Fishing Derby – Suffern
Saturday, June 11, 2016 
9:30 – 11am
Ages 13 and under can win prizes and enjoy free BBQ at this catch-and-release derby at Foxwood Pond. You must bring your own poles, but bait will be provided.  

Fishing Derby – Middletown
Saturday, June 18, 2016
8:30am – 12pm
As part of the National Take a Kid Fishing program, the Middletown Lions Club is having a FREE fishing derby at Fancher-Davidge Park. Kids ages 5 through 15 are broken up by age for a shot at winning 26 trophies. Prizes and refreshments will be given out to all children.  

Fishing Derby – New Paltz
Saturday, June 18, 2016
8–10am 
This annual fishing derby for ages 5 through 12 is held at the SUNY New Paltz campus. Looking for something else to do while you’re in New Paltz? We have plenty of ideas.   

Fishing Derby – Circleville
June 25, 2016
8:00am – 12pm
Another derby put on by the Middletown Lions Club, this catch-and-release derby at Circleville Park will also have kids broken up into age categories: 5-7, 8-9, 10-12 and 13-15. You must have your own gear, and only worms can be used as bait.  

Kids Snapper Fishing Derby – New Rochelle
Sunday, September 18, 2016
8am – 12pm 
This derby at Hudson Park is open to kids ages 6 to 16. You must bring your own gear. FREE 

The Southern New York Fishing Derby – Multiple Locations 
January – November 
This granddaddy of all derbies is an 11-month-long rolling event that includes any public fishing waters in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and the rest of the Lower Hudson Valley. The fee is just $10 for the entire year, which includes 11 monthly contests, a pair of two-day contests and an annual one. The Youth Fishing Contest for kids ages 4-15, meanwhile, doesn’t require registration and is FREE. Stewart Marine has all of the nitty gritty, include rules and registration forms. 

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