FISHING START TIME

12:01 am Saturday April 26, 2025

ENTRY FEE / TICKETS / INFORMATION

Bluewater Angler Members are free. Just show up. Non-Members need to buy a $10 derby ticket. Tickets will be available at the April 9th General Membership meeting and at The Outdoorsman  until 5:30pm on Friday April 25, 2025.

ELIGIBILITY

The club event is open to both boat and shore anglers. If fishing from a boat, all people fishing must either be a member or have a ticket or the boat will be disqualified. All shore anglers must be a member or have a ticket.

BOUNDARY

Boundaries are the same as those for the Bluewater Anglers Salmon Derby … in the St. Clair River south to the south end of Fawn Island ... in Lake Huron north to latitude 43’20” (from the water treatment plant at Grand Bend west to north of Lexington, Michigan).

WEIGH IN

Weigh-in is at the hatchery between 4:00 pm-4:30 pm. You must be in line by 4:30 pm or your fish will not be weighed. Limit of one entry per category per person.

ELIGIBLE SPECIES

Walleye, Rainbow trout, Brown trout, Lake trout, and Chinook, Atlantic (1) and Coho salmon.

PRIZES

Cash prizes will be awarded for the 3 heaviest eligible fish entered in each category.

Shore Category Boat Category

First: $100.00 First: $100.00

Second: $75.00 Second: $75.00

Third: $50.00 Third: $50.00

NOTE: A bonus $100.00 prize will be awarded to the Bluewater Angler member who enters the biggest fish.

Draw prizes will be awarded to derby entrants. You must be present at the weigh-in to win a draw prize.

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