38th Annual Wawa Salmon Derby

The 38th Annual Wawa Salmon Derby began Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. Anglers made their parade down the river to the mouth and waited for the official start with the flare gun. Joining all the anglers were the OPP boat, MNR Conservation officers, and the Sault Search and Rescue. In all, 65 teams of anglers were searching for the largest salmon and the grand prize of $3,000.

Prior to the actual derby, a Pre-Derby was held with these teams catching fish:

Saturday – 11.10 pounds – Team 10 – Yves Fortin/Eric Langelier
Sunday – 5.15 pounds – Team 14
Monday – 13.35 pounds – Team 43
Tuesday – 13.35 pounds – Team 10 – Yves Fortin/Eric Langelier
Wednesday – 12.70 pounds – Team 13 – Allan Moyle/Sylvain Beaulieu

This year’s derby was won by Debbie Halverson & Trevor Halverson with a 13.2lb Salmon.

 

62	Trevor Halverson, Debbie  Halverson	13.2	Sunday
3	Pierre Gauthier, Chris Fournier	11.9	Saturday
35	James Tremblay, Laura Doucette	11.7	Saturday
41	Joel Shier, Carla Zandefsons	11.35	Sunday
19	Kory Charbonneau, Richard Vachon	10.9	Saturday
15	Nelson Bernier, Calixte Bernier	10	Saturday
9	Eric Caron, Pierry Moreau	10	Sunday
64	Anders Dereski, Caleb Dereski	9.9	Friday
51	Jamie Robinson, Terry Bernath	9.55	Saturday
5	Dave Aspegren, Rose Aspegren	4.3	Friday