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June 7th & 8th, 2008
Fish can be caught at Watch Lake or Green Lake but must be weighed in at the main
weigh station at Watch Lake! There is always lots of prizes for
lots of different categories! Past years have seen over 500 fish weighed in over
the two days!
Again this year there will be a $200 cash second place price!
As well as $500 for the biggest fish, there will also be lots of other prizes
for categories like; biggest fish in Green Lake, biggest fish in Watch Lake, first fish
weighed in Saturday, first fish weighed in Sunday, a minimum of four hidden weight
prizes, best dressed fisher person at the awards presentation, best "Fibbermagee"
(fish story), fisher person that travelled the farthest, oldest and youngest fishers,
and several other prizes to random derby entrants.
Each day starts out with a pancake breakfast! from 7:00 AM
till 10:00 AM. Saturday there will also be a refreshment
garden from 11:00 AM till 9:00 PM and Sunday from 11:00 AM
till closing. There's also a concession on site from 10:00
AM till 8:00 PM on Saturday and till closing on Sunday. There will
be live music until 9:00 PM Saturday, and again on Sunday afternoon!
Besides all the prizes and daytime fun, we are famous for our Pig Roast Dinner
on Saturday Night! Two whole pigs are cooked on outdoor spits and
served up with all the trimmings!
We usually have live entertainment Saturday night from 5:00pm on!
You might want to enquire about tickets when you get your derby entry, as they go quickly!
The photos below are - left to right. Top row: One of the pigs on a spit. A fisherman
heading out for another catch. Enjoying a cool one. Almost ready for dinner. Diana and
Darlene organizing the prize distribution. The tail end of the dinner line. Bottom row:
A couple of nice rainbow trout. Shorty - the official weigh-in master. Matt Johnston - one
of the entertainers. A prize rainbow trout. The Fibber McGee Contest. Another nice fish!
All photos will enlarge if you click on them.
These photos are from past years see the 2007 results
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Photo left to right: Fisher people of all ages caught fish.
A lot of the fish were really nice!! It was not uncommon to
weight in 3 and 4 pound trout. Watch Lake hosted the derby
and it was a perfect setting. There were tons of prizes!
These two ladies competed for the best dressed fisher woman.
This year the fishing was once again really good. Watch Lake
saw even bigger fish than last year! The numbers were good and the weights
were super! The biggest fish over all, and the biggest from Watch Lake, was
8lb 12 1/2oz and was caught by Chris Bianco.
There was a total of 126 fish from Watch Lake and there were quite
a few in the 3 to 4 pound range. There were no fish from Green Lake.
Next year promises to be the same or better. From 2000 to 2004 the
Fisheries department tried a new type of rainbow trout which have grown
to be extremely nice size fish. In the last couple of years they have
gone back to what they used before and the numbers are back to what we
used to see. The lake is stocked annually in April with about 40,000
Rainbow Trout. Good luck to all.
If you plan to travel in the Fall then come and join us at
Cariboo Country Night for some good old fashioned fun!
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