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| 2007 August 11-12, 2007. The THIRTEENTH Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby.
First Prize: A Deluxe Workshop and in-store credit worth $8,000!! from Home Depot. Won by: Brian Beaulieu for his 39lb 9oz Spring. Second Prize: A 15hp Longshaft Outboard Motor & Cash worth $4,500! from Sherwood Marine Center Ltd.. for David Eve's 35lb 9oz. Spring. Third Prize: A $2,600 Raymarine GPS ChartPlotter! from RoTec Communications. Won by Brian Gibson for his 34lb 7 oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: went to Rebecca Higgins for her beautiful 13lb 3oz "Short Spine Thorny Head"! The Hidden Weight Prize (13lbs. 1oz.) went to Bill West!
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| 1 Cabezon weighing: | 8 lbs. | 7 oz. |
| 1 Rock Fish weighing: | 4 lbs. | 4 oz. |
| 1 Short Spine Thorny Head: | 13 lbs. | 3 oz. |
| 151 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 3,062 lbs. | 8 oz! |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received over $3,687 in sponsored services, $4,750 in Cash Donations, Over $5,208 in Givaways and Food and about $51,755 worth of potential prizes. Bringing in a whopping total of over $65,400 in Possible Donations, and raised another $10,000 for local salmon conservation through the Pacific Salmon Foundation, and $500 for the Victoria Fish & Games' Youth Fish Camp II!
 | 2006 August 12-13, 2006. The TWELFTH Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby.
First Prize: a $7,000 Marine Electronics Package! from RoTec Communications and $2000 cash from Richard's Landscaping & Excavating and Konway Construction. Won by: Terry Wilson for his 37lb 6oz Spring. Second Prize: a Deluxe Outdoor Package worth over $5,600 from Home Depot for Les Lohr's 34lb 6oz. Spring. Third Prize: A $3,300 8 HP Yamaha long-shaft 4-cycle outboard from Yamaha Canada and SG Power Products, Won by Howard Matheson for his 33lb 5 oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: A Travel Bag & Fishing Tackle worth $150! from KIA Reg Midgley and OKI Tackle Mfg. Ltd. and Krippled Fishing Lures went to Peter Gunville for his monstrous 22lb 9oz Ling Cod! The Hidden Weight Prize (19lbs. 8oz.) : A Travel Bag, American Chopper model & Fishing tackle worth $150! from KIA Reg Midgley and OKI Tackle Mfg. Ltd. and Colwood Langford Auto Supply Ltd. and Rhys Davis Ltd.went to Bill Zaalderg!
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| 2 Lig Cod weighing: | 29 lbs. | 11 oz. |
| 2 Coho weighing: | 15 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 14 Sockeye weighing: | 85 lbs. | 2 oz. |
| 146 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 3,011 lbs. | 6 oz! |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received over $2,140 in sponsored services, $6,400 in Cash Donations, Over $8,229 in Givaways and Food and about $57,381 worth of potential prizes. Bringing in a record total of over $74,150 in Possible Donations, and raised another $10,000 for local salmon conservation through the Pacific Salmon Foundation, and $500 for the Victoria Fish & Games' Youth Fish Camp II!
 | 2005 August 13-14, 2005. The ELEVENTH Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby.
First Prize: a $6,400 Marine Electronics Package! from RoTec Communications. Won by: John Hutchison for his 39lb Spring. Second Prize: a $3,000 - 8 HP Honda Extra Long-Shaft 4-Cycle Outboard! from SG Power Products for Pat Husarski's 34lb 4oz. Spring. Third Prize: A Deluxe $2,800 Stainless Steel BBQ Package! from Richard's Landscaping & Excavating and Capital Iron and Konway Construction, Won by Mark Cardinal for his 31lb 3 oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: A $200 Cash Prize from GTD's Fishing Charter went to Bob ramigna for his 47lb Halibut! The Hidden Weight Prize (13lbs. 3oz.) : A $200 Gift Certificate from Lynne's Little Elf Garden Centre went to the same guy that won the hidden weight in the Salmon King derby! Gary Nute!
