2015 island ice fishing derby

[Mean gene]

Successful island ice fishing derby

1st place salmon 4.88lbs
2nd place salmon 3.99lbs
Travis aka Cardinal got 5th place salmon 2.66

[cpmaple]

Sounds like some pretty nice salmon. I would have been much happier fishing this weekend instead of being on call for work but I did get 4 hrs of overtime that means more fishing supplies.

[Reelax]

Way to go Gene! Nice haul...Congrats Travis... How was the bite?

[Mean gene]

I have been fishing this spot for a couple weeks now. Early bite til 830, 930. Then not again until 230 pm til 630 Small perch minnows and smelt. Although I did catch one 2 weeks ago jigging for perch

[fishy1]

congratulations. describing when the bite was on is a familiar area where we when fishing for eyes seems to be their routine to . once in a great while we catch eyes during mid day but its not the norm. hope you won alot of money.

[raz]

THATS AWESOME
Way to go guys!!!!

[popster]

Congratulations guys.
Don't know if this is "official", but was on their site

[Mean gene]

They were caught early Saturday morning. The only thing I could say about the dis colored is there was some rusty tool stored in the cooler I carried the fish in this weekend. But other than that. Don't have an answer. They were truly caught Saturday the 7th of February 2015

I have heard there are people saying I cheated. For what couple hundred buck and ruin my reputation I don't think so
I have never cheated at a derby. I respect fishing too much

Sounds like someone is upset they got beat

And no we never got picture the day we caught them. We moved to new location and were very busy chasing flags
When forgot to take pics after we weighed them in

[FishStalker]

[Fishdawg]

It was some nasty weather to be fishing but good ice Congrats to all the winners!

[lazycs]

Wow, those are some incredible weights in the walleye, northern and lake trout categories. also good to see the weights in the salmon coming back up, they have been low or not in recent years.
congrats to all that braved the cold and placed.

[browntown]

Congratulation Gene

The salmon bite was much better than average both days. My brother, myself and one friend have been chasing salmon in this derby for I think seven years now. We have had some success over the years and this was the second best bite we have seen. Our best fish was only fourth but we had a blast out there. The three of us only ran 28 tip ups and jigged spoons and the jigging did just as well as the live bait.

Love catching silvers on a 2 foot rod through a 6 inch hole

[Digitroll Fishing]

Some of the best fish I think caught in the derby ever collectively. Congratulations to the winners.

Some nice salmon too. Congratulations Gene on a 1-2 finish!

Thanks for posting the standings Bill. Fantastic! Proof the fishery is getting better and better.

[Reelax]

Some of the best fish I think caught in the derby ever collectively. Congratulations to the winners.

Some nice salmon too. Congratulations Gene on a 1-2 finish!

Thanks for posting the standings Bill. Fantastic! Proof the fishery is getting better and better.

I think the fishin for salmon in the winter would be better if they weren't all in Randy's live well....

[raz]

They were caught early Saturday morning. The only thing I could say about the dis colored is there was some rusty tool stored in the cooler I carried the fish in this weekend. But other than that. Don't have an answer. They were truly caught Saturday the 7th of February 2015

I have heard there are people saying I cheated. For what couple hundred buck and ruin my reputation I don't think so
I have never cheated at a derby. I respect fishing too much

Sounds like someone is upset they got beat

And no we never got picture the day we caught them. We moved to new location and were very busy chasing flags
When forgot to take pics after we weighed them in

Hi Gene. Great job, congratulations! I tried but couldn't seem to catch anything from my warm living room.
I was wondering who you were replying to here,,,,maybe someone deleted a response???