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Those that braved the bumpy conditions found less fish than last year as only 101 fish were weighed in. Saturday produced 78 fish and 23 chinook hit the scales on Sunday. Average weight was 10.7 pounds. These numbers are down from last year as 131 chinook were entered in the derby with Ralph Thomas's 27.48 pounder taking the 2010 event.

2011 Anacortes Salmon Derby Results:

1st Mike Campion 18.96 lbs. $15,000.00 Cash
2nd Patrick Barton 18.74 lbs. $5,000.00 Cash
3rd Brett Engholm 18.44 lbs. $2,500.00 Cash
4th Shane George 18.41 lbs. Maritime Yamaha EF1000IS Inverter
5th Lester Cole 18.19 lbs. Salt Patrol Lowrance HDS5
6th Barry Northcutt 16.86 lbs. Ace Line Hauler
7th Eric Pedersen 16.68 lbs. Furuno FM3000 VHF Marine Radio
8th Jay Pedersen 16.48 lbs. Lake Union SeaRay Gift Certificate
9th Kyle Butterfield 16.44 lbs. Cannon Down Rigger MAG5HS
10th Patrick Monroe 16.42 lbs. Claremont Industrial Drill set

Secret Weight Randy Geoghegan 11.85

Women's Division Mary Ramage 12.45 lbs.

Active Military Division Geoffrey Smyth 14.18 lbs.

Senior 70+ Division George Kammenga 10.88 lbs.


All proceeds from the Anacortes Salmon Derby go to a scholarship fund benefiting students pursuing education emphasizing fisheries biology To date, over $110,000 has been provided for scholarships and grants.

Here are the scholarship fund donation amounts from past events:

2010 $29,828

2009 $27,000

2008 $29,200

2007 $24,000

Thanks for all who participated and we'll see you next year!!!

It was an great event. I was impressed with guys handling the sling at Cap Sante Marina. Getting several hundred boats out and onto trailers in a short period of time is not an easy feat. There where a few hiccups but with as crazy as the whole scene of what they had to do, I thought they and the volunteers did a great job. This is an must event every year for me. Sunday was a little lumpy but as a whole the weather held really good. Very well run event. The one knock that I saw was that this event brought in a lot of cash flow into Anacortes, why then does law enforcement feel the need to a least triple patrols and and pull people over for minor BS? WDFW Boats where out checking other boats, thats fine. But, I watched a boat land a fish then WDFW swoops in and checks the guy. After they released what must have been a native fish. Kinda sucks when you start to get into fish they have the brakes put on to take the time for enforcement to board you and check your gear. Still a Must Attend Event.

Just got the story from the man himself! Anacortes Derby winner Mike Campion is $15,000 happier after taking top honors this last weekend.
Mike told me that he was a bit skeptical after checking the moon phase and more importantly the weather forecast. No guts no glory as they say so Mike, his father Bud, and crony Jim Dellar (AKA River Rat) launched the 21 foot Wooldridge into the choppy mess and headed north to the first of three honey holes. Downriggers dropped their UV flasher/cookies and cream koho killers (with a dab of anchovy paste) combos to depths of 70 feet. Hardly enough time for coffee to set in and the right rod buckled over! Mike told me, “We were only out 10 or 15 minutes and it was all chaos!” After a couple nice long runs and stubborn nookie acrobatics, the 18.96 lb. fin clipped chinook came to Jims net fairly easy. Mike says he thinks it wanted to take a nap on the pretty Wooldridge so they obliged! If 15 large wanted to jump in my boat I don’t think I’d have any qualms about it either.

That's cool Captain Cook!!!
Thanks for adding the pictures and congratulations to Team Wooldridge!