What a Derby it was this year.  Randy and I want to thank every one that was here and made this happen.  We signed up over 240 enteries just on Friday alone.  Steve Kalb brought in this 11.1 LB  Rainbow, around 10 am on Sunday and took over 1st place.  There was a nice amount of Rainbows brought in to be weighted.  Many stayed in the money for a few hours and then were knocked out.  There were 520 Fisherman and 193 Boats, it was a beautiful weekend for everyone and the sun showed up for most of Saturday and much of Sunday.  The door prizes were oustanding as always.  Thank You to every contestant and company  that was kind enought to donate door prizes for the derby.  It means a lot to us that you all enjoy the derby enough to become this envolved with it, Thank-You All... A special Thank You to the Division Of Wildlife for takingthe time to be here and answering questions for eveyone.  This a great fishery and we have them to thank for it.

• First Place- Steve Kalb with 11.1 Lbs of Troy, Montana
• Second Place-Patty Evans with  9.12 Lbs of  Libby, Montana
• Third Place-Brian Willams with 9.9 Lbs of  Libby, Montana
• Fourth Place- Brian Bacon with 9.4 Lbs of  Rathdrum, Idaho
• Fifth Palce- Jeff Olds with 8.7 Lbs of  Ione, Washington
• Sixth Place- Rachelle Buchanan with 8.7 Lbs of Deer Park, Washington

The Salmon Class was as exciting as the Rainbows for as many as we weighted.  We weight the heaviest 20 Kokanee for the entire weekend on a one time weight-in.

• First Place was Bredon Briscoe with 4.10 Lbs of Moscow, Idaho
• Second was Brett Storro with 4.10 Lbs of Priest River, Idaho
• Third Place was Austin Lies with 4.7 Lbs of Sagle ,Idaho

We had both 5th and 6th of the Rainbows and 1st and 2nd of the Kokanee Class Tie.  In this situation we combine the winning money and split it among both the winners.

We had 21 kids under the age of 14, they all recieved 6 ft rods and reel sets.

Our Memtorship award went to Ray Trout, Rod Trout and Tyson Trout.  Great Grand Dad,  Grand Dad and Tyson is 4 years old.

Farthest away was Randy Carlson of Spanish Fort, Alabama, Yougest was a tie also with Tyson Trout and Kaytlan(camper) Bell.  They all recieved derby shirts.

2011 Derby will be on May 14th and 15th Always the weekend following Mother's Day.

APPLICATINS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TELL LATE JAN OR EARLY FEB.

The weather has been pretty crappy since the Derby.  Today May 22 it is over cast and cool.  They are calling for rain tell Tuesday but it changes always.  Please go to the weather link to check the forcast.  I have a few openings for Memorial Day in the RV Park.  We are having Karaoke Saturday Night May 22nd and May 29th.  Everyone welcome.  Any questions please call 1-406-293-7474 and we will do our best to help answer them.

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