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Vol. 27, Issue 24, February 16, 2023
The 25th Pike Ice Fishing Derby Is Now One for the Books
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n Saturday February 11th, over 700 anglers hit the ice in the hopes of reeling in a prizewinning fish at the Rotary Club of Chapleau Pike Ice Fishing Derby. Although the weather was mild, the wind was blustery and proved challenging to our intrepid anglers. Although there was no truck draw this year, the prize lineup most certainly made up for it. Roughly $80,000 in prizes were up for grabs and when all was said and done, there were some very happy anglers! Perhaps this prize lineup was responsible for the many out of town anglers that participated this year. Here are our prize winners: · 8th Place $500 – Spencer Smith · 7th Place $1000 – Andre Doyon · 6th Place $2500 – Jean-Louis Nicol · 5th Place $5000 – Ian Laughland · 4th Place $7500 – Keith Corston Jr. · 3rd Place $10,000 – Guy Paradis · 2nd Place $15,000 – Willie Desrocher · 1st Place Polaris Ranger 1000 Side by Side – Max Bertrand In honour of the 25th derby, two mystery prizes were awarded. The first mystery prize, a 2.5 hp Mercury outboard motor, was won by Dustin Bigras. His 3.27 pound pike was the closest to the mystery weight of 3.25 pounds. The second mystery prize, a Stihl battery operated chainsaw donated by Tracey Wetzl from Exit Realty, was won by Larry Moore. Larry brought in a 25 inch pike which matched our Long Term mystery length. There Forecast was also a prize awarded Thursday for the return of the flags. High -11 Bobby Moreau was the Low -23 lucky winner of a $100 Friday gift card from J&B Cycle High -12 and Marine. Low -14 Congratulations to our Saturday High -2 Low -8 Sunday High 0 Low -5 Monday High -5 Low -21 Tuesday High -13 Low -22
derby winners! We can't put on a derby of this size and this quality without volunteers and the Rotary Club of Chapleau would like to thank them. Thanks to our knowledgeable volunteers at the weighin station who measure, weigh, and inspect the fish that are brought in: Craig Montgomery, Richard Beaudoin and Chris Pratt. Thank you to our snowmobile patrollers: Nancy Bass and Fred Donivan from the Chapleau Snowmobile Club, as well as Rob and Jake Polaris Ranger 1000 Side by Side winner Max Bertrand Sanchioni. They made sure that our anglers a fantastic place to live. So what does the Rotary were OK during the derby and safely off the ice Club of Chapleau do with the proceeds from the when it ended. We would also like to thank the derby? Well, over the years we've donated to all the Conservation Officers from the MNRF, Melissa schools including yearly bursaries, we've provided Fairbairn and Eric Caron, as well the members of the OPP SAVE (Snowmobile, ATV and Vessel $10,000 as seed money for the splash pad at the Enforcement) Unit from North Bay, along with waterfront. We've furnished two rooms at the some of our local OPP constables, who made sure Bignucolo long term care, we purchased a $17,000 that all followed the rules and were safe when out patient lift to transfer patients in and out of ambuand about. Thank you to the Township of Chapleau lances, we donated $10,000 towards the purchase staff and workers that have helped us during the of a new ultrasound unit, we've donated to our local derby. They are top-notch people. Thank you to clubs such as hockey, gymnastics, figure skating Rick Labbe from JJAM FM who helped us keep and skiing so that our youth can practice sports. In people up to date with the live broadcasts during the the past, we've also donated proceeds from the derby. Lastly, we would like to thank RBC, Collins derby to the not for profit organizations in town Home Hardware and Home Furniture, and NAPA because we know how difficult it is to fundraise and Chapleau Auto Parts for selling derby tickets on our this is but a small piece of what Rotary does for behalf. Chapleau. If you want to help make Chapleau a Proceeds from the derby will be reinvested better place, consider joining Rotary! Reach out to in our community so that Chapleau continues to be a Rotarian for more information.
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