Wilton wins Fish Kincardine Derby with 22.72-pound lake trout

Craig Wilton of Mount Brydges held the lead right to the end of the Canadian Tire Fish Kincardine Derby, winning the event with the 22.72-pound lake trout he landed the first weekend of the derby.

The top salmon was caught by Ernest Ackert of Kincardine, with a 14.3-pound Chinook.

The rest of the top 15 salmon are as follows:
 

• Bob Ross of Embro, 12.64 pounds
• Larry Milligan of Hanover, 12.26 pounds
• Daniel Ruetz, 12.14 pounds
• Larry Milligan of Hanover, 12.02 pounds
• Kyle Ferguson of Mount Forest, 11.58 pounds
• Stephen James, 11.5 pounds
• Lawrence Merrian, 11.16 pounds
• George St. Clair of Ingersoll, 11.02 pounds
• Roy Alcock of Port Elgin, 10.82 pounds
• Fred D.B Dobbs, RR 2, Newtowell, 10.76 pounds
• Alan Kesselring of Kincardine, 10.74 pounds
• Joseph Freiburger of St. Clements, 10.68 pounds
• Barry Bently of Sarnia, 10.6 pounds

Craig Wilton with his derby-winning trout; photo courtesy of the Fish Kincardine Derby

The top trout was a 17.54 lake trout caught by Doug Goode of RR 1, Lyndhurst.

The remaining top 15 includes:
 

• Curtis MacKay of Tiverton, 17.04 pounds
• Guy Kaufman of Egmondville, 16.18 pounds
• Tony Degasprais of OS, 15.86 pounds
• Chanse Regier of Port Elgin, 14.94 pounds
• Maddy Valad of Walkerton, 14.40 pounds
• George Humphrey of Lucknow, 13.44 pounds
• Trevor Roberts of Orangeville, 13.36 pounds
• David Bedford of Stratford, 13.26 pounds
• Rob Regier of Kincardine, 13.2 pounds
• Chris Lucas of Corunna, 13.06 pounds
• David Bedford, 13.04 pounds
• David Bedford, 13.02 pounds
• David Bedford, 12 pounds
• Derek Griffiths, Kincardine

Ladies Day
 

• Maddy Valad
• Annellies Newman
• Andrea Bedford

Kids Day
 

• Boat - Nate Harris, Ben Watson, Luke Watson
• Shore - Sebastien Dalton, Breanna Dalton, Rylee Pawlikowski

Seniors Day
 

• Paul Bester
• Joe Freiburger
• Larry Weber

Aggregate Weight
 

• Trout: David Bedford, 63.32 pounds
• Salmon: David Bedford, 41.6 pounds

For more information about the derby, go on-line at: www.fishkincardinederby.com