Under last Saturday’s mild winter sky, nearly six hundred anglers gathered on the Saratoga Lake for the 27^th Annual Ice Fishing Derby.

First place was given to Chris Martinez, of Cheyenne, with the largest fish of the weekend at 23.2 inches, with a girth measuring 12.25 inches and a weight of 4.48 pounds. Second place was hooked by Vincent Ybarra, of Evans, Colo., with a 22-inch fish weighing 4.16 pounds and girth of 12.5. Frank Adkins, of Laramie, took home third place and $500 with his 22.4-inch, 11.5 girth, 3.78 pound fish. Eddie Bohl, of Cheyenne, snagged a bounty fish (pink tagged fish) and won $500.

In the small fry division, Mitchell Leitner, of Aurora, Colo., won a $200 savings bond with an 18.7-inch, 10.25 girth, 2.3-pound fish.