{"id":52216,"date":"2019-08-23T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/empire-live-small-crowd-at-auke-bay-for-derby-kickoff\/"},"modified":"2019-08-25T19:59:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T03:59:44","slug":"empire-live-small-crowd-at-auke-bay-for-derby-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/empire-live-small-crowd-at-auke-bay-for-derby-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Live: 73rd Golden North Salmon derby ends, 24-pounder remains in lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

6:15 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Quite literally with bang, the 73rd Golden North Salmon Derby comes to a close. Final numbers are not yet in but it seems that Steven Bogart’s 24 lb king turned in Sunday in Douglas is still the leader.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Sunday evening Bogart said that he was very excited to be the presumed winner. “I fished in a couple derbies and never turned a fish in before,” he told the Empire in a phone interview.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

He and the captain of the “Heavy Metal,” Tom Chapin, spent two nights out on the 20-foot aluminum boat. “We told ourselves we were having a good time even before we caught the fish,” he said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Bogart said that he and Chapin hadn’t had much luck until they caught the winning fish. “We hadn’t caught a keeper yet and then, first thing this morning, there it was,” he said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Bogart thanked Chapin for a successful fishing trip.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Steven<\/a>

Steven Bogart next to his 24 lbs king salmon at the Mike Pusich Douglas Harbor on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. At the time Bogart’s king was the derby leader. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

As the derby ended, volunteers filled the massive plastic “totes,” or containers in which the fish will be transported.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Final results from the derby will be available Monday, Aug. 26, 2019.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

5:27 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The weather has calmed down and as the derby comes to a close the number of boats coming in begins to pick up.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

7-year-old Elise Kanouse dropped off 13 fish at the Mike Pusich Harbor in Douglas with her grandparents. Her largest was a 12.6 lb coho salmon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Elise<\/a>

Elise Kanouse, 7, and her grandmother Ellie Fitzjerrald drop off fish at the Mike Pusich Harbor in Douglas on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

With a half hour until the derby closes, the weigh-station at Douglas Harbor has brought in 248 scholarship fish and 20 weigh-ins.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Normally, the signal to end the derby is a canon shot that can be heard for several miles, but this year it will be a “surprise,” according to derby volunteers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The weather seems to have caused power outages in parts of Juneau. Thunder and lightening, which is rare for Juneau, hasn’t deterred any fisherman but it did scare a few folks, according to derby volunteer Don Etheridge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Etheridge said that the passengers aboard one aluminum boat which came in said that they had jumped onto wooden beams in the boat out of fear of being shocked.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"A<\/a>

A boat pulls into Auke Bay Harbor during a mid-day downpour on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2018. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

KINY, the local Juneau radio station, started having trouble with its broadcasts because of the power disruption, according to Angel Montgomery, a KINY broadcaster who was at Auke Bay covering the derby.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

2:52 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Intermitent downpours and even a rare thunderstorm wash over a lull in the action as a number of small ships pull in to drop of scholarship fish.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Derby volunteers are packing fish into storage crates and covering them with a slush of ice and seawater.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Derby<\/a>

Derby volunteers pour ice into crates holding fish caught for the Derby at Mike Pusich Harbor in Douglas on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

At Auke Bay, Albert Reinhart aboard the Maggie Marie turned in a twenty-pounder. “It fought, man,” Reinhart said. “Took me about 15 minutes.” Reinhart turned in that fish and several scholarship fish before heading back out into the rain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

12:25 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

A new Derby leader just weighed at the Mike Pusich Douglas Harbor. A 24 lbs King Salmon caught by Steven Bogart. Bogart, 59, had been on the “Heavy Metal,” a 20-foot skiff, since Friday morning.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Bogart said that he hadn’t caught a king salmon for maybe 40 years. But the ship’s captain, Tom Chapin, “took me to the right place.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

When asked where exactly the right place was, “We ain’t gonna tell ya,” Chapin said with a laugh. “It’s outside of Douglas.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

When he’s not fishing, Bogart works for the maintenance department at the Juneau school district.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Bogart’s salmon was an even 24 lbs. The next largest fish was a 23.4 lbs king caught by Jackie Dimond, 26, which came in to Douglas Harbor just minutes after Bogart.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

6:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

That wraps up live coverage for today, but the Empire will be back out tomorrow for live updates as the Golden North Salmon Derby comes to a finish.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Marie<\/a>

Marie Taug and her daughter, Zoe Tagsip, 9, pose with a dozen coho brought in by their boat to the Mike Pusich Douglas Boat Harbor during the Golden North Salmon Derby on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

6:05 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

From 5 to 6 p.m., a stream of boats pulled into Mike Pusich Douglas Harbor, but most were dropping off scholarship fish or weighing one or two salmon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Most didn’t crack the 14-pound mark.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Shona Osterhout, volunteer, said to the best of her knowledge the first-place slot in the derby’s standings<\/a> didn’t change today.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“I hear there’s something big coming though,” Osterhout said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"A<\/a>

A whiteboard hanging at Mike Pusich Douglas Harbor’s weigh-in station shows a running tally of the heaviest fish. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

4:40 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Here are some photos from Juneau Empire photographer Michael Penn of the flurry of fish at Amalga Harbor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Tito<\/a>

Tito Ritter, 9, holds an 8.5 pound coho he turned in at the Golden North Salmon Derby’s station at Amalga Harbor on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\"John<\/a>

John Bohan, left, and Dusty Riesterer offload a dozen coho at the Golden North Salmon Derby’s station at Amalga Harbor on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

4:10 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The first, second and third salmon weighed at Amalga Harbor all came within the past hour.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Tito Ritter, 9, was the first weighed fish in with his 8.5-pound coho.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“I can’t believe I caught a fish that size,” Ritter said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

His dad, Glenn Aubrey, and grandfather Ray Ritter, said Tito Ritter’s fish was the biggest one to come into their boat.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“It’s bigger than any of the one’s we caught, and he’s been rubbing it in all day,” Ray Ritter said with a laugh.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The next two fish weighed were a pair of sizable coho that were among 12 salmon caught today by Dusty Riesterer and John Bohan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

A 12.7-pound coho paced the bunch, and an 11.5 ended up as the second heaviest fish.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“It’s not bad,” Bohan said. “It’s a start.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

2:50 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Kami Bartness, a volunteer at the Don D. Statter Memorial Boat Harbor weigh-in station said so far Saturday’s been slow, and there have been no lead changes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Doug Duncan’s 22.9-pound king salmon is still the biggest fish that’s been caught, Bartness said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“This is kind of the calm before the storm,” Bartness said, and she predicted a lot more activity around 5 p.m. Saturday and throughout Sunday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

That doesn’t mean some big fish haven’t been turned in today though.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Numerous<\/a>

Numerous king salmon in the 20-pound range float in a tote of ice water at the Golden North Salmon Derby’s weigh-in station at the Don D. Statter Memorial Boat Harbor in Auke Bay on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

Bartness said four 20-pound kings and a 17-pound coho have all been weight at Statter Harbor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The most recent of those 20-pound fish came courtesy of Sadie Wright and Chris Krenz.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“I reeled it in, and he netted it perfectly,” Wright said. “We knew it was a big one when it was fighting.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

While the 20.1-pound king salmon was being weighed, Wright and Krenz had to stop their “Dillingham rescue” dog, Beyla, from sampling the fish.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Sadie<\/a>

Sadie Wright, center, and Chris Krenz, right, watch as volunteer Kami Bartness weighs Wright’s king salmon at the Golden North Salmon Derby’s station at the Don D. Statter Memorial Boat Harbor in Auke Bay on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. The fish weighed in at 20.1 pounds. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

2:40 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The Provost-Forst-Duncan expedition returned to the dock about 20 minutes ago. Several hours after tying up to the Statter Harbor dock with a 19.7-pound king salmon, the trio returned with a fish over three pounds heavier.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Here’s a picture of Doug Duncan with his 22.9-pound king salmon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Duncan now is now the unofficial leader of the derby, bumping Monika Walker’s 20.7-pound king into second place.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Doug<\/a>

Doug Duncan poses with his 22.9-pound king salmon at the Don D. Statter Harbor in Auke Bay on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

12:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

This was the scene this morning in Auke Bay.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t