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Trout Fishing Derby at Prairie Park Fishery

Mar. 29, 2011 9:25 am
during a trout fishing derby at Prairie Park Fishery, 2125 Otis Road SE, on Saturday, March 26, 2011, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and Linn County Conservation sponsored the event. The Iowa DNR released 1800 rainbow trout and 200 brook trout into the lake. Fifty fish were tagged and could be redeemed for prizes. (Jim Slosiarek/SourceMedia Group News)
David Voelkel of Cedar Rapids won a Pflueger trout fishing rod and reel with this tagged trout during a trout fishing derby at Prairie Park Fishery, 2125 Otis Road SE, on Saturday, March 26, 2011, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and Linn County Conservation sponsored the event. The Iowa DNR released 1800 rainbow trout and 200 brook trout into the lake. Fifty fish were tagged and could be redeemed for prizes. (Jim Slosiarek/SourceMedia Group News)
Kent Hosch of Monticello puts a trout on a stringer as he fishes during a trout fishing derby at Prairie Park Fishery, 2125 Otis Road SE, on Saturday, March 26, 2011, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and Linn County Conservation sponsored the event. The Iowa DNR released 1800 rainbow trout and 200 brook trout into the lake. Fifty fish were tagged and could be redeemed for prizes. (Jim Slosiarek/SourceMedia Group News)
Four-year-old Alyssa Aragon of Anamosa picks up a trout as she helps stock the lake during a trout fishing derby at Prairie Park Fishery, 2125 Otis Road SE, on Saturday, March 26, 2011, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and Linn County Conservation sponsored the event. The Iowa DNR released 1800 rainbow trout and 200 brook trout into the lake. Fifty fish were tagged and could be redeemed for prizes. (Jim Slosiarek/SourceMedia Group News)
Three-year-old Andy Aragon (left) of Anamosa cranks the handle on his reel as his sister Alyssa, 4, Aragon (second from left) fish during a trout fishing derby at Prairie Park Fishery, 2125 Otis Road SE, on Saturday, March 26, 2011, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The children's mother Lindie Hunter brought them to the park for the event. The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and Linn County Conservation sponsored the event. The Iowa DNR released 1800 rainbow trout and 200 brook trout into the lake. Fifty fish were tagged and could be redeemed for prizes. (Jim Slosiarek/SourceMedia Group News)