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Oktoberfish derby on Lake Pend Oreille set for Oct. 3-4

| September 10, 2015 9:00 PM

BAYVIEW - The 11th Annual Oktoberfish Southenders Derby is scheduled for the first weekend in October.

The annual event dinner and auction will take place Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Captain's Wheel Restaurant and Lounge. Kamloops rainbow trout fishing will commence on Lake Pend Oreille at the break of dawn the following day. The derby will end at 4 p.m. Oct. 3 with awards at 5 p.m. at the Captain's Wheel when the scales close. Fish will be weighed at MacDonald's Hudson Bay Resort.

"The fishermen absolutely love it," said Ralph Jones, owner of Ralph's Coffee House, an Oktoberfish co-sponsor. "Somehow, we always get fish. Every year there's fish."

The first-place winner will receive 50 percent of event proceeds, second-place winner will receive 30 percent of the proceeds and third place receives 20 percent of the proceeds. The Oktoberfish Derby also features a youth division. Fishermen, women and kids will have opportunities to win floating prizes while out on the lake; prizes such as gift certificates will be attached to boat bumpers on the water.

"It's kind of like an Easter egg hunt when you're out there fishing," Jones said.

Tickets for the 11th Annual Oktoberfish Southenders Derby are $25 each and can be purchased at the Captain's Wheel, 16908 E. Pier Road, or Ralph's Coffee House, 16716 Almas Court, in Bayview.

Other upcoming fishing derbies:

The Captn's Table Halloween Derby - Oct. 31.

Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club's Fall Derby - Nov. 21-25 and Nov. 27-29.