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Fishing Derby Reaches 9,000,000

Fishing Derby Reaches 9,000,000 Participants

By Ronnie Garrison, About.com

Nine-million: that’s the number of young anglers, family members and volunteers who have participated in the Wal-Mart Kids All-American Fishing Derby program since it began in 1986. These factoids are courtesy of Hooked on Fishing International, Ketchum, Okla., the company that started and has managed the successful program since the beginning.

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