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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: chris gadsden on May 01, 2010, 07:21:44 PM
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Just a heads up that the annual Pikeminnow derby is now in the planning stages, more information in the weeks ahead.
For now information sent to me by Nick.
PLACE-CULTUS LAKE
DATE- SATURDAY, JUNE 19 2010
START TIME:DAYLIGHT FINISH TIME: 2:00PM
DERBY DAY TICKET SALES START AT 7:00AM AND END AT 12:30PM
75% OF DRAW PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN FROM EARLY BIRD TICKET SALES (PRE DERBY DAY)
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Hi Chris,
I am looking for further information regarding this Derby, specifically about sponsorship. Can you please PM me with a contact name and phone number to discuss further as I am having a hard time finding further information about this year’s derby.
thank you!
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Hi Steve, for sponsorship enquiries for the pikeminnow derby, send an email to Evelyn Kwak at evelynkwak@shaw.ca.
If they already have enough sponsorship, I'd be happy to accept some for our event in July http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fftf ;D
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Hey Chris, I'm thinking of taking my daughter, what's the best bait for the pike minnows?
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Hey Chris, I'm thinking of taking my daughter, what's the best bait for the pike minnows?
Worms, hot dogs, bread dough and small spoons.
Also best to take a boat if you have one but there will be guide boats to take people out for short trips.
Of course there is docks to fish from but last year the fishing was slow from them.
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Looking forward to taking out my little cousins to this event. They've never been fishing before. good opportunity to get them excited about it
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Looking forward to taking out my little cousins to this event. They've never been fishing before. good opportunity to get them excited about it
Very good, lots of prizes again this year. A reminder that 75% of draw prizes are for tickets bought before the day of the derby. Tickets at Fred's Custom Tackle, Chilliwack Dart and Tackle and Rosedale Mini Mart. Entry $5 adults and $2 under 16.
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Here is a video clip of the derby in 2007 for those who have never been, so you have a better idea on what type of fishing is available.
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/video/special-2007-02.html
Chris failed to mention that Nina was about to clean up the pikeminnow population at the public dock last week until he and I lost her magic lure. ::) :-\
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/fishingwithrod/2010/100619-01.jpg)
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Frank, Nick and I went out to Cultus Lake today and tagged more Pikeminnows for the derby, there now is a total of 75 of them swimming around the lake with tags. Anyone catching one of these numbered tagged PM's on derby day will win $100. We will be tagging another 25 before the derby.
It was nice day on the lake except for a late afternoon rain showere and of course Nick out fished us on the pikeminnows as well he picked up 2 nice cutthroat. Certainly a fishery that is over looked on this lake.
The seine boat that has a contract with the Salmon Round Table to remove pikeminnows was catching a good number today as well.
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Frank, Nick and I went out to Cultus Lake today and tagged more Pikeminnows for the derby, there now is a total of 75 of them swimming around the lake with tags. Anyone catching one of these numbered tagged PM's on derby day will win $100. We will be tagging another 25 before the derby.
It was nice day on the lake except for a late afternoon rain showere and of course Nick out fished us on the pikeminnows as well he picked up 2 nice cutthroat. Certainly a fishery that is over looked on this lake.
The seine boat that has a contract with the Salmon Round Table to remove pikeminnows was catching a good number today as well.
Hey Chris, nice to see you out there today ;D
Glad you guys got a few... we caught one of the tagged ones in the net too as well.
Ended up getting 1500 in 2 sets... man was I ever busy for a while :o
And as for trout...
There are a heck of a lot of them at the far end of the lake.. we got 33 in one net set, and seem to get a few in most sets. All are of pretty good size too.
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Excellent thx for the info, I'm looking forward to a fun day on the water for a good cause.
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Frank, Nick and Gerry tagged the rest of the pikeminnows today at Cultus Lake for a total of 100 swimming around now with a tag worth $100 if you get the specially numbered tagged PM's.
Leave them alone Every Day. ;D ;D ;D
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Frank, Nick and Gerry tagged the rest of the pikeminnows today at Cultus Lake for a total of 100 swimming around now with a tag worth $100 if you get the specially numbered tagged PM's.
