Everett Coho Derby Results

Here's the results of the Everett Coho Derby from this past weekend:

Results of the Eighteenth Everett Coho Salmon Derby:

The eighteenth annual Coho Salmon Derby was held on September 24-25 2011. This annual derby is a joint operation by the Everett Steelhead and Salmon Club, the Snohomish Sportsmen’s Club and NSIA (Northwest Sportsfishing Industry Association). There were 497 salmon weighed in on Saturday and 176 fish on Sunday for a total of 673 salmon. Some of the fish weighed on Sunday were “upgrades” for the Saturday fish.

Among the 1700 plus adult ticket holders there were seven fish over 15 pounds and 109 over ten pounds. The winners of the adult cash prizes were:

1st place and $3000 was Mike Fure with a 16.55 pound coho caught in area 8.2 on a green flasher/green squid combination.
2nd place and $2000 went to Terry Metzger with a 15.70 pound coho caught in area 9 on a Silver Horde flasher/squid combination.
3rd place and $1500 went to Mike Brower with a 15.60 pound coho caught in area 10 also on a Silver Horde flasher/squid combination.
4th place and $1000 went to Adam Davis with a 15.53 pound coho in the Snohomish River using a Dick Nite Spoon.
5th place and $750 went to Peter Kline with a 15.20 pound coho in the Snohomish River using a Dick Nite Spoon.
6th place and $500 went to Nelson Goodsell with a 15.13 pound coho in area 8.2 using a Silver Horde Spoon.

Of the top 30 fish weighed in by adults, nine were caught in the Snohomish River, one came from the Skagit River and twenty came from the salt water.

There were 168 youth tickets (12 years and younger) given away and of those, there were 47 fish weighed in. The top five youth fish were:

1st place and $100, Hunter Steltz who caught his 13.02 pound coho in the Snohomish River.
2nd place and $75 went to Braydon Pittwood who also caught his 11.98 pound coho in the Snohomish River.
3rd place and $50 went to Kathryn Holland with a 10.49 pound coho caught in the Snohomish River.
4th place and a merchandize prize went to James Trainer with a 10.37 pound coho caught in area 9.
5th place and a merchandize prize went to Amanda Davis with a 10.34 pound coho caught in the Stillaguamish River.

The weather on Saturday was cooperative but Sunday, with the rain and strong winds, many of the boats did not make it onto the water.