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9th Annual 2012 Roche Harbor
Salmon Classic Invitational

Eighty-five Boats arrived on a blue-bird Sunny Thursday for the 9th Annual Salmon Classic Invitational.
Cannon Start on both fishing days with amazing Northwest Gorgeous Sunrises & Sunsets ~

The results from the 2012 Roche Harbor Invitational are as follows:

85 Derby Boats; total 293 Anglers
55 fish weighed in on Friday February 3, 2012
38 fish weighed in on Saturday February 4, 2012
$25,000 cash prizes awarded:

$10,000 1st Place Jason King Bellingham, WA 16.6
$4,000 2nd Place Brian Dennis Lake Tapps, WA 16.2
$4,000 2nd Place David Hodges Friday Harbor WA 16.2
$2,000 4th Place Dale Nelson Bellingham, WA 16.1
$1,000 5th Place Derek Floyd Camano Is. WA 14.2

$2,000 Mystery Fish Jennifer Payne Friday Harbor, WA 6.12
$2,000 Best Boat Total Weight 44.13 lbs
Derek & Julie Floyd, Camano Island, WA.
Scott & Shannon Bumstead, Lk Stevens, WA

Christian Thomas Youngest Angler 4 ½ yrs old Tacoma, WA
Saturday Christian weighed in a 5.1 oz Salmon at close of the Derby!

Dusty Rowland of Clyde Hill, WA won the 2013 Roche Harbor Invitational Boat Entry drawing, sponsored by Roche Harbor Resort. Dusty becomes boat #1 for next years event scheduled for February 7-9, 2013.


Brian Dennis of Lake Tapps, WA. Boat #34 weighed in the first fish of the derby on Friday @ 2pm. This fine specimen weighed 16.2 and slipped to the second place $4000 cash prize.


The $10,000 1st Place cash prize went to Jason King of Bellingham, WA with this 16.6 pound dandy. No wonder he's smiling!

That Derek Floyd must be one bad cat to come away with total boat weight the last 2 years in a row. Thats a pretty legit derby with some hardcore dudes from what I hear.

Derek is a very passionate, talented angler who makes his living running Reel Class Charters up in Sitka, Alaska.
He is a real class act and gets a lot of practice up there but one of the reasons he is so consistently successful is that he always is observing and learning.
You're right on the money about the competition up there too Brandon.
Roche, the Resurrection and the Anacortes Derbies attract some serious salmon firepower