Young sports boys & girls get your tackle ready the Wallback Lake Youth Fishing Derby is near. It will be held Saturday, April 18th, 2015 with registration starting at 7:30 am for young anglers from preschool through 14 years of age.
There will be a casting contest and a turkey calling contest provided by the Big Knob Hunting Club and Buffalo Creek Watershed. Bobber, the water safety dog will be in attendance along with Burnsville/Sutton US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate water safety.
Rules and regulations: All young sportsmen must be registered & accompanied by an adult, Registration & Liability Form must be SIGNED, No fish are to be released, two trout limit in netted area. Groups are as follows: Preschool – K 8:00am – 8:45; 1st & 2nd Graders 9:00am – 9:45; 3rd, 4th & 5th Graders 10:00am – 10:45; 6th Grade up to 14 years of age 11:00 – 11:45
Thank you to the Clay County Little League, which has agreed to NOT schedule until noon, so the kids can come and enjoy this event. Sponsors at this time are: WVDNR, Appalachian Timber Services, Strata Products Inc. LLC., Zoom Baits, Charlie Brewers Slider Co., Dr. Michaela Kessler, Arlene Tucker – Clay County Commission, King’s Wrecker Service, Frank & Toni Massey, Al’s Goldfish Lure, Cabela’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ramsey Excavating, Clay County Family Resource Network, Morgan Triplett, Clay County Bank, Elk Valley Physical Therapy, AMRON Building Components, PRADCO, Jim Dawson Service Center, Gould’s Electric Motor Repair, Jeanie Davis Real Estate & Auction, Total Comfort Heating & Cooling, Nottingham’s Store, Don Jarvis, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Tim Guiden, Dora Hughes, Ferrebee’s Auto Body, Salisbury Auto Salvage, Home Health Advantage, NAPA, David Walker, Jamie Morris Car Wash, Moon & Peach Mullins, Mister Twister, Big Game International, Greg Fitzwater – Clay County Commission, Nettles Equipment, Clay Farm Bureau Co-Op, Elk Valley Heating, Wright & McGill, Top Brass, ACCAD Corporation, TTI-Blakemore, Matthew Layne, Crème Lure, Ernie Nester Chapter of Trout Unlimited, CONSOL, Cunningham Motors, Premier Bank, Roy Smyth, Bullards Exxon, Sizemore’s Greenhouse, Subway, Crossroads Best, Legg’s Welding, Clay Lions Club, Rocky & Sharon Boggs, Wilson-Shamblin-Smith Funeral Home, Big Knob Hunting Club, Buffalo Creek Watershed, Burnsville/Sutton US Army Corps of Engineers, Allen Hamrick, Brian Moore.
This event is sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources and volunteers. For more information or to make a donation; contact Connie or Jackie Sizemore at 304-587-4492.
