Previous Years’ Women’s Derby Winners

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2019 Overall Winners

1st
Maleah Chapin
Pasco, WA
13.46 lbs.

2nd
Rowena Palomar
Valdez, AK
13.34 lbs.

3rd
Lily Lindquist
Peoria, AZ
12.62 lbs.

2013 Overall Winners

1st
Regina Blood
Valdez, AK
15.68

2nd
Jamie Arciniega
Valdez, AK
14.96

3rd
Denise Carter
Fairbanks, AK
14.92

View All 2013 Women’s Silver Salmon Derby Winners

2012 Overall Winners

1st
Renee Canavan
Cottonwood, CA
15.22

2nd
Amber Burton
Valdez, AK
14.88

3rd
Katherine Hartley
Kenai, AK
14.64

View All 2012 Women’s Silver Salmon Derby Winners

2011 Overall Winners

1st
Lenore Groundwater 
Green Valley, AZ
16.58

2nd
Jeannette Wakefield
Anchorage, AK
16.24

3rd
Nichole Theisen
Aitkin, MN
16.14

View All 2011 Women’s Silver Salmon Derby Winners

2010 Overall Winners

1st
Betty Valdes
Eagle River AK
18.84

2nd
Charlene Ostbloom
Fairbanks, AK
18.20

3rd
Kaitlin Smith
Valdez, AK
17.36

View All 2010 Women’s Silver Salmon Derby Winners

2009 Overall Winners

1st
Cristy Roden
Delta Junction, AK
18.56

2nd
Kaitlin Smith
Valdez, AK
18.24

3rd
Vivian Snyder
North Pole, AK
16.92

2008 Overall Winners

1st
Lindsie King 
Valdez, AK
17.54

2nd
Kristin Ogonowski
Wasilla, AK
17.38

3rd
Andrea Boschert
Fairbanks, AK
17.00

2007 Overall Winners

1st
Sonya Simon 
Tok, AK
18.32

2nd
Carrie Cramer
Wasilla, AK
17.56

3rd
Kari Dawson
Ione, WA
16.66

2006 Overall Winners

1st
Paula Noel
Circle, AK
17.50

2nd
Danielle Wickland
North Pole, AK
16.32

3rd
Caitlynn Weichert
Wasilla, AK
15.84

2005 Overall Winners

1st
Jenny Heckathorn
Valdez, AK
16.76

2nd
Misty Olson
Valdez, AK
16.42

3rd
Laurie Laurence
Fairbanks, AK
15.14

• Women’s Fish Derby History

  In 2005, derby clerk Angela Corcoran, came up with the idea of doing a fishing event for women. Corcoran and the Valdez Fish Derby Committee invited Fish Alaska Magazine’s publisher Melissa Norris to be keynote speaker and were pleasantly surprised when 372 women showed up for the registration event at Prospector Outfitters sporting goods. The opening event quickly outgrew the original venue and filled the Valdez Civic Center ballrooms to capacity with more than 700 registrants.

  In 2009, the Valdez Fish Derbies weigh-in station weighed in more than 1,000 silvers on the Women’s Silver Derby day. The event has turned into much more than a day of fishing with an opening ceremony featuring music, Fish Olympic Games, Door Prizes, A Bachelor Filet-A-Fish Auction to benefit cancer survivors and the infamous Fox River Sock Toss. Lots of local businesses and big name sponsors like: The North Face; Carhartt; Dansko; Merrell; XtraTuffs; Camelbak; Columbia; SmartWool; Haiku; Chuckar Cherries; Grundens; Ugg; Muck Boots; Helly Hansen; Native Eyewear; Smith Sunglasses; Shakespeare; Adventure Medical Kits; Blue Fox; Gamakatsu; Woolrich; SuperFeet; Therma-Rest; Timberland; Life Is Good; Pendleton and Teva provide prizes for the event.