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Fishing for the love of fishing is what most of us on the water get from angling.
Fishing for a great cause adds to the joy and fun.
This July 21st is the eighth year that the UnitedWay “Leo Lasher” Catfish Derby
is being held. What started very small, with just thirty eight people has grown
into a community outreach benefiting dozens of local non-profit programs.
In just the last three years, the United Way “Leo Lasher” Catfish Derby has
funded over forty eight programs and put over $40,000.00 back into the
community.
“We have prizes for all ages from the tiniest fishermen to the first prize of
$1,500.00 cash on the spot”, said Brad Poster, Executive Director of the United
Way of Columbia and Greene Counties. “We encourage all fishermen from the
“professional” to the families who get their kids up early and across the finish
line.
The first prize has grown significantly to $1,500.00 due in part from donations
from Sequence Development, The Bank of Greene County and the ‘Event
Chairman’ Perry Lasher.
The person who enters the longest “live” Channel Catfish of the day will be
handed fifteen $100.00 bills. Prizes in the next nine places in the Adult Category
include fishing gear (rods, reels and tackle) as well as ice chests and such.
The top prize in the kid’s category is a brand new bicycle and the next nine
winners can also win fishing gear, kid size life vests, movie passes and more.
“One of the best fishing contests
on the Hudson River”!
July 21, 2018
Dutchman’s Landing, Catskill, NY
Prizes, Cash,
Fishing and
Giving: The
United Way
“Leo Lasher”
Catfish Derby