The 15th Annual Just for the Halibut Derby.

[porcupine]

The 15th Annual Just for the Halibut Derby will be held on May 14th and 15th. The tides will be very strong in the morning so take that into consideration when making your plans. Good luck to all. For more info contact Island Outfitters. 250-475-4969 or www.fishingvictoria.com

[porcupine]

Good luck to everyone in tomorrow's derby! Looks like the weather willl be OK.

[r.s craven]

Wait a minute Tom, it's not May yet ??

[wolf]

Think hes talking about the elk lake kids derby... Tom is getting old you know LOL LOL

[r.s craven]

Think hes talking about the elk lake kids derby... Tom is getting old you know LOL LOL

he's sure not too old to clean up on those waterfront springs in August ! !

:)

[porcupine]

I was thinking about tomorrow's Elk Lake Derby! I am geting old.

[r.s craven]

Just a warning for anyone using Cattle point boat ramp, the Oakbay 1/2 marathon will create road closures on beach drive Sunday May 15
if you don't launch early, probably won't be till after noon

[bananas]

Just a warning for anybody that hasn't looked at a tide chart yet , be careful there very strong currents .Have a look at a current chart and find out where it might be a little slower.

[yo mama]

Ya a little surprised to see it being run that weekend? Anybody know why either that they usually have it around that weekend every year? Scary to think how many newbs wont be checking tides and dropping the hook wherever

[porcupine]

When they were looking at the days, all the best tides were mid week and that just wouldn't work. They thought that this was the best option. At least it wasn't on Mother's Day again!

[wolf]

Im not going in it this year because of the tides too bad really, as My clients have come out 5 yrs in a row and they want to fish all day.cant with these tides.....so they didnt want to come....:(

[porcupine]

Good luck to everyone in this weekend's derby! Be sure to boat and anchor safely. I'll be at the derby all weekend so be sure to say hello.

[bananas]

Hope no one is planning on throwin the pic off the race in the am 6kt ebb yuk. Good luck to everybody!

[yo mama]

So whats the word whats winning so far? One of you boys must have a contender...

[yo mama]

Forget it just found the link http://www.fishingderbyonline.com/DerbyPage?derbyID=44

[bananas]

Congrats Al and Steve ,nice fish. The derby went well with great weather on sat and calm seas and rain on sun, there was even quite a few fish around as well!

[Dave S]

They were soooooo close! damn that sucks.

[Deewar25]

video of the big gurl coming in (probably need facebook to watch)...http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150617918810105

[Tips Up]

Wonder how much it lost when they bled it?
202 lb would have got them $20,000
I would have left the hooks and bait in it all the way to the scale. LOL

Tips

[r.s craven]

I'll bet that fish went to outfitter's right away...
i'm sure those guys have caught enough to know they had one darn close
to a 20K bonus !

[Tips Up]

Theyz no rookies for sure but watching the video lots of blood flowin when they cut the gills.

[bananas]

oh they knew how big it was he caught a 212 just last week so he knew it was close.

[r.s craven]

Man, they'll be eating lot's of fish and chips !
(even without the derby winner)

[porcupine]

When they gutted Al's big fish there was NOTHING in it's stomach. If it had eaten a bit it might have passed 202. I remember that Ken Abt''s 201 years ago had a large octopus in it's stomach. So close............. One more thing, the big fish was split up with all the derby volunteers and helpers getting some to take home. We ate some last night and it was delicious!

[MILLERTIME]

Sorry to be the party poopper here but Scientists tells us that Hali that big are full of heavy metals and tough eating.
So which is it.
Are they tough with no taste and bad for you: especially the kids: or are the Scientists full of BS.

[wolf]

FREE halibut always tastes good... does it not ........at 17.50 a lb for filet the going rate right now that fish was close to 2500 bucks so really his winning was only 5 grand. is that fair??? i personally want to keep the fish ive caught especially if it was someones personal biggest, and yes I know the salmon derbies keep the fish but we are talking about a salmon not halibut HUGE difference.
Ive had big halibut to eat me personally its alright nothing wrong with it its just got big flakes and a just ok I think a 35 lber is WAY better table fare.

Compare it to going out on a date wth a hot 21 yr old or going out with a 75 yr old who would you prefer???? LOL LOL
for some the 75 yr old I guess LOL LOL

Wolf

[bananas]

Holmes most derbies i've ever been in are like that. Oh Roy always bitchin lol , you weren't even in the derb and still bitchin lol, Thats the rules everybody knows it when they buy the tickets. whats the diff between a salmon and haly derby as far as keeping the largest fish?

[wolf]

Well a 30 plus lb salmon big deal a almost 200 lber caught in local waters is a fish of a lifetime me thinks and id want some of it I wouldnt mind some but 140 +lbs of fish??? thats a bit excessive .... and no not bitching want whats fair trust me if anyone wins the JDF giving up a $150 fish for $25.000 yeah id give that up LOL. still dont think its "FAIR" thats all

[juandesooka]

I thought the Sooke halibut derby did a good thing ... winning fish donated to the local food banks. For a good cause and good PR too. I guess this is similar, if it went to volunteers.

9lb'er...I guess going for the hidden weight prizes. We caught the smallest halibut I've ever seen...probably 2 lbs. Almost would have been worth bonking it just to put skipper's name beside it on the leaderboard....heh! But it lives to grow up for another day.

[porcupine]

Some of the meat from the winner was given to the angler who caught it, so he did not lose all the fish.

[porcupine]

The bonus prize was originally for a fish over 200 lbs. Ken Abt beat that with a 201 and got the prize money from the insurance company. The comapny insisted on a larger size for any future policies and so the weigh was chaned to 202 lbs.