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| 1 Halibut weighing: | 47 lbs. | 0 oz. |
| 1 Sole weighing: | 5 lbs. | 2 oz. |
| 3 Pink weighing: | 16 lbs. | 15 oz. |
| 2 Sockeye weighing: | 11 lbs. | 4 oz. |
| 229 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 4,058 lbs. | 9 oz! |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received over $5,577 in sponsored services, $3,705 in Cash Donations, Over $7,290 in Givaways and Food and about $48,597 worth of potential prizes. Bringing in a record total of over $65,169 in Possible Donations, and raised a record $10,000 for local salmon conservation through the the Pacific Salmon Foundation, and $500 for the Pink Salmon Festival!
 | 2004 August 14-15, 2004. The TENTH Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: a $7,000 Marine Electronics Package! from RoTec Communications. Won by: Wade Banning for his 38lb 6oz. Spring. Second Prize: A Deluxe $3,000 Camping Package! from from Richard's Landscaping & Excavating and Capital Iron and Konway Construction, Won by Keagan Gilbertson for his 34lb 8 oz. Spring. Third Prize: a $2,000 - 9.9 HP Honda Extra Long-Shaft 4-Cycle Outboard! from SG Power Products for Dan Spring's 33lb 9oz. ...Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: prize of a Little Chief Electric Smoker from Colwood Langford Auto Supply Ltd. went to Jeff Bond for his 5lb 5oz. Rock Cod! The Hidden Weight Prize (10lbs. 1oz.) : An Igloo Max Cold 5-Day Cooler & 2 Brass Solar Lanterns valued at $175 from Byatt Landscape & Gardening went to Charlotte Orchison this year.
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| 1 Rock Cod weighing: | 5 lbs. | 5 oz. |
| 3 Coho weighing: | 20 lbs. | 14 oz. |
| 1 Ling Cod weighing: | 5 lbs. | 0 oz. |
| 226 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 4,198 lbs. | 6 oz! |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received over $5,655 in sponsored services, $2,740 in Cash Donations, Over $6,998 in Givaways and Food and about $48,925 worth of potential prizes. Bringing in a record total of over $64,318 in Possible Donations, and raised a record $10,000 for local salmon conservation through the the Pacific Salmon Foundation!
 | 2003 August 9-10, 2003. The ninth Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: a $9,600 Marine Electronics Package! from RoTec Communications. Won by: Bud MainDonald for his 42lb 4oz. Spring. Second Prize: $2,900 8hp Yamaha Long-Shaft 4-Stroke Outboard! from SG Power Products, Won by Bob Hall for his 39lb 7 oz. Spring. Third Prize: A $2,000 Deluxe DeWalt Power Tool Package! from Richard's Landscaping & Excavating for Bruce Cook's 37lb 6oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: prize of a Carry-On Cooler from Sea Ghost Charters went to Glen Grass for his Humungoid 8lb 8oz. Ling Cod! The Hidden Weight Prize (9lbs. 9oz.) : A $100 Spotlight from SG Power Products went to Dave Proudfoot this year.
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| 12 Pink weighing: | 70 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 7 Sockeye weighing: | 47 lbs. | 10 oz. |
| 1 Hatchery Coho weighing: | 6 lbs. | 2 oz. |
| 1 Chum weighing: | 7 lbs. | 5 oz. |
| 1 Ling Cod weighing: | 8 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 271 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 5,681 lbs. | 14 oz! |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received over $5,265 in sponsored services, $6,400 in Cash Donations, Over $5,588 in Givaways and Food and about $50,333 worth of potential prizes. Bringing in a record total of over $67,586 in Possible Donations, and raised a record $6,000 for local salmon conservation through the the Pacific Salmon Foundation!
