Gavin Sweetser gets ready to reel in some fish from the bank in Swan Pond Park in Riverside during the Recreation Department’s first-ever kids’ fishing derby on June 11. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
Stanley Tokarz casts his line into the Des Plaines River from the bank in Swan Pond Park in Riverside during the Recreation Department’s first-ever kids’ fishing derby on June 11. About 40 kids and their parents showed up to fish on a day where temperatures reached into the 90s. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
Parents help their children put some baits on their children fishing rods during the fishing derby on June 11. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
Paige Connerty has a chance to relax as she awaits a catch during the fishing derby on June 11. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
Julius Graham awaits another catch during the fishing derby. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
About 40 kids and their parents showed up to fish during the Recreation Department’s first-ever kids’ fishing derby on June 11. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
Paige Connerty celebrates with her mother after catching a fish during the fishing derby. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
Paige Connerty shows off her fish she caught during the Recreation Department’s first-ever kids’ fishing derby on June 11. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
Robby Salinas looks at his small crab he caught from the bank in Swan Pond Park in Riverside during the Recreation Department’s first-ever kids’ fishing derby on June 11. About 40 kids and their parents showed up to fish on a day where temperatures reached into the 90s. | William Camargo/Staff Photographer
