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As of noon today a 16lb 9oz pound monster hooknose was first place!

Decent action today at the shipwreck was accompanied by excellent weather and flat calm water!

Stay tuned for more updates as they become available!

Last year, less than 250 fish were entered in the Everett Coho Derby.

As of the close of the scale Saturday afternoon, over 450 coho have been weighed in and the 16lb 9oz slab taken by a gentleman from Stanwood is in first place.

With the winds forecast for Sunday it promises to be an interesting finish to this years Northwest Salmon Derby Series!

We gathered up some industry experts on Saturday morning to get their guess-timate's of what it would take to win the 2011 Everett Coho Derby. The person closest to the winning weight would recieve....ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Robbo-18.5 lbs
Matt Bly-18 lbs
Ryan Bennett-17.26 lbs
Lauren Bivens-21.2 lbs
Nick Kester-18.9 lbs
Rich Mercado-18.4 lbs
Ken Pinnell-17.8 lbs
Tony Floor-16.9 lbs
John Martinis-17 lbs
Matt "Stretchy Pants" Johnson-27 lbs and a new state record

The winner of ABSOLUTELY NOTHING...Tony "The Truth" Floor

Results of the Eighteenth Everett Coho Salmon Derby:

The eighteenth annual Coho Salmon Derby was held on September 24-25 2011. This annual derby is a joint operation by the Everett Steelhead and Salmon Club, the Snohomish Sportsmen’s Club and NSIA (Northwest Sportsfishing Industry Association). There were 497 salmon weighed in on Saturday and 176 fish on Sunday for a total of 673 salmon. Some of the fish weighed on Sunday were “upgrades” for the Saturday fish.

Among the 1700 plus adult ticket holders there were seven fish over 15 pounds and 109 over ten pounds. The winners of the adult cash prizes were:

1st place and $3000 was Mike Fure with a 16.55 pound coho caught in area 8.2 on a green flasher/green squid combination.
2nd place and $2000 went to Terry Metzger with a 15.70 pound coho caught in area 9 on a Silver Horde flasher/squid combination.
3rd place and $1500 went to Mike Brower with a 15.60 pound coho caught in area 10 also on a Silver Horde flasher/squid combination.
4th place and $1000 went to Adam Davis with a 15.53 pound coho in the Snohomish River using a Dick Nite Spoon.
5th place and $750 went to Peter Kline with a 15.20 pound coho in the Snohomish River using a Dick Nite Spoon.
6th place and $500 went to Nelson Goodsell with a 15.13 pound coho in area 8.2 using a Silver Horde Spoon.

Of the top 30 fish weighed in by adults, nine were caught in the Snohomish River, one came from the Skagit River and twenty came from the salt water.

There were 168 youth tickets (12 years and younger) given away and of those, there were 47 fish weighed in. The top five youth fish were:

1st place and $100, Hunter Steltz who caught his 13.02 pound coho in the Snohomish River.
2nd place and $75 went to Braydon Pittwood who also caught his 11.98 pound coho in the Snohomish River.
3rd place and $50 went to Kathryn Holland with a 10.49 pound coho caught in the Snohomish River.
4th place and a merchandize prize went to James Trainer with a 10.37 pound coho caught in area 9.
5th place and a merchandize prize went to Amanda Davis with a 10.34 pound coho caught in the Stillaguamish River.

The weather on Saturday was cooperative but Sunday, with the rain and strong winds, many of the boats did not make it onto the water.

The Northwest Marine Trade Association held its eighth drawing for a boat/motor/trailer package given to participants in sixteen fishing derbies throughout the state. The winning ticket drawn was for Randy Aden who fished in the Hoods Canal Derby.

The Everett Coho Salmon Derby also had a boat/motor/trailer package dedicated to this derby and the winning name drawn was Jennifer Brager who was present with her husband and two children and proudly took custody of her prize.

The Everett Coho Salmon Derby would like to thank all of our sponsors and supporters and look forward to next year’s derby. We hope to see all of you there!

Great Derby and I finally got my name on a leaderboard !

We ran to the Oil Docks South of Edmonds both days and managed to weigh in 8 fish with three over 10. The big one was caught on a tailwagger from the flybridge using only a 4 ounce weight. With the 3-4 foot chop on Sunday it was only down about 5-10 feet. It was quite a fight from the flybridge using a light Loomis IMX 8.5ft steelhead rod ! Luckily the crew was spot on !

Good job Nels!
Especially given the fact of how rough the water was on Sunday, getting on the leaderboard on day two is one heck of an effort!
I left Everett and bucked our way south, intending to hit the Edmonds shoreline but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to be the first boat to hit the Shipwreck!

Bottom line: I should have stuck with "Plan A"...