Lion's Club Perch Derby Results
Author: Kim Kondelik, Broadwater Lions Club
Lion's Club Perch Derby Results Kim Kondelik, Broadwater Lions Club The Perch Derby was a success considering the weather was harsh and bitter cold. The numbers were down from previous years but there were lots of fish weighed and quite a few winners. On Saturday’s individual event, there were 202 Adult and 23 Child tickets sold. On Sunday there were 36 teams - with 3 people on a team.
Saturday’s Individual event paid out 10 places in Adult, 3 places in Child, 1 place in Adult Largest Walleye, 1 place in Child Largest Walleye and 1 place in Child Wee Fish.
Saturday’s weigh-in had several fish weighed in with 7 perch and 1 walleye being 1 pound or more. Winners were awarded their cash prizes and then prizes donated by Emily Barnhardt with JMBL Jigs out of Bozeman, MT were drawn from individual tickets.
The Calcutta was held Saturday night at the Fishtale Tavern in downtown Townsend where all of the teams were auctioned off. A custom-made ice rod donated by Steve Sautter with Smoothbore Enterprises, LLC was also auctioned off. A 50/50 raffle was held and won by Bob Steele from Manhattan, MT.
Sunday’s Team event started with a shotgun start beginning at 8:00 am from the Broadwater Bay parking lot and returned to the Silo’s KOA beginning at 2:00 pm. The Team event and Calcutta each paid out 3 places.
Twenty teams weighed in with 8 teams weighing in with their limit of 10. Winners were awarded and many thanks to everyone involved.
The Lion’s Club would especially like to thank every man, woman and child who fished the Derby. We couldn’t do this without you! A very heartfelt thanks also go out to the sponsors who donated added prize money for the Team event, Graymont Western to help pay for the advertising and etc., Debbie and Justin Blagg from the Silo’s KOA for hosting the Derby, the Fishtale Tavern for hosting the Calcutta, Joe Maisano for the sound system, Cael O’Dell for taking pictures and the many volunteers for making this event happen.
Derby Results: 1st Place Adult Perch: Dustin Flack of Belgrade - $1,100
1st Place Child Largest Perch: Gunner Cox of Townsend - $57
1st Place Child Largest Walleye: Gunner Cox of Townsend - $25
1st Place Adult Largest Walleye: Tristan Hovley of Helena - $100
Wee Fish: Max Weathers of Townsend - $25
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PhotoCredit: Lion's Club
Image 1 Caption: Dustin Flack
Image 2 Caption: Gunnar Cox
Image 3 Caption: Max Weathers
Image 4 Caption: Teena Larsen and Kim Kondelik; Lions at work
Image 5 Caption: Tristan Hovely
