2010 Halibut and Salmon Derbies Grand Prizes
1st Place: $15,000 cash!!!
2nd Place: $5,000 cash
3rd Place: $2,000 cash
17.10 Silver Caught from City Dock, 2 angler catch one Halubut
August 30, 2010
VALDEZ – The fish are big in Valdez, but not big enough to beat 10-year-old Kelvin Cann of Fallon, Nevada. Cann hooked a 19.10 pound silver August 10th and despite the huge number of large fish coming to Port Valdez, no one has been able to knock him out of the top spot. The daily first and second place winners have been in the fifteen to seventeen pound range, but none have been big enough to displace the 2nd and 3rd place leaders either. In fact, Betty Valdes of Eagle River is still holding onto 3rd place with the 18.84 pound silver she caught in the Women’s Derby August 14th. And Chelsea Harrison of Valdez is still in 2nd place with the 18.96 pound silver she caught August 2nd.
Barbara LeGendre of Junction City, Oregon caught a 17.10 pound silver from the Valdez City Dock, but it only landed her 2nd place for the day August 28th as Brian Hull of Anchorage Alaska reeled in an 18.46 pound silver. Hull’s fish was big, but just shy of breaking into the overall standings.
While it seems that everything is working to catch the silvers this year, Pat Olson of Valdez said most anglers are fishing 15 to 40 feet deep and the color green seems to be working well. The majority of anglers are trolling at shallow depths and the fish are definitely into Port Valdez and moving onto Allison Point to end their journey at the Valdez Hatchery. With Big Prize Friday September 3rd and the end of the derby Sunday, September 5th there are still a few days of tremendous silver fishing left.
2010 Top 50 Women's Derby Photos
The photos of the top 50 in the Women's Silver Salmon Derby are now online. You may view them either by clicking below for our Picasa Web Album, or by visiting our Women's Derby 2010 Winners page. The photos were taken by Joe Prax for the Valdez Fish Derbies and we do have high resolution images available if you would like them. Just e-mail us at kvak@kvakradio.com or call us at 835-5825.
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| Top 50, Women's Silver Salmon Derby 2010 |
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| Participants, Women's Silver Salmon Derby 2010 |
Janaea Koch of Valdez Reels in 7.78 pound Pink Salmon to Win Kids Derby
More than 600 hot dogs, 275 snow cones and eight pounds of popcorn were consumed by the crowd of children and families gathered at Dock Point in Valdez for the Kids Pink Salmon Derby Barbeque Saturday. After several weeks of drizzly weather in Valdez, the skies parted for a day of fishing, followed by a barbeque put on by the Valdez Fish Derbies. With 228 children coming to the weigh-in station to register, it took awhile for the results to be tabulated after weigh-in closed at 5pm.
View all the Kids Derby participants in our Picassa album.
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2010 Valdez Fish Derbies Dates
Valdez Halibut Derby: May 22 - Sep 5, 2010
Valdez Kids Pink Salmon Derby: July 17, 2010
Valdez Silver Salmon Derby: July 24 - Sep 5, 2010
Valdez Women's Silver Salmon Derby: Aug 14, 2010
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Silver Salmon daily limit: As per the State of Alaska Fish & Game regulations, the daily limit for Silver salmon is 6 per day, with 12 in possession.