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PHOTOS: 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby

by CASEY KREIDER, Daily Inter Lake
| January 4, 2025 3:30 PM

Scenes from the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby held on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4.

    Sophia Naethe waits for a fish to bite at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A young boy carries a new fishing rod won at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Darin Weaver waits for a fish to bite at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Serena Keil-Hoye and Warren Illi place a northern pike on the scale caught by Garin Hicks, left, at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Nola and Tyler Mason carry a pike to shore to be measured at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Ryann Nemelka, 10, shows off the pike she caught to Serena Keil-Hoye at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Callen Tyrone waves as his mom Amber pulls their sled full of ice fishing gear out onto Smith Lake at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Ice fishing tents are spread out across the frozen surface of Smith Lake at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A young girl smiles as she is towed across the frozen surface of Smith Lake at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Lincoln Herbert and his father Don wait for bites at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Northern pike and perch caught at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Kati and Aaron Anderson hold a northern pike they caught that weighed in at 3.89 pounds at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Darin Weaver waits for a fish to bite at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Participants carry a fish to shore to be measured at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby on Smith Lake in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Ice fishing tents are spread out across the frozen surface of Smith Lake at the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing Derby in Kila on Saturday, Jan. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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