Grand River Bass Derby

[fishaman]

Can you fish from shore in this tournament ? Can you fish from shore with the kids at Bingemans ?

[Musky or Specks]

Yes

[jediangler]

I heard that 20 3/8" was the winner.

[profc]

Anyone know what the final results were? I didn't get a single bass all weekend. I got a nice whopper tonight though! A bit over 17" I'm curious where it would have placed.

 

Also, what do the tags look like that they were putting in the fish? I didn't see anything on this guy:

 

Edited July 9, 2009 by profc

[jediangler]

You would have needed something over 19" to even have a chance.

 

The winner was 20 3/8". With a 17" fish you'd probably be around 100th place.

 

I didn't hear if the tagged fish was caught. It was a pretty obvious tag in the middle of the back.

 

If you're hungry for more competition, both Island lake in Orangeville and Valens conservation area have derbies on this weekend.

Edited July 9, 2009 by jediangler

[troutologist]

I miss bass fishing on the grand, I found it to be quite good was there from about 2000-07. October and November were my favourite times...thats when the hawgs seemed to come out in the sections I fished. Still amazed at the size of fish that came out of there.

 

One still haunts me, ran like a salmon then jumped way downstream, 7ish maybe? It was a horse.

 

I avoided the derby weekend too. Never a fan of fishing with a crowd.

 

Good times

[Marko]

Few of us went out wading behind where Dollhouse used to be, got 2 little ones, then moved up few km`s and got 2 large mouths and bunch of rock bass and a fairly big snapping turtle.

[endless]

*roughly* how much would the winning fish weigh? I've seen some pictures from previous derbies and they looked 4-5lbs?

[Cookslav]

I "used" to enter this years ago as a kid, but as I got older the crowds were less appealing

[jediangler]

Endless, a half dozen years ago I caught a 19.5" smallie from the Grand in Kitchener and it weighed 3.3lbs on a digital scale. These are river fish and don't get the girth of smallies in Simcoe or lake Erie. I would say 4 to 4.25lbs for a 20" Grand river fish max. At least up in this section. I'm sure the closer you get to lake Erie the heavier they will weigh per inch of length.