Royal Canadian Legion, Anniversary Branch 591
Royal Canadian Legion, Anniversary Branch 591
511 Riverside Drive
Britt Ontario, P0G 1A0
2022 Britt Legion live release Smallmouth Bass Derby
2022 Britt Legion live release Smallmouth Bass Derby
2022 re-introduction of the Annual Bass Derby
July 16th, 2022
Your Host the Royal Canadian Legion Anniversary Branch 591
Entry Fee $30.00 per person, can be purchase in advance through the link for the Royal Canadian Legion or at Wrights Marine the day of the derby. Limited Entrance available
Location for the start, Wrights Marine, 1624 Riverside Dr, Britt Ontario
Check in starts at 7:30 am & ends at 10:00 am All boats MUST be inspected.
All occupants in the boat must be registered for the derby
Weigh in starts at 10:00 am ends at 6:00pm
Only people registered for the derby allowed in the boat.
First Prize for the largest Smallmouth Bass is $1000 Cash
Second prize is $500 Cash
Third prize is $250 Cash
Awards Ceremony starts at 6:30
Additional prizes will be awarded at the ceremony, held at the Britt Legion 511 Riverside Drive
Wing & Chips or Fish & Chips Dinners available upstairs at the Legion available from 5 pm to 6:30pm for purchase
Register on or before July 9, 2022, on line to be eligible for the EARLY BIRD DRAW Hit the e-transfer instructions button for submitting your payment or contact David 705-706-4295
Registration forms will be available on site the day of the derby
Past First Prize WINNERS
Past First Prize WINNERS
- 1995 - Tony Pedro
- 1996 - Patricia Hendeson
- 1997 - Gord Clarke
- 1998 - Bill Prisque - weight 3.74 lbs
- 2000 - Kevin Sabourn
- 2001 - Ian Menard
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011 - Mat Sangelais - 4.85 lbs
- 2012 - Victor Sr - 4.51 lbs
- 2013 - Adrian Gallo - 4.60 lbs
- 2014 - Jamie Lyn - 4.09 lbs
- 2015 - Tony Howe - 4.79 lbs
- 2016 - Shannon Teedy - 4.21 lbs
- 2017 - Ed Court - 4.96 lbs
- 2018 - Vern Giasson - 4.04 lbs
- 2019 - Travis Pyykko - 4.73 lbs
- 2020 & 2021 Cancelled
- 2022 - Roy Horton - 4.50 lbs
Help us fill in the blanks. If you are or know who have been past winners of the fishing derbies let us know.
Pictures are more than welcome and will be added to this site
Congratulations to all who participated in the 1st Annual Britt Legion Smallmouth live release Bass Derby. We had 97 entrants! The youngest being a 7 year old boy who went fishing with mom and dad and he was the only one who caught a fish weighing 0.70 pounds,
Huge thank you to the Britt Legion Fishing Derby committee, volunteers and our sponsors for making this possible
We had 13 early bird entrants. They qualified for the early bird prize of a Matzuo America Red Series 2pc fiberglass spinning combo (rod/reel). Roy Horton was the winner of the early bird prize
Winners for the 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize for the biggest fish:
Roy Horton - 4.50 lbs - $1000 cash
Katie Zhadanava - 4.32 lbs - $500 cash
Vern Giasson - 4.20 lbs $250 cash
Awards ceremony was held at the Britt Legion where an additional 40 door prizes were awarded to participants. Congratulations to all
Photos from 1st Annual Britt Legion Smallmouth live release Bass Derby
Photos from 1st Annual Britt Legion Smallmouth live release Bass Derby
Libby C
Libby C
One of 2 door prizes won
One of 2 door prizes won
Door prize
Door prize
Libby C. story - One of our first early entrants that talked her mom into entering the derby with her.
If you can tell us a little about yourself, such as when you had the fishing bug bit you.
I started fishing when I was about 5-6 years old off the dock at my grandparents cottage.
A favourite time of the day to fish (you can keep your secret fishing holes to yourself, as most people who fish do!)
I love fishing during the day around 12 because at night there are a ton of bugs.
Your favourite person to fish with.
I really enjoy fishing by myself but I also like to fish with my Dad and Papa because they’re my competition. They also buy me worms!
Maybe the biggest fish caught with a photo if you have one.
The biggest fish I caught was a bass last weekend. It was approx 5-6 pds and was huge.
Do you have a most memorable fishing adventure?
My most memorable fishing trip was fishing with my family and my dad got a hook stuck in his finger and he started to scream. My mom was laughing so hard, she was crying, on the other end of the boat and couldn’t help him. It was really funny!
We would really like to know why you were so anxious to enter our derby that you talked your mom into registering you early.
I really wanted to win the new fishing rod and this would be my first derby. I wanted to try it and give the boys some competition.
Libby C. story - One of our first early entrants that talked her mom into entering the derby with her.
If you can tell us a little about yourself, such as when you had the fishing bug bit you.
I started fishing when I was about 5-6 years old off the dock at my grandparents cottage.
A favourite time of the day to fish (you can keep your secret fishing holes to yourself, as most people who fish do!)
I love fishing during the day around 12 because at night there are a ton of bugs.
Your favourite person to fish with.
I really enjoy fishing by myself but I also like to fish with my Dad and Papa because they’re my competition. They also buy me worms!
Maybe the biggest fish caught with a photo if you have one.
The biggest fish I caught was a bass last weekend. It was approx 5-6 pds and was huge.
Do you have a most memorable fishing adventure?
My most memorable fishing trip was fishing with my family and my dad got a hook stuck in his finger and he started to scream. My mom was laughing so hard, she was crying, on the other end of the boat and couldn’t help him. It was really funny!
We would really like to know why you were so anxious to enter our derby that you talked your mom into registering you early.
I really wanted to win the new fishing rod and this would be my first derby. I wanted to try it and give the boys some competition.
Libby C Story
Libby C Story
Libby at 8 years old !
Libby at 8 years old !
Some Photos from past Derby entrants
Some Photos from past Derby entrants
