August 22nd, 2018

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Wawa Salmon Derby Celebrates 36 Years Of Angling Success

Keith Barr Sr. & Keith Jr.: 20.75lb, Largest Salmon: $6,000 & Carl Culver Memorial Trophy

Real & Yoland Leclerc: 7.75lb, Largest Lake Trout: $1,000

Article & photos by Barb Fisher   It has been a busy summer for me covering the many varied summer events taking place in our great community. In recent years I have hung my net in drydock and rely on the diehard fisherpeople to bring me up to speed on the excitement of landing the "big one", and this year with the 101 teams registered there was a boatload of excitement going on.   This is the 36th year that Brad Buck has hosted the Wawa Salmon Derby; an exposition in angling expertise sprinkled with a generous dose of fish story tales. In the early years Brad partnered with Gary Sittler and together co-founded the derby, the headquarters and weigh-in station initially being located at the old ski hill and later moved to the present Marina where every August since, this premiere event in fishing at

pleted on the weigh dock and hopefully this will be done by next derby.   Sunday again featured a pancake breakfast and promptly at 1:00 pm all lines were pulled as the prizes were readied for presentation with a delectable aroma of the simmering roast beef dinner following percolating throughout the crowd. In my search for a unique fishing story this year I chatted with Rebecca Lebel who together with her partner Dustan Knee had landed a big salmon on Friday weighing in at 16.95 lbs. Rebecca was doulbly pleased because she was fishing from the boat that her father Steve had used in many a derby and many successful fishing trips. Steve has recently passed away but Rebecca could feel the presence of her dad as she pulled in the big one taking the prize for the biggest salmon caught on Friday of derby weekend. Steve would have been busting

its finest has all unfolded.The weather was stellar with calm seas giving no extra grief for the 101 registered teams to exercise their angling wiles.... or luck, to bring in the big one.   Friday was officially registration day for the three day event, but for the five days leading up to Friday, anglers could sumit their catch to be eligible for the pre-derby prize for each of these five days. Saturday morning filled the fishermen's tummies with a great pancake breakfast and set the pace for the anglers to get out on the lake and fill their boats before returning at dusk for the evening fish fry. I walked about the marina, checking out the slips and boardwalk repairs that have been wanting for some time now. Everyone seemed to be happy with the repairs and glad to have left their rubber boots at home this year. There is still some work to be com-

with pride.   Thanks again Maxine for organizing the assembly of prizes and making sure I had a complete list of winners and trophy recipients. It makes my job so much easier. Prizes:   Largest Salmon - Keith Barr Sr & Keith Jr - 20.75 lbs - $6,000 by Wawa Salmon Derby & Canadian Tire & winner of the Carl Culver Memorial Trophy.

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Mya Rilley: 16.2 lb, Largest Salmon by an Angler Under 14 Years: Bill Young Memorial Trophy Salmon 2nd to 10th place teams: #2 Terry Reid / Corey Purcell 20.45 #3 Jean Paul Gagnon/ Francois Gagnon 19.45 #4 Terry Reid/Corey Purcell 19.1 #5 Dean Lapham/Ashley Fernandez 17.3 Article Continued on Page 2...


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