Kids wet a line as pros troll for bass, cash in FLW event on Lanier - Gainesville Times

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Kids wet a line as pros troll for bass, cash in FLW event on Lanier

Mercy Smith, 6, looks at a fish her brother, Sam Smith, 11, caught at the Fishing League Worldwide Foundation's United Fishing Derby on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Laurel Park in Gainesville, Georgia. Competitors under 18 were given the chance to win the derby by reeling in the most fish while the professionals were out on the water. - photo by Layne Saliba

03112018 FISHING 8.jpg — Mercy Smith, 6, looks at a fish her brother, Sam Smith, 11, caught at the Fishing League Worldwide Foundation's United Fishing Derby on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Laurel Park in Gainesville, Georgia. Competitors under 18 were given the chance to win the derby by reeling in the most fish while the professionals were out on the water. - photo by Layne Saliba

Rows of pickup trucks were parked near the boat ramp at Laurel Park on Saturday morning, March 10. Each one had a boat trailer hitched to the back, but there weren’t any boats in sight.