A real fish story: The fish just weren't biting
Bluffton Community's Sportmen's Club stocked the Buckeye with lots of trout, but on Sunday the fish just weren't biting.
Sunday's trout derby did have some winners, however, Danny Pierce of McComb was winner of the 50/50 drawing. He went back to Hancock County with $757.50 in his billfold. The Sportsmen's Club took an equal amount for its future stocking projects.
Other winners follow:
Dollar Raffle: 1st, side of beef, Eric Lamb, Columbus Grove,
2nd, $200, Chris Snyder, Columbus Grove,
3rd, $100, Brandon Falk, Bluffton,
4th, $75, Tim Ruhe
5th $50.00 Mark Falk, Bluffton
6th $25.00 Leanne Silvers, Findlay.
7th, massage, Andy Conrad.
Tom Hopson of Ada was the first fisherman to grab the four-trout daily limit. Noah Edwards of Bluffton caught the longest trout of the day. It measured 15 1/8 inches.
Only two tagged trout were caught during the derby. They were tag 153, Tom Hopson, Ada, and tag 45 Cullin Tussing, Findlay.
Consolation prizes remain for all tagged trout caught until Labor Day.
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