The 8th annual Northwest Salmon Derby Series, presented by Allstate Boat Insurance, kicks off this weekend at the Roche Harbor Salmon Classic, February 3-5. The complete 2011 schedule is available online at www.NorthwestSalmonDerbySeries.com.
Each year, the Derby Series has awarded a grand prize boat to one lucky angler simply for participating in any of the 16 derbies on the Series schedule. This year's grand prize is a fully outfitted, 22-foot River Hawk boat, powered by a 225 hp Suzuki, on a tandem axle galvanized Karavan trailer.
The Northwest Salmon Derby Series was created in 2004 by NMTA for the purpose of promoting salmon fishing opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. In the first year of the Series, six existing derbies were identified to become partners of the Series. Since that year, the Series has expanded to 16 tournaments in 2011.
Carefully and selectively, the Series has been very keen to partner with derbies that are wild fish friendly. Each event occurs within the guidelines of open fishing seasons that occur at a time of the year and area where hatchery chinook and coho salmon exist. In fact, some of the tournaments have gone to “hatchery fish only” even during times and places where retention of unmarked chinook and coho are acceptable for retention in accordance with the Department of Fish and Wildlife rules.
We, at the Northwest Salmon Derby Series and NMTA, are a partner to the protection and enhancement of wild chinook and coho stocks. We encourage anglers to fish selectively and carefully to release unmarked chinook and coho salmon, particularly when the rules require release.
By working with government agencies to protect wild stocks, while accessing abundant hatchery salmon, we believe this formula is the road map to the future of sport fishing for salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
Each year, the Derby Series has awarded a grand prize boat to one lucky angler simply for participating in any of the 16 derbies on the Series schedule. This year's grand prize is a fully outfitted, 22-foot River Hawk boat, powered by a 225 hp Suzuki, on a tandem axle galvanized Karavan trailer.
The Northwest Salmon Derby Series was created in 2004 by NMTA for the purpose of promoting salmon fishing opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. In the first year of the Series, six existing derbies were identified to become partners of the Series. Since that year, the Series has expanded to 16 tournaments in 2011.
Carefully and selectively, the Series has been very keen to partner with derbies that are wild fish friendly. Each event occurs within the guidelines of open fishing seasons that occur at a time of the year and area where hatchery chinook and coho salmon exist. In fact, some of the tournaments have gone to “hatchery fish only” even during times and places where retention of unmarked chinook and coho are acceptable for retention in accordance with the Department of Fish and Wildlife rules.
We, at the Northwest Salmon Derby Series and NMTA, are a partner to the protection and enhancement of wild chinook and coho stocks. We encourage anglers to fish selectively and carefully to release unmarked chinook and coho salmon, particularly when the rules require release.
By working with government agencies to protect wild stocks, while accessing abundant hatchery salmon, we believe this formula is the road map to the future of sport fishing for salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
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