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Does anyone know if there will be a Datillios derby this year? Sure did miss it last year....

I heard it wasn't going to happen.

I called Datillio's a few weeks ago and asked, and they said they wouldn't be doing a derby.... I suspect it is over for good. This leaves one of the best fishing weekends of the summer open for someone to start a new derby. It wouldn't take much to out do the current biggest derby on the lake with some effort and teamwork. Too bad no one has the time...

not good. thanks Matt

It was a fun derby! I had a chance to fish the Dattilio's derby once 3-4 years ago with my brother in law. I remember Chad Lambert finished 1 and 2 in salmon from way south. We fished 6 am till noon each day. First day with my boat and second day with his. Great time! It's at a very busy time of year. We fished the Liberty Bell derby in the earlier days before the Dattilio's took over in the early nineties. The best part was the Franny O fish fry! Just like the seminars it takes a lot of work behind the scenes to put these events on! Nice run for that derby!