Welcome to the Orleans County Fishing Derby website – an Albion Rotary-sponsored event. The Rotary Club has run the fishing derby since 1984. Proceeds from the fishing derby are used to fund community projects.
This year’s Rotary Derby is August 4th-19th, 2018
Here are images from the 2017 Derby:
John Vanhoff of North Tonawanda holds a 30-pound, 12-ounce Chinook salmon he caught on Sunday, August 20th to win the $4,000 grand prize in the Orleans County Fishing Derby.
Keith Sheffield of Henrietta holds a 30-pound, 9-ounce Chinook that led the derby for more than a week. He won $500 as the salmon division leader.- Bill Cole of Albion won the Brown Trout Division with this 14-pound, 3-ounce trout.
- Jason Grager of Lyndonville was second in the Brown Trout Division with this 12-pound, 12-ounce fish.
- Eric Diltz of Brockport holds the fourth place rainbow trout, which weighed 12 pounds, 2 ounces.
- Dan DeGeorge of Rochester won the lake trout division with this 17-pound, 10-ounce fish.
- Brayden Gambell of Hilton came in third with this lake trout that weighed 14 pounds, 9 ounces.
