8th Annual Lake Lenore Lions Ice Fishing Derby Jan 21/17

[nicemustang]

The 8th Annual Lake Lenore Lions Ice Fishing Derby

Saturday, January 21 2017

Registration 8:00 am - Fishing 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Catch and Release Only - Walleye, Northern Pike and Perch

Entry fee $40 / person (pre-registration) or $50 / person day of event

Pre-register by calling Alan Silzer at 368-2338 between 8-5 Mon-Fri.

Lunch and drinks available for purchase on the lake.

GREAT PRIZES! Over $10,000 of prizes, all entries are eligible for prizes.

50% Cash payout (1st 50%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 15%, smallest 10%)
$500 Bonus for largest Walleye - Horizon Fertilizers
$250 Largest Perch Prize – Hillside Gravel
Guaranteed 50/50 of at least $1000
Power Ice Auger - CMI Terminal
Frabill HQ 300 6 man ice fishing tent - Bourgault Tillage Tools
Ice fishing gear package - Cabela's Canada
Makita cordless tool package - Lake Lenore Co-op Agro
$250 Cabela's Gift Card - Richardson Pioneer
Bag of Pioneer Canola Seed - Gerwing Ag Ventures
Bag of Invigor L252 Canaola Seed – Bayer Crop Science
Aqua-Vu 715c Color Underwater Camera – Dekalb Canola Seed
Lowrance Elite 4x Ice sonar – Syngenta Canada
Ice Fishing Package – Access Communications

Rules:

ALL KIDS OF ALL AGES ON THE ICE, MUST BE REGISTERED AND PAID IN FULL
- Area will be marked off where fishing is permitted.
- After you register you will be permitted to set-up your ice shack and drill your holes….but you are NOT ALLOWED to put your lines in the water until the start time. Anyone found with lines in the water before the start time WILL BE DISQUALIFIED with no refund and not allowed in designated derby area.
- Fishing starts with a horn signal at 10:00 AM and ends with a horn signal at 2.00 PM.
- At 9:45 AM everyone must be out of their ice shacks. Everyone will start from one of the three flagged areas whichever is closest to their holes. You can also stand outside the boundary close to your hole if you prefer.
- No trucks, snow toboggans or ATV’s are allowed in the fishing area, they must be parked in the designated parking areas.
- Drill your own holes, paid entrants are permitted 2 holes no more than 10 meters apart.
- If you decide to move, your previous holes are available to any other fishermen.
- Fishing huts and electronics are allowed.
- All Sask. Fishing regulations will apply.
- Authorities will be around at the start and throughout the day to check out shacks, holes and lines.
- Fishermen must keep the fish alive in a large bucket or preferably a cooler when brought to the weigh station. The fish MUST be released alive to be entered.
- All dead fish must be brought to weigh station also.
- After catching a fish bring it to the trailer or a flagged vehicle where someone will assist you with your fish to the weigh station.
- Judges decisions are final.
- Unregistered people cannot fish in registered people’s holes anywhere is the designated area.
- Registration numbers must be visible at all times.
- Participants must be in line at the weigh station when the horn goes to end the derby, in order for fish to be eligible.
- All prizes and donations will be awarded, we will draw for these in the event that no fish are caught.
- Bring all fish caught to weigh station, regardless of size since there will be extra prices drawn randomly.
- All registered fisherman are eligible to win prizes throughout the day & at the awards presentation following the derby, so be sure to attend for your chance to collect a prize.
- NO PRIZES for first &/or last fish caught during the derby.

Fishing huts, heaters, and electronics are allowed!

Official Rules and Prizes sheet to be handed out upon registering.

Sponsors:

Horizon Fertilizers
CMI Terminal
Cabela's Canada
Lake Lenore Co-op Agro
Bourgault Tillage Tools
Richardson Pioneer
Pioneer Seeds - Gerwing Ag Ventures
Hillside Gravel
Bayer Crop Science
Dekalb Canada
Brett Young
Syngenta Canada
Access Communications



Affinity Credit Union - LL Branch
LL Meats
LL Grocery Co-op and Greenhouse
LL Hotel
L & J Voz Trucking
Lung Seeds
Berscheid Seeds
Jaydee AgTec
Hergott Farm Equipment
Fly On Ag
Grain Bags Canada
B&P Resorts
Knight Archer Insurance
D Classen Concrete Pumping
Shaw Building Movers
Graphic Ad
Sunrise Foods
Brockman Enterprises
Rona
Strueby Construction
Strueby Plumbing and Heating
Jamie Haeusler Construction
Nexus Electric
Discovery Motorsports
Westeel
Koenders
Bunge
MNP
The Fishin’ Hole
1st Stop Auto Parts Humboldt



Last year we had 485 entries and first prize was $4400! Hope to see you out and thank you for supporting the Lake Lenore Lions Club! Check back often for more prize information.

[bigk]

How's access looking mustang? Think we will be driving on?

[Evan_35]

So you can drill two holes and if the fishing isn't good you can move and drill two new holes?

[bigk]

Correct. Old holes become available for use by anyone.

[BlueDevil]

I'm planning on going this year!  For those who haven't been there but are thinking of going it's a very well organized tournament, people are great and it's a fun day of fishing! 

