Well, it wasn’t always pretty or exciting, but we made it through another fish derby with fish caught and prizes won. Here are the results:
Largest King, Local’s Prize, Highest Total Combined Pounds of King, Women’s Largest King, and Women’s Highest Total Combined Pounds of King: Lisa Mandeville with her 22.00 lb King
2nd place, First King on Sunday: Ryan Mandeville with his 18.80 lb King
3rd place, Yukoner’s Prize: David Larkin, 16.60 lb King
4th place, First King on Thursday: Dustin Stone, 16.20 lb King
5th place, Youth Largest King: Victoria Edwards, 15.25 lb King
6th place, Summer Worker’s Prize: Drew Cowman, 14.6 lb King
7th place, Largest Feeder King: Josh Hirsch, 12.8 lb King
8th place, Senior’s Award: Don Cebuliak, 11.55 lb King
9th place: Hailey Jensen, 10.10 lb King
10th place, First King in on Saturday, Smallest Legal King: Joe Warchuck, 9.90 lb King
Team Prize (Highest Total Combined Pounds for all persons on a team): The Good and the Bad (Ryan and Lisa Mandeville), 40.80 lbs of King
Largest King or Pink Caught from Shore: Ann Moore, 5.25 lb Pink
Largest Pink: Ann Moore, 5.25 lb Pink
Youth Largest Dolly Varden: Victoria Edwards, 1.75 lb Dolly
Youngest Person to Enter a Fish: Dane Ames (4 years old), 0.45 lb Dolly
So, all in all, we had 10 King Salmon entered. 2 of those were feeders. We had one Pink entered and three Dolly Varden from the Youth.
Thank you to all of our donors, without whom we could not run this derby:
$1,000 – $1,500: Skagway Convention and Visitors Bureau, Fraternal Order of Eagles
$500-$999: SMART Bus, White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad
$100-$499: Petro Marine, Fairway Market, Richter’s Jewelry, Alaska Liquor Store, Skagway Fishing Charters, Fat Salmon Charters
$50-$99: Alaska Power and Telephone
Prizes and Gift Certificates: Nature Creations, Kal Tire, Glacial Naturals, Sugar Mama’s, Skagway Brewing Company, Alaska Brewing Company, Yukon Brewing Company, the Rock Shop, Radio Shack, Cafe Balzam, the Mountain Shop.