2005 NSSA Rainbow Trout Sampling Derby

Prizes to be awarded at the NSSA General Meeting in September

  1. Draw Prize To be announced
  2. Most Samples Prize To be announced
  3. Most Samples / Most Tributaries Prize To be announced

Eligibility Criteria

  • Participation is limited to North Shore Steelhead Association or the Thunder Bay Fly Fishing Club members who are in good standing for 2005
  • All sample envelope information MUST BE LEGIBLY PRINTED IN PENCIL
    (Illegible or incomplete samples will not be tallied)
  • Mandatory information must include:
    • Tributary Name
    • Date
    • Species = RBT
    • Fork Length in (mm)
    • Sex
    • Wounds, Scars or Marks
    • Samplers First Initial & Surname

Prize Categories

Draw Prize
Eligibility based on a minimum submission of 10 samples

Most Samples
Winner will be the participant who submits the greatest number of samples from any or all eligible streams

Most Streams Sampled
The winner will be the participant who submits the most samples from the most streams with a minimum sample size of five RBT per stream.

Eligible Streams

McVickars Creek
Current River
McIntyre River *
Neebing River
Coldwater Creek *
Wolf River *
   Black Sturgeon River *
South Trout Creek *
Jackpine River *
Cypress River *
Gravel River
Little Gravel River
   Prairie River
Mink Creek
Deadhorse River
Angler Creek
Steel River
 
Asterisks indicate priority sites

All samples must be dry, sorted by tributary, bundled with an elastic and submitted in a large zip lock bag to Todd Hurdon for scoring before June 15, 2005. Any samples submitted after this date will be ineligible.

Please ensure that you make a concerted effort to remove all slime from the fish on its shoulder immediately in front of the dorsal fin and your knife before taking the scale sample, as the annuli on slime covered scales are unreadable.

Jon George will be verifying contestant scores that will determine the 2005 RBT Sampling Derby Winners.