MENOMINEE, MICH. – The 45th Annual M&M Great Lakes Sport Fishermen’s Brown Trout Derby was held on Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26 at the marina in Menominee.

A total of 363 anglers registered 643 fish, and many more were caught. Anglers could only register one fish per species per day, and many coolers were full. The derby paid out $11,575 in total for the top thirty browns, the top ten salmon and the top five rainbow trout and walleye.

Anglers also participated in the fish raffle, where 50 prizes were awarded. The top raffle prizes were all gift certificates bought or donated by local business.

First place was $1,000 from Nestegg Marine and was won by Cade Fernstrum of Menominee. Second place was $750 at A&K Bait and Tackle was won by Bill Marklein of Menominee. Third place was $500 donated by Lakeside Power Sports and was won by Cael Alexander of Green Bay. Fourth place was $250 at Wind Rose North and was won by Jason Kukuk of Menominee. Fifth place was $100 at Wind Rose North and was won by Mikey Cole of Daggett.

The general raffle top five prizes were all cash. The winners were Barb Sullivan of Menominee for $5,000, Robert Williquette of Marinette for $2,500, Brittani Peterson of Menominee for $1,250, Tim Wienger of Wausaukee for $750 and Sandra Kuntz of Daggett for $500. The sixth place prize was a half hog package donated by Meatski’s Quality Meats, which was won by Linda Sieminski of Menominee.

The Brown Trout Derby is a major fundraiser that helps the club fund their annual Heads Up Derby, their annual Kids Fishing Derby, near-shore and off-shore fish stocking as well as many other programs that support boating safety and promote fishing in the Bay of Green Bay. Thank you to all the businesses that helped support the event.

Derby results

Browns

• First place — Jake Hart, 21.08
• Second place — Ryan Brilinski, 19.95
• Third place — Andrew Ihander, 19.54
• Fourth place — Kayla Johnson, 18.98
• Fifth place — Jim Philipps, 18.87
• Sixth place — Chopper Dunlap, 18.47
• Seventh place — Tiffany Sislo, 18.35
• Eighth place — Brian Peterson, 18.14
• Ninth place — Ethan Drager, 18.05
• Tenth place — Phil Kuntze, 17.76
• Eleventh place — Rich Chernetski, 17.71
• Twelfth place — Jim Francour, 17.04
• Thirteenth place — Mike Furmanski, 16.92
• Fourteenth place — Levi Kempka, 16.91
• Fifteenth place — Jeff Huggler, 15.74
• Sixteenth place — Nick Johnson, 15.46
• Seventeenth place — Delue C. Miller, 15.45
• Eighteenth place — Ron Meyer, 15.20
• Nineteenth place — Riley Thill, 15.16
• Twentieth place — Brian Sislo, 15.08
• Twenty-first place — Tom Thill, 14.71
• Twenty-second place — Jeff Berg, 14.59
• Twenty-third place — Justin Oberdorfer, 14.54
• Twenty-fourth place — Dan Queever, 14.52
• Twenty-fifth place — Pat Lemire, 14.52
• Twenty-sixth place — Jason Kakuk, 14.24
• Twenty-seventh place — David Parrett, 14.12
• Twenty-eighth place — Tim Vista
• Twenty-ninth place — Brandon Kaufman, 13.92
• Thirtieth place — Krist Bohaczel, 13.85

Salmon

• First place — Ethan Laird, 22.09
• Second place — Jessie Bradzinski, 20.67
• Third place — Eric Blom, 20.03
• Fourth place — Aiden Queever, 19.50
• Fifth place — Cameron Kuntze, 19.47
• Sixth place — Dave Dunn, 19.15
• Seventh place — Matt Mayhew, 19.10
• Eighth place — Ethan Schetter, 18.84
• Ninth place — Joseph Dunn, 18.77
• Tenth place — Gene Woelfel, 18.73

Rainbow

• First place — Rich Seaber, 10.90
• Second place — Brian Smith, 10.75
• Third place — Kayla Johnson, 10.19
• Fourth place — Justin Walk, 9.90
• Fifth place — Josh Martin, 9.47

Walleye

• First place — Mark McDougal, 9.87
• Second place — Justin Oberdorfer, 9.87
• Third place — Tom Schultz, 9.05
• Fourth place — Levi Chevalier, 8.89
• Fifth place — Owen Peterson, 8.51