Derby Night
At 7 pm on the Saturday night of August 20th, the scales closed down to late-comers dismayAs preperations for the evenings celibrations went under way.
All the boats had been unloaded
and all the fish had been recorded.
The door's of the Spar Tree opened wide
as many a fishermen went inside.
Some hopes were a floating.
While others wished they were still boating.
As the celibrations went under way.
Cathy called out the names
the winners claim to fame
The largest halibut was first, 127.5lbs to sport
came from the line of Ron Davenport
The Cod that won was 22.5lbs, so give him a hand
the fisher that is Chuck Forsland
For Coho the winner Zack Miller
Came in with a 16. 3/4lb killer
The Chinook that came in was confused for a ferry
and was 34-3/4 lbs brought in by Art Perry
The rest of the prizes were all handed out
From Fish Dances to Fish stories, all BS without a doubt
DERBY WINNERS!!!
Halibut:
- 3rd: Rod Goe with 53.25
- 2nd: Dave Pridge Jr with 57lbs
- 1st: Ron Davenport with 127.5lbs
Cod:
- 3rd: Paul Vanderborn with 18.5lbs
- 2nd: Zack Miller 21.5lbs
- 1st: Chuck Forsland 22.5lbs
Coho
- 3rd: Wayne Hopkins with 16lbs
- 2nd: Russ Anderson with 16.25lbs
- 1st: Zack Miller with 16.75lbs
Chinook
- 3rd: Trisha Nelson and Sara Steinbeck tied with 32lbs
- 2nd: Mike Legee with 32.25lbs
- 1st: Art Perry with 34.75lbs - the grand prize was $1000 and Art donated $200 to Salmon Enhancement, the fish thank you!
and Now for some Pictures:
The Newbie Award: Given to the most enthusiastic newcomer, in honor of Rosy Cyr, Denny Lucas, and Frankie Gibb - all of whom are missed dearly.
This year the award goes to.... Larry Bryant.
The Best Fish Story, no truth needed
This Year it was a tie between Scotty Gibb and Russ Anderson, you'll have to ask them for their BS... I mean stories
The runners up in the Fish Dance, they came in second to...
...the fishy stylings of Marcus Bannon and Pat Cyr.
Marcus Bannon and his fishin' friends from California with one of the Spar Tree waitresse, hanging out at the Wrap-Up party and having a good time.
And Gary Pegrin collects his prize... a gaff. Careful Gary.. you are waving it a bit TOO enthusiastically, and a bit TOO close to Cathy!
As some people know the net proceeds of the derby go to salmon enhancement
so here is some stats on the funds raised for this cause:
Last years total was $2383.84
This years total is $3658.03
which is a 53% increase from last year
and the net total for the two years is $6041.87
Thanks for all your support and effort and we hope to see everyone again next year.
