When is a tie not a tie? That is what happened with the results of the annual Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby that concluded on Sunday afternoon with the awards given out at the Gardiner Boat launch. Micah Hanley of Mount Vernon, left, caught a 16.85-pound salmon at 11:23 a.m. on Saturday to lead the derby. Not to be outdone Kyle Madison of Port Angeles caught a salmon also at 16.85 pounds on at 9:35 a.m. Sunday. Since both fish were tied in weight the derby rules state that the first of the two fish caught ise ahead in the standings. The difference is $10,000 first prize and $2,000 second prize. Hanley takes first and Madison gets second. Third place was a 16.40-pound salmon from Larry Phillips of Olympia. The three-day derby had 857 paid fisherman with a total of 233 fish caught and registered. The average weight was calculated at 8.15 pounds. This was Hanley’s first derby on the Peninsula. He told his family that he would only go fishing on Saturday, but was persuaded to come back Sunday for a prize since it looked like his fish would hold up in the lead, which technically, it did.
When is a tie not a tie? That is what happened with the results of the annual Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby thatconcluded on Sunday afternoon with the awards given out at the Gardiner Boat launch. Micah Hanley of Mount Vernon,left, caught a 16.85-pound salmon at 11:23 a.m. on Saturday to lead the derby. Not to be outdone Kyle Madison of PortAngeles caught a salmon also at 16.85 pounds on at 9:35 a.m. Sunday. Since both fish were tied in weight the derbyrules state that the first of the two fish caught ise ahead in the standings. The difference is $10,000 first prize and$2,000 second prize. Hanley takes first and Madison gets second. Third place was a 16.40-pound salmon from LarryPhillips of Olympia. The three-day derby had 857 paid fisherman with a total of 233 fish caught and registered. Theaverage weight was calculated at 8.15 pounds. This was Hanley’s first derby on the Peninsula. He told his family that hewould only go fishing on Saturday, but was persuaded to come back Sunday for a prize since it looked like his fish wouldhold up in the lead, which technically, it did.
