The Flaming Gorge Fishing Derby will be 16&17 May.
Registration is required by 15 May at Lucerne Marina.
Some nice prizes this year…
Details at http://www.flaminggorgefishderby.com/
wow 200.00 entry fee
Let’s see, 350 teams at $200 per team = $70,000.oo
Total Cash prizes = $22,300.oo
I call that a sucker bet ! Fun time though.
Agree it is a pricey registration fee, but hey, if you did manage to win a prize it be a pretty good investment, right?
Isn’t fishing in general, an investment?
“Kokanee Trout” have they always been called a trout? i always thought they were freshwater salmon?
i always thought they were freshwater salmon?They are - land locked sockeye to be exact.
I think he was wondering why they are listed as trout at the link above:
Great Prizes & Cash Awards
Largest Fish $2,000
(Lake Trout & Catfish are not eligible)
Fish
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th Place
Lake Trout
$2,000
$1,000
Rainbow Trout
$1,500
$900
$700
$400
$200
Brown Trout
$1,500
$900
$700
$400
$200
**Kokanee Trout **
$1,500
$900
$700
$400
$200
Smallmouth Bass
$1,500
$900
$700
$400
$200
Catfish
$750
$250
Youth Angler
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
All cash awards and prizes are based on 350 teams.
I guess that’s great if you have $200 to burn. I’d rather spend that money on tackle or boat gas. Contests like the one at Strawberry are better in my opinion. You can win much better prizes and you don’t have to pay a registration fee.
I wish I knew how to use my boat better and knew Flaming Gorge better so that I could fish in this. I would love to go. You figure its really not that much for a team. Its just $50 a person. The expense comes with the gas, rooms, etc. All in all, it sounds awesome and I wish I could be there. [fishon]
Correction: I guess it is just 1-3 per team. Could get pricey, I suppose, but it really sounds fun.
That sounds great. I will definitely be looking for the Strawberry contests. [:)]
I believe DU have one at the Gorge the first part of June, hopefully that money goes to a good cause.