'Trout for Tots' scheduled for Synergy Park on Saturday

Posted: 12/09/2009
Author: Longview News Journal

Kilgore Economic Development Corp. invites children to Elder Lake in Synergy Park on Saturday for the first "Trout for Tots" fishing event.

Texas Parks and Wildlife officials from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. will stock the lake with rainbow trout. Children are encouraged to bring their own fishing gear but organizers will provide and rods and reels. KEDC plans to supply canned corn and marshmallows for fishing bait, officials said.

The first 80 children to register will receive gift bags, KEDC Marketing and Development Director Jana Russell said. The event is for children 12 and younger. For more information, call (903) 983-3522.