Alan Gray of Otisfield, center, and his three granddaughters, Emma Gray-Richards, left, Baylee Buck, second from right, and Lilly Gray-Richards sit protected from the frigid wind in a portable ice shack during The Range Pond State Park/Sebago Rotary Club Kids Ice Fishing Derby in Poland on Saturday. “We are trying to tough it out,” said Gray while fishing in temperatures that dipped well below zero with the wind chill. Over 130 kids braved the cold weather to fish with the ice-fishing trap and bait that was provided free to children by Kittery Trading Post. “With this weather, we did pretty good to get this many kids out,” said Park Manager Adam McKay. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry stocked brook trout a few days before the derby to give kids a better chance at catching a fish. 

Grace Clayton, 10, of York carries cups of hot chocolate back to her fishing spot on Lower Range Pond during The Range Pond State Park/Sebago Rotary Club Kids Ice Fishing Derby in Poland on Saturday. 

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry raffle off prizes to over 130 kids that participated in The Range Pond State Park/Sebago Rotary Club Kids Ice Fishing Derby in Poland on Saturday. Grayson Landry, 6, of Sabattus won the grand prize, a portable ice shack. 

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