(From left to right) Brothers Zach, Alex and Frank VandeVeegate go fish while they wait for the crawdad class to start, July 17 at the Aqua Lounge at the Aurora Reservoir. Naturalist Liz Wickard, with the city of Aurora, taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Derek VandeVeegate, 1, plays with blocks while waiting for the crawdad class to start, July 17 at the Aqua Lounge at the Aurora Reservoir. Naturalist Liz Wickard, with the city of Aurora, taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Siblings Juli (left) and Alex (right) VandeVeegate color pictures of crawdads during class, July 17 at the Aqua Lounge at the Aurora Reservoir. Naturalist Liz Wickard, with the city of Aurora, taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Crawdad catching supplies sit July 17, at the Aqua Lounge at the Aurora Reservior. Naturalist Liz Wickard, with the city of Aurora, taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Naturalist Liz Wickard hands out crawdad catching supplies, July 17 at the Aqua Lounge at the Aurora Reservoir. Wickard taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Naturalist Liz Wickard leads a class out to catch crawdads, July 17 at the Aurora Reservoir. Wickard taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Naturalist Liz Wickard leads a class out to catch crawdads, July 17 at the Aurora Reservoir. Wickard taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Naturalist Liz Wickard leads a class out to catch crawdads, July 17 at the Aurora Reservoir. Wickard taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Naturalist Liz Wickard shows a class how to catch crawdads, July 17 at the Aurora Reservoir. Wickard taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Naturalist Liz Wickard shows a class how to catch crawdads, July 17 at the Aurora Reservoir. Wickard taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Naturalist Liz Wickard, with the city of Aurora, helps clip bacon to Juli VandeVeegate’s (center) crawdad catcher, July 17 at the Aurora Reservoir. More than 15 kids showed up to Wickard’s class to learn about crayfish and then walked down to the water to try to catch the freshwater crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)
Jackson Leski, 10, helps unknot his crawdad line, July 17 at the Aurora Reservoir. Naturalist Liz Wickard taught kids the biology of crayfish before the class took a hike to the reservoir where they tried to catch the crustaceans. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)