 | 2002 August 10-11, 2002. The eighth Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: a $5,800 Marine Electronics Package! from RoTec Communications. Won by: Vic Gee for his 35lb 2oz. Spring. Second Prize: $3,000 9.9hp Honda Long-Shaft 4-Stroke Outboard! from Alpine Disposal & Recycling and S&G Power Products, Won by Brian Gibson for his 33lb 3 oz. Spring. Third Prize: 2x Scotty Electric Downriggers and a Black Box! from Pedder Bay Marina and Scott Plastics for Mark Kosick's 33lb 2oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: prize of a Halibut/Ling Cod Harpoon from Peetz Manufacturing Ltd. went to Al Dubetz for his Obese 5lb 5oz. Ling Cod! The Hidden Weight Prize (9lbs. 2oz.) : A Stainless Landing Net from Scott Plastics went to Ed Durdle this year.
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| 156 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 2,963 lbs. | 9 oz. |
| 6 Sockeye weighing: | 42 lbs. | 0 oz. |
| 6 Hatchery Coho weighing: | 38 lbs. | 12 oz. |
| 1 Chum weighing: | 14 lbs. | 9 oz. |
| 1 Ling Cod weighing: | 5 lbs. | 5 oz. |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received over $10,778 in sponsored services, $1,170 in Cash Donations, Over $3,180 in Givaways and Food and about $41,829 worth of potential prizes. Bringing in a whopping total of over $56,957 in Possible Donations, and raised $5,000, for local salmon conservation through the the Pacific Salmon Foundation.
 | 2001 August 11-12, 2001. The seventh Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: A $5,300 Deluxe Fishing Package! from Island Outfitters. Won by: Donald Booth for his 35lb 10oz. Spring. Second Prize: A $1,300 Chart Plotter and a $350 VHF Radio Package! from Rotec Communications, Won by Vern Storry for his 34lb 4 oz. Spring. Third Prize: A $1000 Gift Certificate from Beachcomber Home Leisure for Steve Amett's 34lb 2oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: Went to Darren Carter for his Gargantuan 10lb 8oz. Ling Cod! The Hidden Weight Prize (11lbs. 1oz.) : a $100 Flight Training/Orientation Certificate from Victoria Flight Training Inc. went to Louie Neff this year.
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| 17 Pink weighing: | 110 lbs. | 10 oz. |
| 183 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 3,825 lbs. | 9 oz. |
| 5 Sockeye weighing: | 29 lbs. | 12 oz. |
| 1 Cod weighing: | 3 lbs. | 10 oz. |
| 3 Rock Cod weighing: | 14 lbs. | 3 oz. |
| 2 Ling Cod weighing: | 14 lbs. | 0 oz. |
| 1 Red Snapper weighing: | 4 lbs. | 15 oz. |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received over $1,553 in sponsored services, $2,145 in Cash Donations, Over $2,168 in Givaways and Food and about $17,372 worth of prizes. Bringing in a whopping total of over $23,238 in Donations, and raised a donation of $5,000 for the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society.
 | 2000 August 12-13, 2000. The sixth Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: A $5,000 Boat, Motor & Trailer Package! from Alpine Disposal & Recycling, Beachcomber Home Leisure, Equalizer Fishing Inc., JWG Marine and S&G Power Products. Won by: Rick Smith for his 34lb 9oz. Spring. Second Prize: A $1,500 8' Inflatable Boat Package! also from Alpine Disposal & Recycling, Beachcomber Home Leisure, Equalizer Fishing Inc., JWG Marine and S&G Power Products, Won by Al Stern for his 30lb 14 oz. Spring. Third Prize: An Apelco 5200 VHF Radio and Antenna, a Garmin 12 Hand-Held GPS and an Apelco 265 Depth Sounder! for Mike Pretty's 30lb 6oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: Went to our very own president Richard "Mr. Jones" Jones for his Monstrous 4lb 7oz. Ling Cod! The Hidden Weight Prize (11lbs. 8oz.) : a $295 Salmon Conservation Stamp Print from the Pacific Salmon Foundation went to George Robinson this year.
