jediangler Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Arrived at Valens at 10am with the kayak and had till 2pm to catch a big one. Many boats on the water and just as many shore fishermen. I caught one hammerhandle pike and a WGSF in 3hrs. Packed up the yak at 1pm and went to buy some grub at the concession. Not everyone was at Valens for the Derby. The beach was packed as everyone was trying to keep cool. The crowd started gathering at the weigh station for the 2pm closing. This guy was wading near the beach when he caught this fish and made it to the scales with less than 5min remaining. It was 4lbs even and with a 6oz bonus for live release it was good for 3rd place. He caught it on a jointed rapala in gold w/black back. The top three bass were: 4lb13oz/20.5", 4lb8oz/18", 4lb6oz/17.5" Top three pike were: 6lb2oz/31.75", 5lb13oz/31.5", 5lb9oz/28.5" Keep in mind the 6oz added on for live release. Trolling motors were for first in each category and the big trolling motor was the grand draw prize. I got squat, as usual, at the draw prizes. A young girl won 1st and 3rd in junior bass as well as 1st in panfish. Everyone enjoyed themselves and the weather held up with a little rain around 10:30am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattones Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Amazing! Was it all ages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted July 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Junior-under 16yrs, Senior-over 16yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfisherman Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 (edited) Seems like a good event, will have to check Valens out this year and maybe do next year's derby. Thanks for the info/post! Edited July 14, 2008 by Bigfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Sounds like another fun event. Some pretty decent prizes too! I entered that tourny years ago and back then one of the prizes was a bag of apples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 those are some impressive bass...nice that they're getting released. Thanks for the report...next year we'll have to get some more OFC'ers in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joonmoon Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 At least ya tried Bro, and everyone has a chance at the draw prize. I tried it a few times in years past but never did well....too many boats and I'm sure the fish are hungry since theres no more ice fishing and no fishing til bass opens but glad to see the prizes are getting better every year. No clear bottom yaks this year eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 ive always liked valens. but from those pics i think i will fish anytime other then the derby lol way to many people for me. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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