A couple of Lunkers for Lindsay!!!

Wow....imagine, your first time fishing and you catch not one, but two river trout weighing 6 pounds each!!! That was our niece Lindsay's experience just this past weekend during a fishing derby/fund-raiser, in Oregon. Here is a blip from the local Roseburg, OR paper and a picture.

Lindsay Allen, with help from guide Jerry Phelps, was the top angler during the recent 16th annual Umpqua Fishery Enhancement Derby. Beginner’s luck was in her favor.

Lindsay, 11, reeled in two 6-pound rainbow trout during the Jan. 31 Fishing Derby’s Kids Day at Cooper Creek Reservoir east of Sutherlin. She was one of 54 fifth grade students who enjoyed several hours of fishing in the drift boats of professional fishing guides.


“He was hard to get up,” she said. “He kept pulling away and going under the boat. I was worried I was going to losing it. My arms were tired.”

But finally the fish tired and Phelps netted it.

“I thought it was cool,” Lindsay said. “This was my first time fishing and I caught one that big.”

Several minutes later, the young angler caught another fish that was just a bit smaller than her first.

“They were both fat as pigs,” Phelps said of Lindsay’s catch. “She was really excited about catching them.”



WAY TO GO LINDSAY!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What's for dinner? :)