HE WILL BE AT THE FINISH WITH THE WINNERS... SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE RUNNERS TOMORROW THE KIDS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK -- ALSO HAD AN EARLY WAKE UP CALL -- TO ONE FISHING TRADITION -- THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR DECADES. RO POND -- IN WITHER- BEE -- NEW YORK -- HOSTED ITS 33RD ANNUAL FISHING DERBY -- A TOURNAMENT FOR FISHERS -- YOUNGER THAN 15 YEARS OLD -- TO WIN POLES -- LURES -- AND TROPHIES. 12-YEAR OLD AUBREY MOORE -- WON HER SECOND STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT TITLE -- REELING IN THE ONLY TROUT AT ááOVER 20 INCHES.ááá MOORE FELT ALL THE EMOTIONS -- AFTER GETTING THE BIG CATCH. <AUDREY MOORE - BACK-TO-BACK KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 0:10> "I was very surprised, I started shaking, I couldn't stop smiling, it was just very exciting for me." FOR WINNING -- MOORE WAS AWARDED A LIFTIME HUNTING - - TRAPPING -- AND FISHING NEW YORK STATE LI
Annual fishing tradition back in Essex County for 33rd year
12-year-old Audrey Moore wins lifetime fishing license from Roe Kids Fishing Derby after catching a trout over 23 inches
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Updated: 8:54 PM EDT May 27, 2023
A fishing tournament for the kids in the North Country is decades in the making. On Saturday, kids from across Essex County, N.Y. were angling in Roe Pond in Witherbee, N.Y. for the 33rd annual Roe Pond Kids' Fishing Derby. Kids younger than 15 years old were eligible to win several prizes, including lures, poles and a custom-made fishing trophy for the top three leaders in each age group. Audrey Moore, 12, was the ultimate winner of the tournament, after reeling in a trout at over 25 inches. She was the only fisher to catch a trout even over 20 inches, leaving a series of emotions once Moore made the catch early into the tournament's start. "I was very surprised," Moore said. "I started shaking, couldn't stop smiling. It was just very exciting for me."For winning, Moore was given a lifetime New York state hunting, trapping and fishing license for free, a license which normally costs just under $600.
MORIAH, N.Y. — A fishing tournament for the kids in the North Country is decades in the making.
On Saturday, kids from across Essex County, N.Y. were angling in Roe Pond in Witherbee, N.Y. for the 33rd annual Roe Pond Kids' Fishing Derby.
Kids younger than 15 years old were eligible to win several prizes, including lures, poles and a custom-made fishing trophy for the top three leaders in each age group.
Audrey Moore, 12, was the ultimate winner of the tournament, after reeling in a trout at over 25 inches. She was the only fisher to catch a trout even over 20 inches, leaving a series of emotions once Moore made the catch early into the tournament's start.
"I was very surprised," Moore said. "I started shaking, couldn't stop smiling. It was just very exciting for me."
For winning, Moore was given a lifetime New York state hunting, trapping and fishing license for free, a license which normally costs just under $600.