Leave them alone Every Day. ;D ;D ;D
Only caught 2 so far... and I was the one that had to help them swim away :'(
Gotta start carrying a bucket full of water around with me when Im on the boat ;D
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More information for the derby from Ev
Greg Clark Memorial Family Fishing Derby at Cultus Lake Main Beach
. June 19, 2010 from sunrise to the weigh in at 2 pm sharp
. The derby is sponsored by the Fraser Valley Salmon Society and the
Family Fishing Weekend
. Cost is $2 for children and $5 for adults 16 and over
. **It is very important that you purchase your tickets before the day
of the event as we draw 75% of the prizes on tickets that were purchased
before the derby. What we do is take all the tickets bought before the
derby day and draw them around 9 am in the morning and post the ticket and
prizes so that they can be picked up the ticket holder anytime before 2 pm
on derby day. This saves us a lot of time at the end of the derby.
. Tickets can be purchased at Fred's Custom Tackle, Chilliwack Dart &
Tackle and Rosedale Mini Mart
. We have a lot of prizes some of them are very significant.
o 2 Mountain Bikes with $50 gift Certificate
o 8 digital cameras with other fishing equipment with 6 of the cameras
o Upgraded pontoon boat
o Professionally Guided Sturgeon Fishing trip for 4
o PVR
o About 200 rod and reels
o Assorted fishing tackle
o T Shirts, hats numerous other items
. Every Pikeminnow caught in Cultus Lake on Derby Day using proper
fishing methods and brought to the weigh in is worth $2 no matter what size
it is.
. 100 Pikeminnows have been tagged with a special spaghetti tag and if
caught are worth a minimum of $100 each
. Any other tag caught in Cultus Lake on Derby Day using proper
fishing methods in a Pikeminnow is worth $25 per fish
. A food concession is available for all at near cost prices
. You must have your own fishing tackle but we do have some men that
would be willing to help you set up your rod and reel if you are unsure how.
. Pikeminnows are biting right now on worms and crickets
. Bring your own boat be it motorized or a canoe, if you do not have a
boat you can fish off the piers on Main Beach at Cultus Lake
. There will be numerous other organizations that have set up booths
to bring awareness to their organization and how it operates
. We will have face painting for the younger children
. If you have any questions please call Evelyn at 604 799 3466
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I will not be in the Chilliwack area until the derby day. Can you buy tickets over the phone?
Thanks
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I will not be in the Chilliwack area until the derby day. Can you buy tickets over the phone?
Thanks
Sorry, no Ian but I will send you an e mail as I can help you out on this.
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Thanks Chris.
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I caught a 2-ft pikeminnow BY ACCIDENT at Alouette a couple of days ago. Had no idea. Looked up the Synopsis, and found that it looked most like the bull trout, so I thought I caught one and got so excited. Took it to Hatch Match'r for verification, and they told me it was a squawfish, and that it was only good for fertilizer? :(
Anyways, since it is a native fish, if you want to protect the sockeye, why not close down the fish farms, instead of exterminating another species of fish.
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Why does fishing out pikeminnows (a native fish) draw so much less controversy than fishing out carp (an exotic) anyways?
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=23992.msg226231#msg226231
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There will be prises for pikeminnows at the derby on Sunday.
Also pikeminnows are edible I know we had to eat some to please my daughter. Taste like cod. The problem is they have more fine bones than a herring. I hear they are good smoked and Rod told me they make good soup.
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Hi, I was wondering how I could order my tickets without going all the way to Chiliwack?
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There will be prises for pikeminnows at the derby on Sunday.
Also pikeminnows are edible I know we had to eat some to please my daughter. Taste like cod. The problem is they have more fine bones than a herring. I hear they are good smoked and Rod told me they make good soup.
I concur with this. They make perfectly good stock for soup, stew and such, and have a pretty good flavour.
I figure the reason why they're considered such a pain in the *** is because westerners don't have much of a culture for boiled fish products.
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Chris, could you help me with my dilemma?
Thanks
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Chris, could you help me with my dilemma?
Thanks
Trying to send you an e mail but would not go through, trying a PM message now.
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Let me know you get the message and send info back by e mail please.
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If you are coming to the derby a reminder to buy your ticket by 5 pm tomorrow to qualify for the draw prizes. Nick tells me he has 200 excellent draw prizes to be given out.
