Ice Derby Recap

I'm pretty sure I mentioned the fishing derby we had here at Camp about three weeks ago, but I just realized that I never posted any pictures from the fabulous event. The picture above has Robin, our program coordinator, helping a fine young man (and Chinga Camper this summer) use an ice auger to drill a hole into the ice that will then allow them to attempt to catch some fish. But before you can drop your line down, you have to do what the wonderful young lady above (and also a Chinga Camper this summer) is doing. You have to scoop out all the ice bits, from the hole, that was created by the ice auger. Once you have completed those two steps, you can set-up a "tip-up" (lower left). Which explained quickly, is a line that we drop down into the water that has a flag attached to the top of it. When a fish bites the line, the flag on the tip-up shoots straight up and you can tell from a good distance away that you have just caught a fish (lower right)!