Hale area F.O.E kid's ice fishing event

[lonehunter]

Well the family and I braved the ice covered roads today to enjoy the hometown atmosphere that the Hale area has to offer .

Our fellow member and bass tournament pro Tom "bassass " as we call him here invited us over for the Hale area kids ice fishing durby . This yearley free event was put together by the Hale area's FATERNAL ORDER of EAGLES and sponsored by the generosity of a multitude of the areas local merchants and volenteers.
To them i must first say," THANK YOU VERY MUCH !" .

I could not belive how well orginised this event was , as a first time visitor I was greatley impressed . My family and i were greeted with frendly s , a bag of goodies for the youngsters to snack on while out on the ice ,unlimited hotdogs , pop , chips, and my favorite fresh hot coco !



THE MASTER ANGLERS

Every child recived something , top anglers recived there plaques , drawing were held for prises (no less than tons of fishing rods , tackle boxes , fishing gear , snow boards , ice rods and reels , lanterns , tackle , gift certificates , and even an ice shanty ) . all other children who didn't place in the contests or drawings recived " goodie bags" most contained fishing rods and tackle and a wide assortment of other various products .



THE TOP ANGLER, 14"YELLOW PEARCH

now the best part of all , the s , there wasen't a kid there that didn't ware a million doller . belive me with the temps being sub zero , not one tear shed , old man winter couldn't touch the warmth of those kids ear to ear grins .

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Thank you MEMBERS, SPONSORS AND ALL THAT ATTENDED , it was one of the best fishing outings i have enjoyed in a long time .
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