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shhhhhh you're ruining our chances of winning the prizes........ ;)
we have a square foot or two of space left in the garage that's just crying out to be filled with crap.... :P :D
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If you want crap to fill up your garage, I can easily load up a car full of it in Richmond and deliver to Chilliwack. ;D
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shhhhhh you're ruining our chances of winning the prizes........ ;)
we have a square foot or two of space left in the garage that's just crying out to be filled with crap.... :P :D
One man's junk is another man's treasurer but you are too young to know that. ;D ;D ;D
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Chris, I cant email you back so what is your personal email?
Thanks
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Chris, I cant email you back so what is your personal email?
Thanks
Sorry I did not get back to you but I was away at the derby from Friday around 2:30 until now so I did not get this, sorry
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A short report on the derby as I only had 3 hours sleep last night as I camped out at derby headquarters Friday night. An all night party, across from me on the other side of the Lake made sleep difficult. How many times do they have to sing "Happy Birthday" at the top of their lungs to one of their group?
Then I had to go and open the gate to the boat launch at 4 AM only to find the key I was given did not fit the lock. I then had to deal with an early bird wanting to launch his boat. What happened next is another story for another day. Back to camp I found the coffee pot I had plugged in did not work and all I got was hot water, so much for getting rid of the night's cobwebs.
Anyway I thought the derby went very well thanks to the work of many as lots families had an enjoyable day. Good displays, good food and good weather except for a wind that came up in the early afternoon. Fishing was not all that good with 867 tickets purchased with 808 pikeminnows brought to the scales.
Some of the highlights were, one of the 100 special tagged fish was caught, winning the angler $500 cash, she also took home heaviest fish honours in the adult division winning a PVR. The tagged fish was 1.20 kg, .10 over second place. The most fish taken by a adult was 52 with another angler landing 51.
The heaviest fish by a junior was a pike minnow of 1.06 kg taken by a boy. He took home the coveted Greg Clark Memorial Trophy along with a Norco Mountain bike, a $50 Gift certificate and a Zebco pack rod.
The largest fish landed by a girl hit the scales at .92 kg. She also picked up a bike, $50 certificate and Zebco pack rod.
Most fish by a Junior boy was 22 while a junior girl boated 14.
Other derby facts.
4 fish tagged by FOC and others over the years were captured with the lucky anglers being awarded $25 each.
Close to 250 draw prizes were also given out to anglers with 203 being for people who bought tickets before Saturday morning.
All anglers who entered a fish were entered in a draw with 10 of them winning $50 each.
Thanks to the generous support of many organizations and individuals along with many Fraser Valley Salmon members who were involved made it one of the best derbies put on at Cultus Lake. Also to the guides who brought their guide boats to take families out fishing.
A lot of thanks goes these people along with the agencies and groups that put up displays, and last but not least to Nick, Frank and Ev who held us all together.
I hope I have made no major errors on this writeup, if so blame it on the lack of sleep. A few pictures to follow.
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thanks to the organizers and sponsors for putting on a really good event!
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Another great derby.This was my twentieth time in this derby and over the years I have seen it shrink than grow than shrink and now grow again substantially at that.I also remember much cooler weather around derby time in past years many memories of sitting in the canoe in the pouring rain with dad all day.Also noticed the numbers of fish and size are getting lower which means its working.Evenings on cultus can be deadly for trout now which is nice.I dont recall seeing that many large jet boats at the derby in the past must be a sign of the economy and the growing popularity of the sport which leads to my rant,we found a spot on the shore early in the morning, knowing it was a popular spot I knew we would be sharing it with many people which we did many families came and went during the day and it was nice to meet many nice people and watch many fathers untangling the young ones line, than half way through the day a large jet boat decide to pull up and anchor 20 feet off shore directly in front of me and a few other families right in the area we were casting to .Every one on shore looked at each other in disbelief and after a short while I explained to him that we were fishing there and I would appreciate it he would anchor a little further out so the people on shore could still cast.The man just turned his back and ignored me.So we cut out trip sort and headed to the weigh in which was great lots of fun for the kids and some great fishing stories so thank you pacific salmon society and up yours guy in jet boat see ya next year.
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Chris' derby photos can now be seen at:
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1453
If you have photos that you'd like to be included in that album, please feel free to send it to info@fishingwithrod.com.
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I heard most fish was 51, we were only out 2 hours, and got 20 within a 40 minute span. I like getting paid to catch fish, no more disappointment in a small fish. ;D
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Story that I wrote for the Chilliwack Progress here.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/community/96912449.html
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Was a great day, lots of happy people. I'd like to say thanks to everyone who put the time in to make this another great event.