Nothing but net
By: zachgray
tags: Arcadia, Arcadia Lake, Arcadian, carp, Edmond, Edmond Sun, families, fish, fishing, fishing derby, kids, lake, Lake Arcadia, nets, Oklahoma, parenting, parents, photo, photography, photojournalism, Saturday, shore, The Edmond Sun, weigh, Zach Gray
Category: The Edmond Sun
Luke Ashpole, age 7, carries his 39.7 ounce carp up the rocks to be weighed at Arcadia Lake during the 19th annual Kids All-American Fishing Derby.
This is where I spent the first three waking hours of my Saturday. And as hard as was for me to get up and out of the house by 7 a.m. (special thanks to Asher), it was a lot of fun to go see all of the kids and their parents fishing on the shores of Arcadia Lake.
So far, I haven’t been able to spend so much time on a single assignment. Thanks to the fact that it was Saturday, I was open. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that it was – to me – very interesting. It’s cool to see involved parents taking part in a fun local outing.
I had a hard time picking which image to use for this post, which is a good thing. If you have an extra second, go to this album go through the photos – there are only nine – and leave a comment telling me which is your favorite (1-9).
Here’s the link Fishing Derby Set
Edmond – A Place to Grow.
Does Edmond claim Arcadia Lake?
They own it.
Dang. I guess they lost out on the naming rights.
Fun fact: the lake was named Arcadia Lake before Arcadia, OK, was recognized as a town in Oklahoma. the two occurrences happened months apart in 1987.
… before then, Arcadia (the town) was basically like Deer Creek-Edmond … a defined area/school district/train station.
… “is this a great state or what?”
i just realized in the picture above, the kid is making the same face the fish is.
That is a cool fact. But I bet locals still called the area Arcadia previous to that.
Good eye on the fish face!
Hard to pic a favorite – they are all really good! Actually, you didn’t post my favorite (the one with the little guy reeling in the big one).
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