Wawa Ice Fishing Derby – Great Weather & Lots of Fish

The 31st Annual Wawa Ice Fishing Derby was a succes with gorgeous weather especially yesterday. 94 fish were brought in and weighed from Wawa, Hawk and Manitowik Lakes.

Congrtulations to Karen Jandrisevits of Noëlville, she won the $35,000 registration prize in the 31st Annual Wawa Ice Fishing Derby.  Pat Ayger (New Liskeard) and Jason Crack, Victor Lucas, Jo-Anne Casavant, and Joel Dechamplain all of Wawa were winners of the Early Bird Draw. Each took home $1,000. Additional congratulations to Jessica Labranche who won the $10,000 of the Wawa Volunteer Firefighters, cash draw. The firefighers sold out all the tickets for the draw – and proceeds will go to purchase equipment for the department.

In the derby, 62 Lake Trout, 29 Northern Pike, 10 Walleye, and 3 whitefish were brought in and weighed to compete in the Derby. The top six fish (any species) of each of the three competing lakes were winners of prizes. The top species of fish for all three lakes were Northern Pikes.

For each lake the top six fish netted the angler a prize,

1st	$10,000
2nd	$8,000
3rd	$7,000
4th	Milwaukee Tool Package
5th	Fishing Kayak Package
6th	Camping Package

Standings for 2023 Wawa Ice Fishing Derby

Wawa Lake

1	17.45 – Pike	Wendy J Leclair	Wawa, ON	$10,000
2	12.12 – Pike	Gilbert Gratton	Wawa, ON	$8,000
3	11.45 – Pike	Andre Brabant	Hanmer, ON	$7,000
4	8.60 – Lake Trout	Nick (Asher) Orton	Chapleau, ON	Milwaukee Tool Package
5	7.07 – Lake Trout	Kay Vallee	Sault Ste Marie, ON	Fishing Kayak Package
6	6.10 – Lake Trout	Jazlyn Sewell	Sault Ste. Marie, ON	Camping Package
7	6.03 – Lake Trout	Jamie Robinson	Wawa, ON
8	5.97 – Lake Trout	Richard Brabant	Hanmer, ON
9	5.30 – Lake Trout	Luigi Bruni	Sault Ste Marie, ON
10	5.17 – Lake Trout	Kyle Ouellet	Wawa, ON

 

Hawk Lake

1	10.61 – Pike	Ramsey Michalski	Pickford, MI	$10,000
2	10.49 – Pike	Kathy Bain	Hawk Junction, ON	$8,000
3	8.51 – Pike	Troy Russell	Sutton, ON	$7,000
4	7.70 – Pike	Thomas Michalski	Pickford, MI	Milwaukee Tool Package
5	7.32 – Pike	David Bouchard	Sault Ste Marie, ON	Fishing Kayak Package
6	7.25 – Pike	Paul Daigle	Chapleau, ON	Camping Package
7	6.17 – Pike	Sabrina Hopkins	Wawa, ON
8	5.78 – Pike	Alan Strand	Batchawana Bay, ON
9	5.56 – Pike	Leona Schram	Hawk Junction, ON
10	5.52 – Pike	Bailey Long	Wawa, O

 

Manitowik Lake

1	13.49 – Pike	Roland Charbonneau	Noelville, ON	$10,000
2	8.78 – Lake Trout	Jake Mullen	Rosseau, ON	$8,000
3	8.21 – Pike	Jason Dure	Wahnapitae, ON	$7,000
4	7.63 – Pike	G Wayne Rhyno	Manitouwadge, ON	Milwaukee Tool Package
5	5.97 – Pike	Chantal Bernard	Dubreuilville, ON	Fishing Kayak Package
6	5.63 – Lake Trout	Yvette Nault	Wawa, ON	Camping Package
7	5.51 – Lake Trout	Annik Cloutier	Hornpayne, ON
8	5.39 – Lake Trout	Steven Mcwatch	Chapleau, ON
9	4.95 – Lake Trout	Dustin Young	Wawa, ON
10	4.68 – Lake Trout	Anthony Alimena	Sault Ste Marie, ON