Valdez Women’s Silver Salmon Derby

Tickets

Tickets are $50, + Silver Salmon Derby Ticket (daily or season).

Registration Info

*Women’s Derby Events are ONLY open to WOMEN WITH A 2017 DOG TAG.

For more details, download the flyer :

Early Registration Begins: August 5th – 12th at the Prospector Valdez
(New location! – 200 Egan Drive)
Friday, August 11th: After 6:00pm, register up at the Opening Ceremonies at the Civic Center:
6:00-9:00pm
Saturday, August 12th: Prospector: 5:30am – Noon

CLICK HERE for more information about buying a RESERVED Table for Women’s Derby

Weigh In Hours

9:00am – 6:00pm
Thank YOU to Our Super Weigh In Volunteers! Weigh In station located near the Harbormaster’s business office.

Events

Opening Celebration

Friday, August 11, 2017
SILVER SALMON SISTERHOOD™ OPENING CELEBRATION
Valdez Civic Center • 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Lots of Great Door Prizes • No Host Bar • Wheel of Chocolate • Costume Contest • Fish Olympics
Theme for this year is “Adventures On the High Seas”

Awards Party

Saturday, August 12, 2017
SILVER SALMON SISTERHOOD™ AWARDS PARTY
“Crowning of the Queen of the Silver Salmon Sisterhood™”
Valdez Civic Center • Doors open at 7:00pm • Event begins at 8:00pm
Music • Door Prizes • No Host Bar • Top 50 Prizes Awarded

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General Information

The 2017 Women’s Silver Salmon Derby will be held on Saturday, August 12th!

A fishing derby just for women?!?
That’s right. The Women’s Silver Salmon Derby has been going on for 13 years and running. It is the ONLY women’s fish derby in Alaska. You can read more about the Women’s Fishing Derby History here.

Women’s Derby Events are ONLY Open to WOMEN with a 2017 DOG TAG. We are excited that an unlimited number of women can enter the salmon fishing part of the event. Unfortunately, we have limited space at the Civic Center for the events. ADMITTANCE IS NOT GUARANTEED DUE TO SPACE CONSTRAINTS.

For more information, call 907-255-4727 or email info@valdezfishderbies.com.

If you have ever wondered where your money goes? Here are the answers.

More Information

Valdez Fish Derbies
Runs Derbies and Events all summer long
Pays Out CASH Prizes for all derbies
Gives away $10,000 CASH to someone who purchases a derby ticket

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2016 Women Silver Salmon Derby – Top 3

1st Place
Nana Matsui
Valdez, AK
15.90 lbs

2nd Place
Cindy Unger
Valdez, AK
14.58 lbs

3rd Place
Karinna Gonzalez
Fairbanks, AK
14.46 lbs

CLICK HERE for 2016 Women’s Derby Slideshow

2016 Women Silver Salmon Derby – Top 50 List

CLICK HERE to view Pictures of Top 50

Place	Name	Hometown	Fish Weight

1^st	Nana Matsui	Valdez, AK	15.90 lbs.
2^nd	Cindy Unger	Valdez, AK	14.58 lbs.
3^rd	Karinna Gonzalez	Fairbanks, AK	14.46 lbs.
4^th	Tammy Hurst	Valdez, AK	14.22 lbs.
5^th	Beverly Lee	Gladstone, MI	14.16 lbs.
6^th	Sandra Petersen	Scottsdale, AZ	13.96 lbs.
7^th	Laura Saxe	Valdez, AK	13.78 lbs.
8^th	Pam Carbaugh	Anchorage, AK	13.74 lbs.
9^th	Cheryl Painter	Chugiak, AK	13.74 lbs.
10^th	Michale Carlile	Wasilla, AK	13.62 lbs.
11^th	Veronica Burzinski	Anchorage, AK	13.46 lbs.
12^th	Sharon Baxter	Fairbanks, AK	13.32 lbs.
13^th	Annella Dickinson	Valdez, AK	13.30 lbs.
14^th	Natalie Croteau	North Pole, AK	13.14 lbs.
15^th	Christy Franklin	Valdez, AK	13.10 lbs.
16^th	Lynda Hernandez	Anchorage, AK	13.08 lbs.
17^th	June Smith	Fairbanks, AK	12.98 lbs.
18^th	Savannah Cockerham	Valdez, AK	12.88 lbs.
19^th	Jennifer Cooper	Fairbanks, AK	12.86 lbs.
20^th	Jessica Risk	Valdez, AK	12.84 lbs.
21^st	Vicki Twardowski	Lemont, IL	12.84 lbs.
22^nd	Connie Huizenga	Fairbanks, AK	12.82 lbs.
23^rd	Susan Glade	North Pole, AK	12.76 lbs.
24^th	Heather Coleman	Wasilla, AK	12.70 lbs.
25^th	Marilou Walterman	North Pole, AK	12.66 lbs.
26^th	Dollie Hoch	Wasilla, AK	12.66 lbs.
27^th	Jamie Arciniega	Valdez, AK	12.64 lbs.
28^th	Clarissa Mashburn	Anchorage, AK	12.60 lbs.
29^th	Charmaine Allen	Valdez, AK	12.58 lbs.
30^th	Jeanne Chapman	Fairbanks, AK	12.56 lbs.
31^st	Andrea Sitton	Tok, AK	12.52 lbs.
32^nd	Shawana Glade	North Pole, AK	12.52 lbs.
33^rd	Courtney Volkman	Deer Creek, MN	12.52 lbs.
34^th	Sheila Lint	Delta Junction, AK	12.50 lbs.
35^th	Kathy Young	Fairbanks, AK	12.50 lbs.
36^th	Kathy Molinar	Valdez, AK	12.36 lbs.
37^th	Jackie Brown	New Mittletown, OH	12.24 lbs.
38^th	Shannon Groundwater	Valdez, AK	12.20 lbs.
39^th	Tamara Stamm	Boise, ID	12.20 lbs.
40^th	Natalie Chamberlin	Fairbanks, AK	12.18 lbs.
41^st	Anita McIntosh	La Grande, OR	12.18 lbs.
42^nd	Jennifer Nunley	Galena, AK	12.14 lbs.
43^rd	Andrea Koski	Fairbanks, AK	12.12 lbs.
44^th	Remedios Nigl	North Pole, AK	12.06 lbs.
45^th	Joy Bruns	Wasilla, AK	12.04 lbs.
46^th	Dona Mae Smedley	Wasilla, AK	11.98 lbs.
47^th	Donna Lapella	Valdez, AK	11.97 lbs.
48^th	Dez Wiley	Anchorage, AK	11.94 lbs.
49^th	Charlotte Pierce	Valdez, AK	11.92 lbs.
50^th	Gloria Cole	St. Paul, Alberta	11.90 lbs.

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WEIGH-IN Photos

2015 Women’s Silver Salmon Derby Slideshow

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 707 registrants in 2010.

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.