27-pounder now leads Fishing Derby
There is a new leader in the Rotary Fishing Derby, the third time the has been a change at the top since the derby started on Saturday.
Larry Duckworth of Corfu on Monday caught a 27-pound, 8-ounce Chinook salmon, to knock a 24-pound, 11-ounce salmon from the top spot. The biggest fish caught during the derby, which ends Aug. 18, wins a $4,000 grand prize.
There is $8,800 in prize money up for grabs in four divisions – salmon, rainbow trout/steelhead, brown trout and lake trout.
The Albion Rotary Club has been running the derby for more than 30 years. To see the leaderboard, click here.
