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$15,000 1st Place CASH prizes for 1st place winners!!!
Win $15,000 in the 2012 Halibut or Silver Salmon Derby in addition to lots of other great prizes.
Weekly prizes are given away for Halibut Derby weekly top fish and daily prizes are given out in the Silver Salmon Derby.
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Past Halibut Winners
1991 George Levasseur/Skip Johnson 216 lbs Valdez, AK 1992 Tom Mooney 210 lbs Valdez, AK 1993 Greg Hayden 300 lbs Valdez, AK 1994 Thomas Plowman 239.1 lbs Fairbanks, AK 1995 Dan Deutschmann 269 lbs Copper Center, AK 1996 Ms. B.J. Bond 260.8 lbs Delta Junction, AK 1997 Thomas Fulcher 249.3 lbs Munsing, MI 1998 Mickey Longoria 285.2 lbs Fairbanks, AK 1999 unknown * 2000 unknown * 2001 Katie Helkenn *96 lbs Copper Center, AK 2002 Josh Watford 262 lbs Fairbanks, AK 2003 Joe Prax 251 lbs Valdez, AK 2004 Lloyd Jones 310.6 lbs Fairbanks, AK 2005 David Bruno 325.4 lbs Glennallen, AK 2006 Kevin Lincoln 343.6 lbs (record) North Pole, AK 2007 Jim Adams 340.0 lbs North Pole, AK 2008 Jan VanderVaart 251.5 lbs Anchorage, AK 2009 Stephen Caverly 312.9 lbs Eagle River, AK 2010 Loren Bell 277.2 lbs Glennallen, AK Past Silver Salmon Winners
1976 Brett Hartley 18.14 Valdez, AK 1977 Diane Russell 19.04 Valdez, AK 1978 Rich Neil 16.09 Valdez, AK 1979 Vic Salburg, Jr. 16.03 Fairbanks, AK 1980 Robert Kirchener 17.02 California 1981 Gloria Day 18.05 Valdez, AK 1982 Ralph Ellinger 17.06 Valdez, AK 1983 Bill Hureaux 16.06 Valdez, AK 1984 Lewis Berka 20.14 Fairbanks, AK 1985 Doris Ray 18.03 Fairbanks, AK 1986 Rich Neil 18.66 Valdez, AK 1987 Vern Woodward 17.80 North Pole, AK 1988 Paul Haggland 17.58 Fairbanks, AK 1989 Gary Daloyan 16.46 California 1990 Vic Salburg, Jr. 17.96 Fairbanks, AK 1991 Edwin McVaugh 17.05 Fairbanks, AK 1992 Gary Kennedy 19.63 Valdez, AK 1993 Candy Nahinu 17.07 North Pole, AK 1994 Allen Moore 20.04 Valdez, AK 1995 Ralph Roberts 17.61 North Pole, AK 1996 D.L. Morrison 19.52 Gainesville, TX 1997 Howard Chaffin 17.15 Valdez, AK 1998 Jana Hellar 19.48 Oshkosh, WI 1999 John Hales 18.48 Valdez, AK 2000 Patrick O’Donnell 20.21 Valdez, AK 2001 Pravat Phumin 19.40 Valdez, AK 2002 Albert Verrall 21.76 Palmer, AK 2003 Frank Koterba 18.18 Valdez, AK 2004 Don Little 19.44 Eagle River, AK 2005 Brad Grose 18.90 Colorado 2006 Paula Groundwater 18.42 Valdez, AK 2007 Ryan Smith 19.72 Chugiak, AK 2008 Derek Werder 22.14 Valdez, AK 2009 Chuck Gard 22.14 Valdez, AK 2010 Kelvin Cann 19.10 lbs Fallon, NV Past Women's Silver Salmon Derby Winners
2005 Jenny Heckathorn 16.6 Valdez, AK 2006 Paula Noel 17.50 Circle, AK 2007 Sonya Simon 18.32 Tok, AK 2008 Lindsie King 17.54 Valdez, AK 2009 Christy Roden 18.56 Delta Jct, AK 2010 Betty Valdes 18.84 Eagle River, AK Past Kids' Pink Salmon Derby Winners
Please click on the desired year to see a full listing of winners for all age groups, including the three biggest fish.
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2012 Derby Dates
Halibut Derby
May 19 - Sep 2, 2012Kids' Pink Salmon Derby
July 14, 2012Silver Salmon Derby
July 21 - Sep 2, 2012Women's Silver Salmon Derby
Aug 11, 2012Halibut Hullabaloo
June 15 - 24, 2012Silver Big Prize Fridays
July 27 & Aug 31, 2012Valdez, Alaska Info
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