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Perrysburg caught up in fishing derby

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Dalton Archambeau, 6, of Perrysburg, left, kept an eye on both his lure and a family of passion ducks during this year's fishing derby.

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"See, ladies can bait hooks too," Dr. Suzette Huenefeld, of Perrysburg, left, joked as she helped her daughter, Miranda Cano, 13, right, with her lure.

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Carter, 5, left, and his brother Riley Wainio, 6, right, inspected the inside of a City of Perrysburg fire truck while taking a break from fishing during this year's fishing derby.

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"They saw the fire truck and they were just done," Amanda Wainio, of Perrysburg, right, joked as she snapped a picture of her son Riley, 6, after he'd clambered into the City of Perrysburg fire truck, manned by Capt. Fritz Grossman, center right. Riley and his brother Carter, 5, had come down to fish but were immediately drawn to fire truck.

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"I got one! I got one!" Sophia Strzensynski, 7, center right, shouted as she raised up the catch she'd nabbed while fishing with her grandfather Dan, of Perrysburg, left, and brother Willy, 3, center. Earlier in the morning Sophia had caught a 12 inch Bass.

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Chase Cannon, 3, of Perrysburg, left, keeps a keen eye on his lure.

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Augie Namay, 5, center, turned from his lure to call for his father, George Namay, of Maumee, (not pictured).

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Bob Cannon, of Perrysburg, center, keeps an arm wrapped firmly around his three-year-old son Chase, center, as they joined other fishermen on the pond bank.

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Rick Sohnly, of Perrysburg, left, shared a quiet moment on his 58th birthday with his grandson Alex Scheak, 11, right. "You couldn't ask for a better day," Sohnly said.

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pbgderby08 As Addison Schliesser, 7, right, watches, Gabrielle Stefanelli, 8, left, has her 14 inch-long Catfish weighed.

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