Schroon Lake Ice Fishing Derby Winners!

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Photo Courtesy Joe Steiniger of a non winning entry

There was a big turn out for this year's Schroon lake Lake Fish and Game Club's Ice Fishing Derby, with some even bigger catches. Motels, restaurants and pubs reported a great weekend too, with tired, hungry and thirsty participants giving a much needed boost to the local economy.  Here are the official results, sent to us from one of the organizers, Tracy Hanchett:

Lake Trout
1st Rick Scholl 11.43 lbs 34"
2nd Steven Barnaby 9.99 lbs 31"
3rd Caleb Meade 6.90 lbs 29"

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Dope Testing In Schroon Lake Ice Fishing Derby?

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Here's a tip: Get your tip ups out early!

Hundreds of folks are on their way and gathering in Schroon this weekend for the 21st Annual Ice Fishing Derby hosted by the Schroon Lake Fish and Game Club.

Late Friday around 350 had registered in advance for the event – up substantially from last year’s number of 110 at the same time.  You can still register at the Club House.

The derby kicks off at daylight Saturday and goes through 4pm Sunday afternoon.

“The numbers are definitely up this year because there is a lot more ice,” one of the organizers Tracy Hanchett told Schroon Laker today.

“We have folks coming from all over, New Jersey, down state, Vermont, Canada.”

By our rough eye balling of the ice last week – there was a good packed  20 inches. Tents and tip ups have been a common fixture on the ice for the last 6 weeks.

The sport of ice fishing recently made headlines in the New York Times in a story about how competitors in a recent event in Wisconsin were ordered to submit urine samples to test for steroids and growth hormones  by an official anti-doping official.

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