Lucas Modzelewski, left, and Cameron Falanga look over a live minnow to be used as bait during a kids’ fishing derby held at Chet’s Pond on on May 11. Different awards were given out such as largest and smallest fish, first boy and first girl to catch a fish. The event was co-sponsored by Branford Parks and Recreation and The Branford Elks Club. Wesley Bunnell / The Sound

Cameron Falanga look over a live minnow to be used as bait during a kids’ fishing derby held at Chet’s Pond on on May 11. Different awards were given out such as largest and smallest fish, first boy and first girl to catch a fish. The event was co-sponsored by Branford Parks and Recreation and The Branford Elks Club. Wesley Bunnell / The Sound

Gabriel Taverner, left, and Carmelo Crespo try their luck for one of several hundred stocked rainbow trout during a kids’ fishing derby held at Chet’s Pond on on May 11. Different awards were given out such as largest and smallest fish, first boy and first girl to catch a fish. The event was co-sponsored by Branford Parks and Recreation and The Branford Elks Club. Wesley Bunnell / The Sound

Gabriel Taverner attaches a fishing lure to his line during a kids’ fishing derby held at Chet’s Pond on on May 11. Different awards were given out such as largest and smallest fish, first boy and first girl to catch a fish. The event was co-sponsored by Branford Parks and Recreation and The Branford Elks Club. Wesley Bunnell / The Sound