Brayden Russell, bottom, holds onto his friend’s canoe as they pass under the abandoned railroad bridge over the Androscoggin River during Sunday morning’s Moxie Festival Bass Derby. Emery Ouellette, standing, watches his friend Micah Powers grab onto the support beam as their canoe drifts beneath. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Christian Libby, left, of Sabattus and his cousin, Boston Rogers, right, look up at Micah Powers, who is sitting Sunday morning under the bridge over the Androscoggin River, as they return to Miller Park at the end of the Moxie Festival Bass Derby. In the background: Garrett Coulombe, top left, and his father, Dan, get in some last casts of the derby. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Brayden Russell, bottom, holds onto his friend’s canoe as they pass under the abandoned railroad bridge over the Androscoggin River during Sunday morning’s Moxie Festival Bass Derby. Emery Ouellette scrambles back to reverse the motor to get back to Micah Powers, who grabs onto the support beam as their canoe drifts beneath. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lisbon firefighters watch anglers Sunday morning during the Moxie Festival Bass Derby in the Androscoggin River, including 98 entrants in two divisions. The Lisbon Police Department sponsors the derby, donating two lifetime fishing licenses for the top finishers in the youth division and $500 for the adults. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Contestants line up to show photographs of fish they caught Sunday morning in the Androscoggin River during the Moxie Festival Bass Derby in Lisbon. Scott Geissler, foreground, looks at the photograph of a contestant’s fish as others line up and wait to have theirs recorded. Anglers are given a special ruler that they hold next to the fish they caught and take a photograph of it. Weight is not a factor. Only length in the “Catch, Measure, Release” format. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Garrett Coulombe, bottom left, makes some final casts into the Androscoggin River as his father, Dan, enjoys the view before they head back to Papermill Trail/Miller Park near the end of Sunday’s Moxie Festival Bass Derby in Lisbon. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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