to catch fish. Guess I should explain the rules for the tournament, catch the most or the biggest fish in your age bracket. I had baited the kids lines with Berkley crappie nuggets and the perch around that little dock were loving them. Kelsea and Zachary each caught 3 perch a piece before everyone else caught on to the fact we were on a good school and had the right bait. Kelsea's first fish caught was a nice big one, 6 & 1/2 inches long and held out to be the big fish for her age bracket. They caught perch on the Berkley nuggets for a while and then someone showed up with a grilled hot dog and the perch went into a feeding frenzy over the bits of greasy hot dog put on a hook. When the hot dog ran out, we switched back to nuggets and earth worms someone else had provided later. At the end of the tournament at 5:30, Kelsea had caught and released 20 perch. Zachary had caught and released 17 perch. Both received first place trophies for their age brackets.



Congratulations to Kelsea and Zachary on their first tournament wins. I also need to congratulate Isaiah Chandler for 1st place in his bracket with a 6 inch perch and Eric Chandler for first place in his bracket for a nice 3+ lb bass caught with 5 min left in the tournament on a black power worm.


Kelsea and Zachary prefishing at Williamson County Park on Thursday before the event.