SUNY Fishing Derby a Great Day Out

Above phtoo: Jack Travis, President of the American Fishery Society Club at SUNY Cobleskill shows a freshly caught bluegill before dropping it back into the chilly water last month. Photos by Scott Keidong.

Elena DiGrigoli sits, waiting for ice fishing action.

Carrie McClain lounges on the ice, as Ryan Woodill — officer in Trout Unlimited, The American Fishery Society and SUNY Cobleskill Bass Fishing Club (all three of the college’s fishing clubs) — waits for a nibble.

SUNY Cobleskill Bass Fishing Club President and Ice Fishing Derby organizer Lucas Reiter holds the first prize fish, a 15.5 inch chain pickerel, caught by Collin Rainboth.

A bundled-up ice fisherman stands by a pop-up ice fishing tent, the lakeside houses at the south end of Warners Lake visible behind him. 

A snow squall came through just after Saturday’s SUNY Cobleskill Bass Fishing Club Ice Fishing Derby came to a close, with participants gathering for hotdogs by the weigh in table