Sawmill Pond continues to be stocked with fish and will be full for the June 9 annual Kids Fishing Derby.

Look for some big cutthroat trout to be on the lines.

This pond on the edge of South Lake Tahoe at Sawmill Road and Lake Tahoe Boulevard is only for kids 14 and younger. No one older is allowed to fish there.

June 9 is the annual Fishing Derby at Sawmill Pond. Photo/LTN file

The pond has been stocked since April and will continue to get new fish through September. The Rotary Club of South Lake Tahoe is helping make that possible. Optimist Club and Raley’s are primary sponsors of the event.

The Department of Fish and Game is bringing in the trout from Heenan Lake for the derby, which is from 8am-noon.

Victor Babbitt with the El Dorado County Fish and Game Commission has these tips, “Some of the best ways to catch fish at the pond are to use power bait or worms. Lures and flies work well, but should not be used when it is crowded.”

Babbitt added that the U.S. Forest Service is working on an interpretive sign project to give information on the local area as well as the native fish, flora and fauna.