Thank you to all the volunteers and sponsors who make this event the best salmon derby in the world.
The 24th annual derby will take place on June 19 and 20, 2010
Check the site periodically for updates for this year's big event.
2009 turned out to be one heck of a derby with a technical 'Tie of Tyees' for 1st place with the first fish weighed taking the prize as the rules state. Both fish weighed in at 36.2 lbs. Between 1st and 5th place there was only a difference of 0.6 pounds (9.6 ounces).
Check Out the Derby Photo Galleries
Use this link to see all of the results of the 2009 Juan de Fuca Salmon Derby and pictures of all the fish & the people who caught them on the FishTactics Results Board
Congratulations to first place winner James Hawthorne: 36.2 pounds:
James at the weigh in scales:
2nd place winner Riley Smith: with a tied tyee of 36.2 lbs
Congratulations to the many, many winners at this years derby. Fishing was great Saturday with a much better presence of Chinook this year. It was quite a run between 1st and 2nd place this year with both fish weighing in at 36.2 pounds. As per the rules, first place went to the first to be weighed in. Interestingly, the winning 2008 derby winning Chinook weighed in at 36.8 pounds. Joe Kadar caught that one entirely on his own.
First: 36.2 lbs: James Hawthorne
Second: 36.2 lbs: Riley Smith
Third: 36.0 lbs: Dave Homer
Fourth: 35.7 lbs: George Doulakis
Fifth: 35.6 lbs: Brian Busby
George Doulakis of Lazy Days Charters decided to keep fishing for "the big one" rather than running in to weigh this beautiful fourth final place fish. George continued to fish for over seven hours before hitting the scales to weigh in. George is adamant that he will not be making a similar decision again in the future. At weigh in George's fish was exactly a half pound less (0.5lb) than the two winning and technically tied fish. Time was the deciding factor all around. We have never had a closer finish for the top 5 places.
Pro-Troll Fishing Products, based out of California recently contacted the derby executive and let us know that they think that the Juan de Fuca Salmon Derby is now the "Top Derby in Canada" (not just the top salmon derby) . Thanks to all who make this event such a tremendous success.
The, work has already started on the
plans for the 24th Annual Juan de Fuca Salmon Derby slated
for Father's Day weekend, June 19 and 20, 2010. As most participants
know, there is a tremendous amount of work that goes into
this derby. As the old saying goes, "Many hands make
light work". So, to that end, we would like
to invite and encourage anyone interested in helping out
this year to volunteer in any way possible. To help
out, please contact George at: gwetherell@jdfsalmonderby.com or
Fred at: mcculloughfred@shaw.ca Your
help is needed... Please help us to make this yet again the
best salmon derby in North America. Each year continually
brings great new opportunities for improving this awesome
event.
