Powell River Outdoors annual Top Rod Derby was the best yet, with 41 boats entered and Mother Nature serving up the best Marine Weather possible. Most all anglers were rewarded with Chinook and Coho during this event, with countless Coho reports coming in. Many Chinook in the 75-80 cm range were caught, however these runs of Chinook were leaner so average weight was 11-14lbs adhering to the 62-80cm slot size regulations. Thanks so much for supporting this Derby and stopping by later at the Forest Bistro for some good food, prizes and Music. Here are the results for the top prizes..p.s. there was an error on the largest Chinook category so me have made the correction below and gave out two prizes for this category.
Largest Lingcod 8.7lbs : Team Dustin Smith $200
Largest Chinook 15.1lbs Team Craig Jantz $300
2nd Largest Chinook 14.3lbs: Team Leah Camenzind $300
Largest Coho 6.1lbs : Team Nico Cristante $500
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Chinook Hidden Weight 12.3lbs : Team Brett Anderson & Mat Mcdonald $1000
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I will get some more photos and details up in the next few days, great to see so many happy faces. .Sam Out!