2008-08-17

5th Annual Vern Harrington Silver Salmon Derby

Despite the misty weather which bordered on monsoons on occasion, the 5th Annual Derby was once again held on the first weekend following August 13th. There was a record turnout of fishermen, coming from distances of Casper, Wyoming, Fairbanks, and Anchorage to fish the derby and enjoy the comrade of the the Hole In The Wall. Three generations of the Harrington family fished the derby this year.

It came as no surprise, but once again the Master stepped forward and before fishing began, while sitting around the fire pit enjoying a pre-dawn cup of coffee, he informed the others in the fishing party that they would need at least a Seventeen (17) pound Silver Salmon to win the Derby.
It is doubtful that the Silver Salmon that won the Derby this year will ever be matched as it was perhaps a record Silver Salmon for Anchor River. My limited personal knowledge of plus fifty years, I have never seen a Silver Salmon this large that was actually weighed from the Anchor River.

2008 Vern Harrington
Silver Salmon Derby
Winner
16.5 Pounds
Caught By Stan Harrington


Anchor River Silver Salmon
and Derby Winner




A Few Of The Fishermen That Fished The Derby. These Smaller Silver Salmon Are In The 10 to 12.5 Pound Range, Very Respectable Anchor River Silver Salmon


"Did I Ever Tell You About that 16.5 Silver Salmon I Caught From the Anchor River?"

Get Use To It Until This High Mark Is Beaten

P.S. Thanks Dad, for being there!

6 comments:

Stan Harrington said...
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Stan Harrington said...

Did I ever tell you about the 72 Pound King Salmon that I caught?

Heidi said...

What a great looking crew. You and Shane, save a few silvers for me to catch.

john r mclay said...

I'll send you some pics of your monster catch AFTER the bones beside the row of 10 pounders.
Yours measured approx. 23" WITHOUT the head!

RangerBill said...

Nice catch....

Stan Harrington said...

The traditonal blue satin bag of gold coins was deleivered to me this evening, in addition to several new gold coin releases and a early model silver dollar. The bag is all mine, mine, mine ~ at least until the first weekend following August 13, 2009.

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