A fun-filled event intent on bringing friends, family, and community together for the New Year! Proceeds going to Dropping the Carp Fund and City Park and Recreation Youth Enrichment/Hoffman Hall Activities.

Lucky is Ready!!!

Mike Valley and Granddaughter
"Lucky"
The start of CarpFest begins with “Lucky “ being caught in PdC on Sunday. Here you see CarpFest Committee member Mike Valley and helper Granddaughter Sophia pull Lucky through the ice at Blackhawk Bay. Mike Valley says we were lucky to catch her as she fought all the way in and was one of the toughest battles he has ever encountered in his life with this beast of a fish. Lucky the Carp will be on display on New Years Eve at Lucky Park where you can welcome in the new year and kiss Lucky for Good Luck. Many dignitaries from the area will be at the festivities and rumor has it Mayor Hemmer is practicing his pucker skills. For more information on the many CarpFest Events this week please call 326-7207.


Mike Ulrich
City of Prairie du Chien
Director of Parks & Recreation
214 E. Blackhawk Ave.
PO Box 324
Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
(608) 326-7207 - Phone
(608) 326-8182 - Fax
pdcparks@mhtc.net

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Meet 'Lucky' the Carp

The first annual Droppin' of the Carp was held in 2002. after two local residents spent the year before in Savannah, Ga.. Where they lowered a giant styrophoam peach. "We decided we could have some sort of New Year's celebration here in the Midwest," Tom Nelson, one of the founders, said. "Since New York took the ball idea, a carp was the next local choice. Being on the river, it had to be a fish." The first year, a three foot carp was named Lucky after learning that Chinese people believe that eating Carp on New Years was lucky. Mike Valley, a local business man and owner of Valley Fish Market said, "Everybody always kisses it for good luck."

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