Belwood Lions Club hosts pike, walleye derby

May 28, 2025 @ 11:04 amNews

Lucky participants in the Under 8 category each received new fishing rods.
April Rattie with her 28-inch pike.
Lions club member Julian Vines presents Luvey Panneton with her prize for catching the second largest pike (22 7/8”) in the Junior category.
Wojtek Bak of Mississauga receives his $1500 cheque for catching the longest Walleye (23 5/8”) from Belwood Lions Club president, Graham Scroggie.
Belwood Lions Club president Graham Scroggie presents Robert Adams of Woodstock with a cheque for $2,000 for hooking the longest pike (28 1/2”).
President elect George Woodley,  left, and President Graham Scroggie, right, present Barb Lustgarten Evoy, middle, with a donation of $10,000 for the Groves Hospital Foundation. Photos by Duncan Hossack

BELWOOD – Over 400 entrants registered for the 37th edition of the Belwood Lions Club Pike and Walleye Derby last weekend.

All fish must be released after being measured and, if the fish don’t recover within ten minutes, the catch is disqualified.

A cheque for $10,000 was presented to Groves Hospital Foundation Chair, Barb Lustgarten Evoy.

This brings the total raised from the past few derbies to over $70,000.

The longest walleye was caught by Wojtek Bak of Mississauga, who received a cheque for $1,500 for his 23 5/8” fish.

A cheque for $2,000 went to Robert Adams of Woodstock who hooked a 28 1/2” pike.