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| 71 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 1,222 lbs. | 15 oz. |
| 3 Rock Cod weighing: | 4 lbs. | 9 oz. |
| 1 Ling Cod weighing: | 4 lbs. | 7 oz. |
| 4 Greenlings weighing: | 5 lbs. | 0 oz. |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received $4,248 in sponsored services, $3,775 in Cash Donations, Over $1,443 in Givaways and Food and about $17,516 worth of prizes. Bringing in a whopping total of over $26,982 in Donations, and raised a donation of $4,000 for the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society.
 | 1999 August 14-15, 1999. The fifth Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: an $8000 Pacific 690 SL 6-Person Hot Tub Package from Beachcomber Home Leisure and Alpine Disposal & Recycling. Won by: Steve Martin for his 30lb 7oz. Spring. Second Prize: An 8 HP Mariner Outboard worth $1,600 from JWG Marine, Won by Wes McKay for his 27lb 15 oz. Spring. Third Prize: A $1200 Standard Horizon 400GPS Chart Plotter for Bob Hall's 27 lb 6oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: Went to last years' Biggest Salmon Winner Marlene Stirling for her 24lb 12oz. Halibut. The Hidden Weight Prize (8lbs. even) : $100 Cash From GNL Mechanical (Owned by Greg "Plumber Boy" McClelland) Went to Jim Laurie this year. |
| 48 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 883 lbs. | 7 oz. |
| 12 Pink/Humpy weighing: | 70 lbs. | 1 oz. |
| 4 Rock Cod weighing: | 8 lbs. | 11 oz. |
| 2 Ling Cod weighing: | 14 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 1 Halibut weighing: | 24 lbs. | 12 oz. |
| 1 Greenling weighing: (going for biggest bottom fish eh Claude? ;-) |
1 lbs. | 1 oz. ;-) |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We received $5,676 in sponsored services, $2,050 in Cash Donations, Over $2,502 in Givaways and Food and about $23,040 worth of prizes. Bringing in a record total of over $33,268 in Donations, and raised a donation of $3,000 for the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society.
 | 1998 August 15-16, 1998. The fourth Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: a $5500 350 series 6-Person Hot Tub from Beachcomber Home Leisure and Alpine Disposal & Recycling. Won by: Marlene Stirling for her 34lb 11oz. Spring Salmon. (Up until Sat. night, Marlene had the biggest bottom fish weighed-in, a Greenling tipping the scales at 1lb 9oz. :-) Second Prize: An 8 HP Mariner Outboard worth $1750 from JWG Marine, Won by Chuck Taylor for his 29lb 14 oz. Spring. Third Prize: A $1000 Clarion Stereo System from Auto Vibrations/Sound Advice for Wayne Kellett's 29 lb 10oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: Went to Greg "Plumber Boy" McClelland for his Killer 3lb 3 oz. Sea Bass! (No halibut again this year!) The Hidden Weight Prize (9lb. - 11oz. ;-) : $100 Cash From GNL Mechanical (Owned by Greg "Plumber Boy" McClelland) Went to Pat Husarski this year. |
| 2 Bottom fish weighing: | 4 lbs. | 12 oz. |
| 36 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 768 lbs. | 01 oz. |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We gave away over $19,500 worth of prizes, received over $6,000 worth of Sponsor Services, and raised a donation of $2,500 for the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society. Pretty good considering the size of the derby this year, (200 participants) Thanks guys!
