March 12th, 2007
Salmon Derby
Wow, what a great inaugural year for the Anacortes Scholarship Salmon Derby! More than 750 tickets sold for the two-day derby, March 10-11, in Region 7, with 125 fish caught. Lots of food and thousands of dollars in cash awards and prizes. Derby participants now wait to see if they’ve won a $70,000 boat from the 2007 NW Salmon Derby Series. Top fish was 22 pounds, 8 ounces, caught by Ronald Henning ($5,000 prize!). Kudos to Jay Field and dozens of volunteers from the Fidalgo Island Chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers. Thanks to derby partners, Port of Anacortes and Anacortes Chamber of Commerce.