Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project

By Larry Wolf - Derby Director

Well I could not have been more off the mark than I was this year.  The salmon fishing started out with a bang but ended shortly after I wrote my article for the 2001 Salmon Derby.  The weather and currents changed this year in the middle of May.  All of the salmon that normally migrate down here for the spring and summer left and we had only a hand full of fish being caught during June.  In an effort to avoid the cancellation of the derby, we changed the rules to allow halibut as well as albacore tuna, to be entered into the derby.  Although the rule changes helped, the derby did not produce the revenue that we normally receive.  We did break even and gave away some very nice prizes. 

The winner was Mark Domanic, from Monterey.  His winning fish weighed in at 34lbs.12oz and he won the $1.000.00 Grand Prize.  Second was Art Terkildsen, 28lb.13oz.,  won $500.00.  The third place winner was Mike Venezio with a 26lbs.02 ozs.  He won $250.00.  The grand total 3 day weight winner with the total weight of 42lbs. 04ozs, went to Kenny Nakagawa.  Kenny turned in a fish each day.   He won then four day trip to Hotel Buena Vista in Baja California, for Marlin fishing for two.  Kenny is a big supporter of our program and donated the trip back to the hatchery to be auctioned off at our November 10^th abacore dinner.  Thanks again to Kenny for his contribution to the derby and his donation to our next fall fund raiser.   

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