Anchor Point Derby May 16 Report & Vid

Stay tuned. Great warm up for our May event. Great derby. Lots of fun. 

They will have a kayak category!

More details about prizes and such should be forthcoming.

This is a derby where everyone enters for a nominal fee.  I thought $20 bucks.  The real money comes in what i think is the "calcutta" part.  The night before the derby, there is a dinner.  All the boats and kayaks go up for auction.  Whoever "buys" that vessel in the auction takes the majority of the pot.  So if you want to win money on the fish YOU catch, I had to pay $50 or something like that to buy my kayak!  I had to actually outbid someone for it.  The good news, kayaks go for less than boats becasue with one rod the odds are less.  That bad news, on a per rod basis, the kayaks seems to get bid up more due to some novelty factor. 

I have entered this derby twice.  First year I took the "gal next door" from my Kenai school days. She manages to land the first and I believe only non-powerboat king to date in what I think was 17 years of the derby. 

Pictures:


Me netting her fish.  Notice the platform of choice for offshore fishing...My Mini-x


Tad long at nearly 15 minutes, but you want to watch a person who has never caught a king...let alone off a kayak, and me being stupid trying to net the fish and break rods...it'll be entertaining.  Does show how fast a king will tow a kayak.  It was her third time in a kayak I think.  The first day she used a pescador 12 that she bought the day before the derby.

Looking at that fish makes me want to go but I just don't have any time in my leave bank. I am still in for the NWKA derby, I took 10 days off for that event.

That's a great video she handeled that fish like a pro!
Are there many events like this in June or July ?

Sorry!!  Saturday May 16!!!!!

Oh not sure if derbies in that time frame. I fish the seward derby in August.

We are planning more get togethers. Hmmmm.  What should we do in July?

I say oct Kings in Homer too!

I'll be there - thinking of going down a day early to hit the water with fewer PB's on hand. 

The official rules.....

2015 - 21st Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament

Attention Anglers, It’s time for Anchor Point’s

21st Annual King Salmon Calcutta Tournament

May 15 & 16th, 2015

Sponsored by the South Peninsula Sportsman’s Association & the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce

The Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament provides funding for the Homer Youth Fishing Fair and Anchor Point Visitor Ctr.

Calcutta Auction ~ Friday May 15 beginning 5:30 PM at the Anchor

River Inn (smoke free room & food available)

✦All boats must be registered by 6:30 PM Friday May 15th, Auction starts 7:00 PM

✦Boat entry registration is $25

Calcutta Auction for the boat that catches the 1st place fish and 1st place fisherman: proceeds split 50% bidder/25% boat/25% Chamber and SPSA.

Three NEW ways to WIN this year!

Additional side bet for the 2nd highest weight fish and the fish weighing the closest to the “Average Weight”. Any fisherman joining this side bet with $50 is eligible to win. 2nd place wins 50%, average weight wins 25% and 25% goes to Chamber & SPSA.

Guess Average Fish Weight (side bet): Anyone can have a chance to win with this bet for $25 and submit your “Average weight” guess to the closest 100th of a pound (#00.00 LBS). Pot split 75%/25%

ALSO * Two Anchor Point Tractor Launches will be given away as door prizes donated by launch owner Todd Bareman.

2015 - 21st Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament

Tournament Day ~ Saturday May 16th, 2015

✦ Fishing hours will be from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday May

16. Todd Bareman will radio announce lines in and lines out. If you have a fish on at 4:00pm have someone call to report it* (see new rules below)

✦ Tournament boundaries are from Dimond Creek (the 40 line) to

Stariski Point (Stariski’s south marker)

✦ On Saturday, Todd Bareman will “make the call” if the weather is marginal. The start time might be delayed 2 hours or postponed to Sunday May 17th. Contact Todd Bareman @ 299-2686 at the AP Tractor Launch, Homer boats can also call in on Channel 14 for updates. If the weather kicks during the day the ending time may be pushed up.

New rules this year………

• Every fish caught must be called in when it’s landed. Call in on Channel 14 - We have Todd & Jeanne on the radio, if (for some odd reason) you do not get a response from your radio call in, have someone on the boat call Jeanne at 399-6156 to confirm the catch.

Call in with the boat name and the person who caught the fish.

✦ALL FISH MUST BE WEIGHED IN AT THE ANCHOR POINT BOAT LAUNCH BY 5:30 p.m. ON SATURDAY.

• All fish will be gutted after weight is recorded

✦Join us at 6:00 PM back at the Anchor River Inn to announce all the winners and payout to the person who guessed the “Average Fish Weight”!

If you need to register early call Leah at 218-380-0623

BUMP!

Forecast looks good!  Let's hope it holds!  Who is in?  We can win this one!!!!!!!!!

Ok. Who is fishing this? I have a potential plan in the works dependent on weather.

AM Thursday, looks like it may be damp this weekend, but seas OK. 

I am thinking to head down tonight, fish Friday to shake out my early season mistakes, and be ready for SAT tourney.

Anyone else going to be on the water tomorrow (FRI) ?

I'm going to try and head out early but we will see.  Probably won't have time to fish. Saturday looking marginal. Sunday better. It's shaping up like 2012 when I think a south wind allowed kayaks to get out but tractor launch for powerboats was too much and they postponed. I couldn't make the next day. I'm fishing regardless somewhere!!!!!

Weather improving.  took the day off.  But probably won't fish tomorrow.  relax, and get ready for a hard day Saturday!

Quick note for those coming down -  Observations aroudn 2PM 5/15 at WG and AP:  Wavees 1-2 breaking north to south along beach, wind about 10 -15 from north.   No boats or Yaks visible from WG and only one small craft on the water off AP tractor launch, where wave breaks were a bit higher -- Only two trailers parked there going into high slack.   

Rain spitting off and on. 

Hoping for the wind to die overnight for the AM Calcutta AP King derby!