Waukegan Fishing Derby

Free Fishing Days in Illinois at the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Free Fishing Days in Illinois bringing out friends and families to the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Karl McNeil (Red) 8 of Racine, getting his fish measured by Tyler Hill of Grayslake during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Free Fishing Days in Illinois bringing out friends and families to the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Emma Hernandez (Right) 10 of Waukegan, pulling the 16.75" fish she caught with her Grandma Eloisa Hernandez of Chicago, this is now a tradition for them being the fourth year in a row that they've participated in the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Emma Hernandez, 10 of Waukegan (Right) getting her 16.75" catfish measured by Tyler Hills of Grayslake during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Free Fishing Days in Illinois bringing out friends and families to fish and to meet Parky at the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Howie Gutierrez, 8 of Waukegan, holds up the small catfish that he caught during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Devinn Smith, 10 of Milwaukee, pulling the lure off her fish that she caught during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Ryan Judt, 5 of Waukegan, didn't care much for the fishing part but more the snail findings during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Matthew Moreno, 11 of Waukegan pointing at the catfish that he caught during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Free Fishing Days in Illinois bringing out friends and families to the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Holding up they're basket of fish they had caught, from left is Darrion Jackson, age 13, Najzi Myers, age 14, and Davioneta Brown, age 12 all from Waukegan, during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Free Fishing Days in Illinois bringing out friends and families to the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Free Fishing Days in Illinois bringing out friends and families to the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Arimus Mosley, 5 of Oak Forest, holds up the most recent fish he snagged in his net during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Arimus Mosley, 5 of Oak Forest, looking down at all the catfish that he helped catch during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Aaliyah Tyrone, 12 of Waukegan, hoping for a snag while she holds her rod during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Marina Justo, 10 of Round Lake holding up her small fish she caught during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Marina Justo, 10 of Round Lake holding up her small fish she caught during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media

Kenneth Bass, 2 of Waukegan, not so much interested in the fishing as much as just the worms during the Waukegan Park District Fishing Derby at Bevier Park in Waukegan.  |  Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media