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 The
Family fishing event and derby organized this year by the Fraser Valley
Salmon Society drew a large gathering to Main Beach at Cultus Lake.
Nearly 250 avid fishers entered the one day event Saturday along with
close to 200 more on lookers taking in the displays and festivities.
An extra drawing this year was the attendance of the Vancouver Canucks and Orca Bay. Fin the Canucks' team mascot, entertained the crowd throughout the day and signed autographs. Fin even fitted in a short fishing trip and was able to land 3 of his "cousins"in under a hour. Trent Klatt and 3 of his 5 children also took in the derby with Piper, Trevor, and Tatum able to land 4 pike minnows that were the quarry of the day. Eric Skanning one of the local Fishing guides that provided their boats for the event had The Klatt family out in his boat. "The Klatt's certainly enjoy fishing and they were able to land 4 and lost a few more" Skanning said. Trent was kept busy baiting the hooks while the kids fished "Skanning added. "All my family enjoys fishing and we spend a lot of the off season fishing back in my home in Minnesota" Klatt said while signing constant line of autograph seekers. Klatt also said he and teammate Brandon Morrison had just returned from a fishing trip at the Queen Charlottes. "Brandon landed a 45 pounder and I got my first tyee (a Chinook over 30 pounds) as I caught a 53 pound Chinook" Klatt said. Peter MacPherson derby chairman for the event said " The derby most likely was our best ever and having Orca Bay involved with us along with Fin and Trent Klatt was a definite bonus. As well being able to take handicapped kids and others out fishing in the 5 boats was very rewarding to us. A lot of thanks has to go to the guides that included Dean Werk, Eric Skanning, Greg Heaps, Greg Larson, and Joe Pomeranz that gave us their time and provided the boats.The fact The Family Fishing Society provided us with numerous prizes sent a lot of young fishers home happy " MacPherson concluded Derby results in the Junior division were: largest pike minnow Shantel Hill with a 2 pound 9 ounce fish. Hadden Dornfield, Brenna Polden, Blayne Dornfield and Cole Rogozinski were the runners up.The largest sucker landed by a junior was a 2 pound 2 ouncer caught by Matt Welch. The "best of seven" total weight saw Derek Senft weigh in 6 pounds and 13 ounces of fish. In the adult division Keith Holdsworth's 3 pound 12 ounce fish took the top Pike Minnow award giving him a 6 hour guided fishing sturgeon trip donated by Great River Fishing Adventures. Tony Ando and Willie Van Schagen finished second and third respectively. Brian Rigters had the top sucker with one weighing in at 1 pound 9 ounces. Wayne Helmer had a total weight of 3 pounds and 11 ounces for "the best of seven" In all categories only one major award could be won by derby contestants. |
