Fishing Derby starts with $8,800 in prizes up for grabs
Photo by Tom Rivers: Julie Schaeffer holds the 30-pound, 14-ounce Chinook salmon that she caught to win to the $4,000 grand prize in last year’s Orleans County Fishing Derby. Schaeffer is from Sligo, Pa. and has been coming to Orleans County to fish since the early 1980s.
The annual Orleans County Fishing Derby starts today and continues until Aug. 20 with $8,800 in prizes available.
The angler who catches the biggest fish in the derby wins $4,000.
Participants in the derby can enter fish in four divisions: Chinook salmon, brown trout, rainbow trout, and lake trout.
Besides $4,000 for the biggest fish, the four division leaders each get $500, followed by $300 for second, $200 for third, $100 for fourth and $50 for fifth.
There is also a $200 prize to the Orleans County resident who catches the biggest fish.
The derby is sponsored by the Albion Rotary Club, and proceeds go towards community projects. The Rotary Club has been organizing the derby for more than 30 years, seeing the event as a way to promote tourism businesses and the local fishing scene.
For more on the derby, including how to register, click here.
