Bring your pole and see what you can catch! Awesome prizes for top 3 fishers!
Children fourteen and under are invited to fish for Rainbow Trout from the shoreline of Brewster Lake. Prizes will be awarded for the three longest Rainbow Trout caught. If there is a tie, the fisher-person with the heavier fish will be the winner.
The derby will start at 7 a.m. Please register at the picnic shelter before going to the lake. Weigh-in will be at 9:30 a.m. to determine the winners. Prizes will be awarded during the Annual Meeting. Please review the Washington Fishing Regulations to ensure you are in compliance with state law.
OFFICIAL RULES OF THE WILDERNESS RIM FISHING DERBY
Please use common sense and courtesy and respect to others and your surroundings. Below are the “official rules” for you.
RULES
1.) All rules of Cascade Park apply. The Wilderness Rim Association (WRA) does not condone wading or other water contact.
2.) Eligible participants include children 14 years old and younger.
3.) All participants must register before fishing.
4.) Registration begins at 6:45AM in the picnic shelter. Participants must be registered by no later than 9:00AM.
5.) The Fishing Derby officially begins at 7AM (No fishing before)
6.) The official measuring of fish for the derby closes at 9:30 AM.
7.) Fishing boundaries include the dry portions of the shoreline of Brewster Lake. Fish must be caught from shore.
8.) One fishing pole per child.
9.) Parents may help children, if needed. Try to let kids fish as much as they can.
10.) A maximum of 5 fish may be caught with at most 3 recorded per participant during the derby.
11.) All fish caught must be taken to the registration table for official measurements. Please weigh-in fish right after you catch them. You are encouraged to release fish under 6 inches.
12.) Fish not released back to Brewster Lake in a healthy condition must be removed or properly disposed of by the fisher, so as to avoid creating a nuisance at the park or to surrounding properties.
13.) Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd longest fish will be awarded to registered participants. Weight will break a tie.
14.) All registered participants are eligible for a raffle prize drawing.
15.) All registered participants not recording a fish caught are eligible for a separate drawing.
16.) All prizes will be awarded at the end of the fishing derby during the WRA Annual Meeting, around 10-10:30AM
17.) Winners of the derby and raffles need to be present to claim their prizes.
18.) Winners must be present to claim prizes from the raffle.
19.) Participants are limited to winning only one raffle prize during the Fishing Derby.
20.) All ties will be broken first by weight, and then subject to a random drawing.
21.) All prizes must be accepted as awarded and have no other surrender value.
22.) All decisions made by event coordinators are final.
23.) The participant that guesses closest to the total number fish caught in the Fishing Derby will win a prize. In the event that there is a tie, then there will be a drawing or coin flip to determine the winner.
Prizes include a fishing pole, tackle boxes, and bait for future fishing adventures!
