Galiano Salmon Classic - Sat. May 27, 2023

Thatā€™s a wrap! 2023 Galiano Salmon Classic is in the books!!!!
First off, thx to our major sponsors (The Window Viper; Vizsla Copper Corp.; and Northwest Marine Servies) and the many other donors and all of the participants who make this event possible! Montague Harbour Marina (Amber, Kalla and Willem) were all great help and the staff at crane and robin performed wonders given the crowd
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Some nice salmon were released and some great hatchery salmon and lingcod were weighed.
1st prize - Dave Cleave with a 13.75lb Hatchery spring
2nd prize - Scott Murray with an 84cm released spring!
Ling King - Aaron Liva with a 14.5lb lingcod (hidden weight).

Everyone was a winner though as we had sunny skies, solid fishing and lots of laughs on the deck of the The Crane and Robin and raised over $3,500 for Pacific Salmon Foundation salmon restoration work.
See you all next year!
 
Some pics from the derby. The 30+ lb ling was released šŸ˜‚
 

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That was a ton of fun last year! Iā€™m booked up already for end of May, but if itā€™s the May 4th weekend Iā€™m there! Thanks for putting this derby together every year Cory, see you March 9th in Victoria for the PSF Gala fundraiser šŸ»
 
Save me a bed, and a spot on your boat.
Arenā€™t you the one with the floating apartment?

But if youā€™re serious, hop on with me. I got a floor at my cabin you can sleep on.

And if youā€™re on my boat, you may just be able to get a sniff of the ā€œling kingā€ vibe once again šŸ™ƒšŸ˜‰
 
Information about this? Or is it by invitation only?
2 weeks. no rules, boundaries, prize info, entry fees, just the last few years info.
 
Registration info will be out shortly. The derby will take place on Saturday May 25th (more than 2 months from now) at Montague Harbour, Galiano Island... same location and same date (last Saturday in May) for a while now. You can follow along for updates here or on the Facebook page (Galiano Salmon Classic) or the Instagram Page (galiano_salmon_classic). Last year we were able to retain a hatchery salmon in some nearby fishing areas so we will have to see what the regs hold in store for us this year before finalizing a format but the derby will take place no matter what the regs are. thanks for everyone's interest and looking forward to May 25th!
 
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