 | 1997 August 16-17, 1997. The third Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: a $4500 Deluxe family camping package from Alpine Disposal & Recycling. Won by: Shane Tannock for his 33lb 2oz. Spring Salmon. Second Prize: An 9.9 Horse outboard worth $2400 from JWG Marine, Won by Tom McMahon for his 31lb Spring. Third Prize: A $1200 Sprinkler System from Wade's Irrigation for Bill Emile's 30 lb 8oz. Spring. (beleive it or not, Bill also caught a 30lb 7oz. Spring! And the Biggest Bottom fish: Went to Brett Hourigan for his Gigantic 5lb 12 oz. Ling Cod! (what no halibut?) |
| 3 Bottom fish weighing: | 13 lbs. | 12 oz. |
| 16 Pink at: | 75 lbs. | 15 oz. |
| 2 Sockeyes weighing: | 10 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 9 Coho weighing in at: | 45 lbs. | 11 oz. |
| 127 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 2,407 lbs. | 9 oz. |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We gave away over $15,500 worth of prizes, and raised a record donation of $2500 for the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society.
 | 1996 August 17-18, 1996. The second Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: a $4500 6-person Hot tub from Beachcomber Home Leisure. Won by: Mike Ballard for his 48lb 9oz. Spring Salmon. Second Prize: An 8 Horse outboard worth $1650 from JWG Marine, Won by Trevor Smith for his 41lb Spring. Third Prize: A $1200 Sprinkler System from Wade's Irrigation for Garry Petrie's 32 lb 9oz. Spring. And the Biggest Bottom fish: Went to Jamie Wetherell for his monster 87lb Halibut. Up until Sunday morning, the smallest fish weighed in at 1lb 9oz. oddly enough by a participant named Greg Longbottom. After the first 20 salmon, Biggest Bottom Fish, Hidden Weight and Smallest Legal Fish, the fish were awarded prizes regardless of their species, (there was even a Mackarel weighed in!) There was a total of 146 (101 on Saturday, 45 Sunday) fish weighed in, with 113 participants weighing in a prize winning fish. Out of the 146 fish: |
| 13 Bottom fish weighing: | 141 lbs. | 2 oz. |
| 1 Chum at: | 9 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 1 Mackarel at: | 3 lbs. | 2 oz. |
| 1 Pink at: | 2 lbs. | 0 oz. |
| 3 Sockeyes weighing: | 19 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 42 Coho weighing in at: | 131 lbs. | 7 oz. |
| 85 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 1,300 lbs. | 3 oz. |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, once again, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We gave away over $13,500 worth of prizes, and raised another donation of $1500 for the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society.
 | 1995 August 26-27, 1995. The First Annual MVFD Bite Me! Fishing Derby. First Prize: a $4000 6-person Hot tub from Beachcomber Home Leisure. Won by: James G. Crighton for a 34 1/2lb. Spring Salmon. Second Prize: a $1600 Mariner Outboard from JWG Marine. Won by Louie Neff for his 29lb 6oz. Spring. and the Biggest Bottom fish: beleive it or not, was a colossal 3lb. 2oz. (yes "three pound - two ounce") Sculpin! Wrestled into his boat by Glen Grass. After the first 9 biggest Spring Salmon, Biggest Coho, Biggest Sockeye, Biggest Pink, Biggest Bottom Fish, Hidden Weight and Smallest Legal Fish, the fish were awarded prizes regardless of their species, (including a "Rat Fish"!) There was a total of 145 Fish (87 on Saturday, 58 Sunday) weighed in, with 98 participants weighing in a prize winning fish. Out of the 145 fish: |
| 4 Bottom fish weighing: | 9 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 84 Pinks weighing: | 380 lbs. | 4 oz. |
| 8 Sockeyes combining: | 44 lbs. | 8 oz. |
| 27 big Coho weighing: | 137 lbs. | 4 oz. |
| 22 Spring/Chinook weighing: | 343 lbs. | 3 oz. |
Thanks to our generous Sponsors, no one walked away empty handed. Including those who did not even catch a fish! We gave away over $10,000 worth of prizes, and raised a donation of $1500 for the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society.
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