[nicemustang]

We will be plowing a road access from the main road on the way to lungs beach through the field and onto the lake. We will have a similar setup as last year. A large fishing area that will extend from the access point going east in line with the shore. There is a large ice heave further east and we will likely not go past that. Weather depending though of course to see how it may change in the next 3 weeks. The main awards area will be setup on shore as 500+ people and trucks are not safe on the ice. We'll have more info after the Jan 11 meeting to share more of a plan.

[coldazice]

safe to say that after this morning's -35 without wind chill temp and the next couple weeks forecast you'll be looking at 30" of ice come derby time.

[daniels papa]

is it back on the big lake this year and will we be allowed to drive on to our fishing spot and set up tnen go park the truck..

[Dooman]

I have a question about the # of holes allowed - last year few years I have been to this derby and i drilled about 30 holes in and around my shack right off the bat, and was hole hoping the entire derby (but only using max of 2 holes at a time) with the understanding that if someone wanted to they could use some my holes as well as long as I wasn't in them at the time.  From my understanding that was allowed, but re-reading the rules (mainly "Drill your own holes, paid entrants are permitted 2 holes no more than 10 meters apart.") now i am not completely sure. Can anyone confirm/clarify? Thanks

[bigk]

We also drill lots of holes. In my head it breaks down to the 2 holes you are fishing cannot be more than 10 meters apart but can have as many drilled as you want.

[nicemustang]

We also drill lots of holes. In my head it breaks down to the 2 holes you are fishing cannot be more than 10 meters apart but can have as many drilled as you want.

Correct

[3rdgenrf]

Where is Lake Lenore from Swift Current?

[bigk]

Can't make the map post properly. Type swift current as your starting point and lake Lenore lungs as your end point into a map app. I got around 440km drive for you.

[3rdgenrf]

Ok. Yeah, good ole Google. Thanks

[bigk]

Hey mustang any word on how many are registered? Looks like we may finally get some decent weather for it. If you believe the 2 week forecast....

[tightline06]

anybody have updates on the ice conditions? I'm planning on bringing my big permanent up this weekend for the derby. Will i be able to get it on the ice to the derby location or are heaves going to be an issue for me? also if somebody knows the ice thickness that would be appreciated.

[nicemustang]

Good weather and lots registered. Ice is 28" plus.

[jhepting]

Good weather and lots registered. Ice is 28" plus.

So I do not need my auger extension then?

[ben-lucky]

no extensions needed unless drilling from inside a raised shack

[candlelakeslayer]

Is this a barbless lake?

[bigk]

Hope the fishing is better than the recent reports everyone is giving. Drive safe everyone and good luck tomorrow!

[Ry-Guy]

How did the Derby go yesterday? What was the winning fish? How many guys had too many adult beverages and had a little nap on the ice?

[ski]

Derby was good lots of people  I was told over 100 fish caught and 599 registered contestants  No idea what biggest fish was or weighed but I do know 50/50 was over $5000 and won by someone from Warmen

[tightline06]

Anybody know why only pike and walleye counted in the smallest fish category? Are perch not a native species of the lake? I just feel like smallest fish should be smallest fish. This is the first derby i've fished in with these rules

[Dooman]

top 3 fish were all pike

top fish was a 6.something pound pike.

if i remember correctly it was 88 walleye 12 pike and 4 perch or something like that. total was 104 fish.

top walleye was 3.3 (my buddy caught a 2.6)

biggest perch was 1.6 lbs.

smallest fish was .5 lbs.

I did not relize smallest fish had to be walleye/pike, i thought perch qualified for that as well?

[tightline06]

top 3 fish were all pike

top fish was a 6.something pound pike.

if i remember correctly it was 88 walleye 12 pike and 4 perch or something like that. total was 104 fish.

top walleye was 3.3 (my buddy caught a 2.6)

biggest perch was 1.6 lbs.

smallest fish was .5 lbs.

I did not relize smallest fish had to be walleye/pike, i thought perch qualified for that as well?

Unfortunately not. I caught a .24 lb perch. But it was not counted

[nicemustang]

I have been away but here are the official results.

1st - $6342.50 - 6.57 lb pike
2nd - $3171.25 - 5.34 lb pike
3rd - $1902.75 - 4.58 lb pike
Smallest - $1268.50 - .51 lb walleye
Largest walleye - 3.30 lbs $500
Perch 1.66 lbs $250

50/50 $5155.50

104 fish caught, pretty spread out evenly through the area.

The rules clearly states that smallest fish is either pike or a walleye. This is the way it's been for all of our derby's. There was some confusion at the weigh station about that for which we do apologize.

We'd like to thank everyone who attended for all the support. Also we'd like to thank all of our volunteers and sponsors. It would be very difficult without them!

Each year we are learning and trying to improve. We are open to any suggestions or comments. Please feel free to contact me via PM or at [email protected].

[slicktrick]

Thank you for putting on a great derby, It was my third time attending and I hope to attend next year as it was a well organized event.   

[Pollock fish]

I second that. This was my fourth year at it. I have gone in a handful of others but this one keeps me coming back. Now if only the fish numbers  caught were only as high as the first two years.  When I first came half the people in it and twice the fish were caught. Lake gets hammered in summer from what I hear.   Anyways keep up the good work.

[amatue]

great derby.love the way it was set up.2 of us weighed 3 fish.Marked fish that were not interested.made for a fun fishing time from beginning to end.