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Lake Pend Oreille spring fishing derby topped by 23-pound mack, 17-pound rainbow

FISHING -- A 23-pound mackinaw and a 17-pound rainbow will take the top prizes in the 70th annual Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club's K&K Spring Fishing Derby which concluded Sunday.

The annual event started April 29 offering more than $18,000 in cash and prizes in several divisions for rainbow and mackinaw.

Vali Moore of Athol, Idaho, won the adult rainbow division with a 17.36-pound fish measuring 34.5 inches, according to the unofficial results released this morning by the Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club.

Scott Plue of Sandpoint won the mackinaw division with a fish weighing 23.34 pounds and measuring 35 inches.

Jackson Sifford, hometown unreported, topped the youth anglers with an an impressive rainbow weighing 15.90 pounds and measuring 33.25 inches long.

The Annual Spring Derby Awards Ceremony will be Saturday, 7 p.m., at Bonner Mall in Ponderay, Idaho.

Here are unofficial  final standings reported Sunday night by club officials.  These standings are unofficial until all the fish have been verified on Tuesday.

Rainbow Division

Vali Moore - 17.36 lbs. 34.5"
Rodney Vandever - 15.90 lbs. 31.5”
Jeff Baugh - 14.48 lbs. 33.5”
Brad Sturgis - 14.28 lbs. 33"
Calvin Nolan - 14.00 lbs. 31.25"

Mackinaw Division

Scott Plue - 23.34 lbs. 36"
Derek Blanchard – 22.90 lbs. 37”
Harvey Rutheford - 20.26 lbs. 37
Randy Michaels – 19.92 lbs. 35.5 lbs.
Becky Morrison - 19.72 lbs. 38”

Junior Division - 14 to 18 years old

Zack Kohal - 15.96 lbs. 37"
Luke Stekman - 10.78 lbs. 28”
Patrick Elmore - 6.54 lbs. 23

Youth A Division 9 to 13 years old

Carson Laybourn - 15.56 lbs. 32.5"
Londyn Speckman - 10.34 lbs. 29.5”
Grace Hackney - 6.54 lbs. 23"

Youth B Division 0 to 8 years old

Jackson Sifford - 15.90 lbs. 33.25”
Jace Chapman - 12.46 lbs. 29"
Mason Nett - 11.72 lbs. 29

German Brown Division

Scott Plue - 4.52 lbs. 26.75

Mac of the Day

4/29 - Becky Morrison - sponsored by Mirror Lake Golf Course
4/30 - Derek Blanchard - sponsored by Sandpoint Marine and Motorsports
5/1 - Jim Carothers - sponsored by Pacific Steel and Recycling
5/2 - Joseph Eicher - Dr. Benjamin Hull DDS
5/3 - Scott Plue - Trolling Solutions
5/4 - Raleigh Turley - Pierce Auto Center
5/5 - Gale Belgarde Sr. - 16.52 - R&R Logging
5/6 - Harvey Rutheford - Pend Oreille Charters
5/7 - Dennis Pringle - Unique Tire & Suspension



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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