Aurora Sportfishing - Homer, Alaska

It's t's a fun game and it supports the community! Let's not catch the big fish without a ticket. Buy a Homer Chamber of Commerce halibut derby ticket with your charter. It only adds twelve dollars to the cost of your charter including postage, credit card fees, and handling. Remember, every fisher needs a ticket for each day of fishing and we leave the dock before the derby booth is open! You can't buy derby tickets on the Chamber website but it sure can get you excited!
www.homerhalibutderby.com

Have a look at the chart below, and remember the biggest fish caught doesn't win without a ticket.

Photo, right: Rylee with her monthly winner in 2005!

Top 12 Halibut Caught on Record at Homer *
	Charter	Fisher	Weight	Year	Ticket?	Jackpot
1	Homer Ocean	John Nicholson	419	1997	no	$28,844**
2	Buccaneer	Art Meyers	389.9	1991	no	$18,434
3	Aurora Sportfishing	Mike Quinn	385	1998	no	$25,392
4	Aurora Sportfishing	Martin Petersen	376.5	1999	no	$30,300
5	Captain Mike's	Jerry Meinders	376	1996	yes	$25,984
6	Aurora Sportfishing	Troy Milam	363	2005	no	$48,504
7	Inlet	Jeffrey Council	359.3	1997	yes	$28,844
8	Silver Fox	Scott Glosser	357.8	1997	yes	$1,000***
9	Aurora Sportfishing	Lucas Backer	355.3	1996	no	$25,984
10	Falcon	Don Hanks	352.6	2004	yes	$51,298
11	Homer Ocean	Clayton McDowell	347	2002	yes	$48,675
12	Aurora Sportfishing	Jim Witters	346.6	2002	no	$48,675

* If you know of a fish that should be on this chart, but isn't, please contact us right away! We want this chart to be accurate!!

Red indicates the largest fish that year was not caught by a ticketholder, and the winnings went to someone else with a smaller fish.

***Only a monthly winner- ouch!