36.535 lb. King Salmon Nets Winner $11,308 in Homer, Alaska's 5th Annual Winter King Fishing Tournament |
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36.535 lb. King Salmon Nets Winner $11,308 in Homer, Alaska's 5th Annual Winter King Fishing Tournament |
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 The Winner
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..Karl Finkenbinder of Homer, Alaska took first place in the
one-day Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament on Saturday, March 21. Finkenbinder won
$11,308 and a gold medallion for his 36.535 lb feeder king salmon which he caught fishing
aboard the Annalee II. The 36.535 lb salmon is the largest on record for the 5-year running tournament, and is 1.245 pounds heavier than last years' winning fish. A total of 514 anglers paid the $100 entry fee to fish the tournament, making the cash giveaways for the top ten fish total $38,550 (75% of the total take - see list attached). 160 fish were landed during the 8hour tournament which started at 8am and ended at 4pm. 154 boats participated on the flat, calm sunny day in Kachemak Bay, hauling anglers from all over the state and country. ..32 prizes valued at $50 - $300 were given away every 15 minutes during fishing from randomly drawn names of all anglers, and 12 prizes valued at $300 - $500 were given away randomly at the awards banquet which followed at the Homer Elks. A skipper's prize was awarded to the skipper of the boat catching the winning fish, which was Finkenbinder himself, and a winner was drawn from all anglers fishing in the Open Boat category for a Mustang work suit. All banquet participants also had the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for Roundtrip Tickets for 2 anywhere Alaska Airlines flies, donated by Alaska Airlines. ..88 salmon were weighed in, totaling 1,626 pounds. The average weight of the fish weighed in was 18.70 pounds. Tournament high liners for the day were the Florette C, Optimist, Anglers Anonymous, Boulder Bay, Bonny J & the Quiana. ..Fisherman came from the following areas to participate: Homer/Anchor Point/Fritz Creek - 175; Anchorage/Girdwood - 137; Kenai/Nikiski - 50; Soldotna/Kasilof - 53; Eagle River - 19; Ninilchik/Clam Gulch - 26; Palmer/ Wasilla - 17; Sterling/Cooper Landing - 6; Seward - 2; Fairbanks/Denali - 6; Seldovia - 11; Outside - 9 (Wash-3, Mich-2, Cal-2, Oregon-1, Conn-1) ..The 5th Annual Winter King Salmon Tournament was sponsored by the Homer Chamber of Commerce. Call 235-7740 for more information. ...An awards banquet followed the tournament at The Elks Lodge, where the prizes were officially awarded and winners announced.
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1997 Winter King Fishing Tournament Winners
| Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
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0f Pot 22% 13% 11% 8% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% |
Cash
Prize $11308.00 $6,682.00 $5,654.00 $4,112.00 $3,084.00 $2,570.00 $2,056.00 $1,542.00 $ 1,028.00 $ 514.00 |
Name of Angler Karl Finkenbinder Homer, AK Mark Ervice Homer, AK Bruce Petska Fritz Creek,AK Floyd Newkirk Homer, AK Tim Clark Homer, AK Shawn McKeirnan Kenai, AK John Damitz Kenai, AK Elmer Banta Ninilchik, AK June Stuckey Soldotna, AK Joe Hager Soldotna, AK |
Weight
36.535 33.450 30.595 30.510 29.480 29.455 29.345 25.295 25.020 24.925 |
Boat Annalee II Creel Boulder Bay Wet Dream Petty Cash Magic Maiden Loralee Jodi Lyn Irish Old Boat 2 |
Prize Donors:
Thanks
| Alaska Airlines SILVER HORDE NORTHERN KING TACKLE SPECIALTIES CENTER LINE ROD SYSTEMS ALASKA ROD DESIGNS CHIP FITCH CANNON BOTTOM LINE FISH FINDER BRAID (ALL SPORTS) BIG JON LURH JENSEN ULMERS DRUG & |
GLACIER BREW HOUSE KENIA FIORD TOURS WIND SONG LODGE MAJOR MARINE TOURS @BEAU BECHOLD & SON NEON COYOTE ALASKA 4 WHEELER HOMER JEANS DICK & ANN KOSKOVICH MARITIME HELICOPTERS KENIA PRINCESS LODGE KENIA FIORD OUTFITTERS AURORA GEMS MAURICE MACTEL |
 SILSTAR (ALL SPORTS) PENN (ALL SPORTS) BERKLEY, GARCIA, FENWICK (ALL SPORTS) QUIET PLACE LODGE PETRO MARINE SCOTTY WALKER |
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