Ingram wins Einar Nielsen/Becky Barr Fishing Derby; Neil Tarte catches his first derby salmon


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SAN JUAN ISLAND

FISHING COMPETITIONS

2009

Return to derbies nets angler Roche Harbor's $10,000 prize

2008

$20K awarded and 141 fish caught in 5th annual Salmon Fishing Classic at Roche Harbor

2007

Simms wins $10K in fishing derby; Holman $5K

A couple of firsts for Einar-Barr Fishing Classic

2006

Lawson lands derby winner in 'nasty' conditions

A couple of firsts for Einar-Barr Fishing Classic

2005

Angler wins Nielsen/Barr by 1 ounce - 21th Annual Einar Nielsen/Becky Barr Memorial Fishing Classic

Bellingham man hooks $10,000 anniversary, birthday gift- second Annual Salmon Classic Invitational

Russ Lett leads Roche Harbor derby

2004

Orcas men win $6,500 in Roche Harbor salmon derby

Anglers vying for $10K prize - Roche Harbor Village first Annual Salmon Classic Invitational

Einar's kin wins derby
20th Annual Einar Nielsen/Becky Barr Memorial Fishing Classic

2003

19th Annual Einar Nielsen-Becky Barr Memorial Fishing Derby

Ingram wins Einar Nielsen/Becky Barr Fishing Derby;
Neil Tarte catches his first derby salmon
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Story and photos by Sharon Kivisto (except top two)

posted 10/01/2007
Todd Ingram's 24 pound 11 oz salmon won the 23rd annual Einar Nielsen/Becky Barr Fishing Derby. Second place went to Thad Cochran with a 23 lb. 7 oz fish just edging out Denny Swirtz by one ounce. His 23 pound 6 oz. salmon had held the lead for 22 hours. Jason Carl with a 22-pound 12 oz. fish was fourth. When the last of the 41 fish were weighed in by noon on Sunday, R Alvord was fifth with a 17 pound 3 oz King, Butch Brightman was sixth with a 9.9 pound King and Cliff Walsh's 8.5 salmon ended up tied with Steve Revella's for seventh place. In ninth place was Geo Phoghoft with an 8.3 fish and Dan Steward came in tenth with a 8.1 silver salmon.

As the winners names were called out, they came up and selected a prize from a variety of items donated by merchants. Prizes ranged from a propane barbecue grill - selected by Ingram - to overnight stays at the Quarryman suites at Roche Harbor to loads of gravel to hair makeovers to 25 gallons of gasoline.

Everyone went home with a prize. After all the successful fishers chose a prize, the rest of the names were drawn out of a bag and the people came up and chose a prize.

Tim Judkins kept things moving along. He reminisced about the changes in the event in the past 23 years. Roche Harbor has taken over the cooking of the salmon dinner which is a vast improvement over drunk fisherman trying to light a fire, he said.

He reminded everyone of how the event started. Einar Nielsen was out fishing and was later found in his boat dead of a heart attack. Lying next to him was a 54-pound salmon. The event was put together as a way to remember Einar and to raise funds for scholarships. Last year $23,000 in scholarships were given out.

Next year the derby will be Oct. 2, 3, 4 and 5, 2008.