THE 2012 BELLINGHAM SALMON DERBY HAD OVER 450 ENTRIES. IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND FOR FISHING, FAMILIES AND FUN.

2013 Bellingham Salmon Derby

July 12^th, 13^h and 14^th 2013

1st Place $5,000

2nd Place $2,500

3rd Place $1,000

Plus... 2 secret weight prizes of $500 each

  Click here for more prize information

The Bellingham Chapter will be sponsoring the 2013 Bellingham Salmon Derby. This will once again be a 3 day derby. The Derby will begin at daybreak on Friday, July 12, run all day Saturday July 13, and close at noon on Sunday July 14. The awards ceremony will be held at 1:00 Sunday afternoon in Bellingham at the harbor. We will once again be part of the Northwest Salmon Derby Series so every contestant gets a ticket to the boat raffle put on by the NWSD. We expect fishing to be excellent again this year. The last two years we have had tremendous fishing during the derby. Multiple fish in the 30 pound range have been recorded both years. And literally hundreds in the 20 pound range. This is just a great time to fish the San Juan Islands (Area 7). Take advantage of this opportunity to visit the beautiful San Juan Islands. Plan a family camping trip at one of the many State Parks found in the Islands or stay in one of the beautiful resorts found throughout the Islands. Tickets will go on sale June 1, 2013.

Welcome to the 2012 Bellingham Salmon Derby. The Bellingham Chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers, in association with the Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA), presented our 8th annual Bellingham Salmon Derby on July 13th, 14th and 15th.

2012 Bellingham PSA Salmon Derby Winner,

Kevin Geoghegan

For the 2012 Salmon Derby we sold 375 adult tickets, 74 kids tickets and 22 comp tickets.   A total of 181 fish were caught:  164 were caught by adults and 17 by kids.  The largest fish weighed 28.52 and was caught by Kevin Geoghegan, followed by a 25.52 lb (Doug Marr) and 25.34 )Kelli Martin.  Kevin won $5000, Doug won $2500 and Kelli won $1000.  Prizes were given to each person catching a fish.  Thanks to LFS, Newton Cove Lodge, Jerry Smith Chevrolet, Oak Bay Marine Group, PDR, Relm West, Three Rivers Marine and Tackle, Holiday Sports, 92.9 KISM, ALCOA , Seaview and many more businesses.

The two hidden weights were: 6.72 lbs (Adam Frantz and 4.52 (Jim Lawson).  Both Adam and Jim won $500.

The kids did well too:  17.14 lb (Morgan Pease), 16.16 lb (Jake Pease) and 14.74  lb (Trey Krause).  The prizes included a bike, ipod, play station, fishing poles, camping equipment, games, toys and gift certificates.  Thanks to Dr. Randall Carr for donating the kids' prizes.

For complete results, click on the link below: 

2012 Bellingham Salmon Derby Results

2012 Salmon Derby Photos

The Bellingham Chapter of The Puget Sound Anglers is a nonprofit organization and the proceeds from the derby will be donated to local salmon enhancement programs. The organization has so far donated over $35,000 to local high schools and other fish hatchery projects.

Cory Warnock with the winning salmon in the 2011 Salmon Derby

“BEST FISHING I’VE EVER SEEN”

That was the comment we heard over and over from the contestants in the Bellingham Salmon Derby held July 8,9 and 10, 2011. Perfect weather saw over 350 adults and children compete for the $5,000 first place price in the 7th annual Bellingham Salmon Derby, sponsored by the Bellingham Chapter of The Puget Sound Anglers.

265 Chinook Salmon were weighed in during the 2 and ½ day event, a new derby record for the number of fish caught and an all time record for The Northwest Salmon Derby Series, a group of 16 fishing derbies held around Washington State. Boats traveled from as far away as Sequim to take part in the derby. The winning fish was caught by Cory Warnock from Ferndale, a PSA member, and weighed in at 34.85 pounds. The winning fish in the kids derby was caught by Jake Pease from Oak Harbor and weighed in at 20.64 pounds.

84 fish were weighed in at over 20 pounds and 5 fish weighed more than 30 pounds. Many boats reported catching and releasing fish weighing over 20 pounds in hopes of getting one over 30. Total prizes given away were valued at over $22,000.

The top 3 winners in the Adult category were Cory Warnock 34.85 pounds Shawn Ensley 31.95 pounds Kip Smith 31.50 pounds

The top 3 winners in the kids derby were Jake Pease 20.64 pounds Abbey Lee 19.64 pounds Morgan Pease 19.54 pounds

Adult derby had 312 entrants

Kids derby had 47 entrants

For complete results, click on the link below: 

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