{"id":73597,"date":"2019-06-20T08:28:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=73597"},"modified":"2019-06-20T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:29:00","slug":"catfish-derby-held-in-owego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/","title":{"rendered":"Catfish derby held in Owego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over 600 people scattered along the Susquehanna last weekend trying to bring home the biggest bounty in the annual Joseph Kinney Catfish Derby, presented by the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 480.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Catfish derby\" class=\"wp-image-73598\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Fishers showered the river for the biggest catfish for the annual Catfish Derby where the biggest catfish wins. (Photo by Jacob Elsbree)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, bigger is better. The rules are to fish anywhere along the river in Tioga County. On Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, the catfish were weighed and the fisherman with the heftiest wins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big ones stay in a tank at Hickories Park in Owego. The little guys get slid back into the river via a chute with a hose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Catfish derby\" class=\"wp-image-73600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby3-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This young girl isn\u2019t afraid to get her hands dirty. When a fish\u2019s weight was announced, and it wasn\u2019t enough to make it in the tank, she would carry it down to the chute that led the fish back home. (Photo by Jacob Elsbree)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Spinner (\u201cSpinner like you\u2019re going fishing,\u201d he said) is the president of the VVA and has been a part of the Catfish Derby for 15 years. He enjoys seeing the community come together to benefit local organizations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had one little boy this morning, four-years-old, and that\u2019s all he wanted to do was go fishing,\u201d Spinner said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Catfish derby\" class=\"wp-image-73601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby4-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby4-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby4.jpg 1736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>While fishers can go anywhere along the Susquehanna to find the biggest catfish, some decided to stay right in the Hickories Park, like these two gentlemen who were set up next to the boat launch. (Photo by Jacob Elsbree)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Seventeen-year-old Cody Browne and his monstrous 14.22-pound catfish took first place and the prize money on Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adults paid $25 to register, kids ages four to 12 got to fish for free. All money raised goes back into the community, Spinner noted. The VVA takes the money and redistributes it to charities and organizations such as the Rural Ministry, the Owego Boys and Girls Club, local little leagues, scholarships at Owego Free Academy, and more. They use some of the money to buy Christmas gifts for veterans at the Oxford Veterans\u2019 Home as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 600 people scattered along the Susquehanna last weekend trying to bring home the biggest bounty in the annual Joseph Kinney Catfish Derby, presented by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":73599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Catfish derby held in Owego - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Catfish derby held in Owego - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over 600 people scattered along the Susquehanna last weekend trying to bring home the biggest bounty in the annual Joseph Kinney Catfish Derby, presented by...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-20T12:28:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-20T12:29:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"6000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"4000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/\",\"name\":\"Catfish derby held in Owego - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-20T12:28:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-20T12:29:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2019\/06\/20\/catfish-derby-held-in-owego\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2019\/06\/Derby2.jpg\",\"width\":6000,\"height\":4000,\"caption\":\"The biggest catfish are kept in a tank at the Hickories during the weighing. 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