The derby was a little different than years past. The tournament director has moved on and no longer held the tournament. However, a friend decided he wanted to throw something together. There were about a dozen boats that competed in the event. This year it went off length not weight! For the crew we had my brother who was up visiting from Naples, FL, Fred who always competes in the Salmon Classic with us, and Cody a good friend who was helping with the rigging.

For the fishing we were fortunate to set up on a HOT bite on BIG lake trout first bite we had I knew it was big that one came in at 15 pounds! Now that is a great way to start the morning.  We had our four big trout to measure within an hour of fishing. Ended up taking first place on a super fun morning.