Halibut Fishing in the
Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby

Derby Winners 2006

See 2005 winners HERE
This page was last updated Friday May 09, 2008

And the Winner is . . . . . . Duane Olson of Anchorage
Jackpot Prize of $43,612

August 1 was quite some time ago, but Duane Olson has been waiting since then to see if his 341 lb. fish would win the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby, 2006. The good news for Duane is that his fish is indeed the winner of this year’s Derby. Others challenged him over the summer but none of them quite made it. Now Duane is the Jackpot winner of $43,612.

Duane was out fishing with Capt. Tony Arsenault on the “Falcon”. It was a great fishing day and Duane was lucky to get this monster up from 400 feet of water. Duane and Tony struggled with the fish for about 40 minutes and were finally able to land it. All the while the other anglers on the boat were catching their final halibut too. About an hour later, the big monster was hanging on the Derby scale a good 50 pounds bigger than the derby leader. This fish produced another winner too, Ryan Szymoniak, an employee of the Sport Shed sold the winning ticket to Duane and he receives $1000.

This is the second time in recent derby history that Capt. Tony Arsenault has brought in the winning fish for one of his anglers. In 2004 the derby winner, Don Hanks of Sparks, NV was also fishing on the “Falcon” when he caught his derby winner weighing 352 pounds. For his fishing skill and effort, Capt. Tony wins the Captains Prize in the Derby. This amount is $3,965. Tony also wins the captain's prize from Power Pro Fishing Line of $2,000 because he uses Power Pro Line on his boat. The lucky lady angler is Christine Redman of Midland, Michigan. Her large fish weighed 286.6 lb and she wins $3500.

The jackpot prize and the captain’s prize are based on the number of derby tickets sold. There are also monthly big fish prizes, a released fish prize, a lady angler prize, 3 prizes for kids only and over 85 tagged fish with values of $500-$20,000. Four prize winning tagged fish were caught for a total of $2000.

Drawings were done for other prizes at the annual Awards Dinner held Oct. 6. The drawing for 2 round trip tickets to Hawaii is for one lucky ticket vendor. The winner was Silver Fox Charters. The released fish prize of $10,000 went to Chris Goudoras of Ronkonkoma, NY. Three kids tickets were drawn from the 319 tickets sold to those 12 and younger. The $500 prize went to Sean Hill of Anchorage, $200 prize to Jordan Dixon, Salem, OR and $100 prize to Alexis Swieczkowski., Wasilla

2006 Jackpot Winner

	Prize	Angler	Charter/Boat Name	Skipper	Weight
1st Place	$43,612	Duane Olson Anchorage	Falcon Charters on the “Falcon”	Capt. Tony Arsenault	341.8 lbs

2006 Lady Angler Winner

	Prize	Angler	Charter/Boat Name	Skipper	Weight
	$3,500	Christine Redman Midland, MI	Holland Sportfishing on the "Tuff Stuff"	Capt. Charlie Holland	286.6 lbs

 

May (Final)

	Prize	Angler	Charter/Boat Name	Skipper	Weight
1st Place	$1,000	Sandra McPike Delaware, OH	Capt. Scott's Sportfishing on the "Mako"	Capt. Scott Glosser	162.6 lbs
2nd Place	$750	Don Daniels Clackamas, OR	Crystal Seas Charters on the "Donna Mae"	Capt. Steve Button	143.2 lbs
3rd Place	$500	Mike Thorne, Anchorage, AK	Falcon Charters on the "Falcon"	Capt. Tony Arsenault	139.4 lbs
4th Place	$250	Joyce Gillespie, Soldotna, AK	Private boat	Larry Larson	130.2 lbs
5th Place	$125	Gherardi Wheeler Edgewood, WA	B&C Charters on the "Mary P 2"	Capt. Craig Baringer	128 lbs.

June (Final)

	Prize	Angler	Charter/Boat Name	Skipper	Weight
1st Place	$1,000	David Brand Eagle River, AK	Capt. Mike's Charters on the "Wildcat"	Capt. Dan Storrs	296.2 lbs
2nd Place	$750	Christine Redman Midland, MI	Holland Sportfishing on the "Tuff Stuff"	Capt. Charlie Holland	286.6 lbs
3rd Place	$500	Pat Sweeney Savage, MN	Falcon Charters on the "Falcon"	Capt. Tony Arsenault	256 lbs
4th Place	$250	Mark Leseberg Boulder City, NV	Magic Waters Charters on the "Sorceress"	Capt. Peter Karwowski	225 lbs
5th Place	$125	Joseph Crowling Oakton, VA	Emerald Pines Charter on the "Cruiser VI"	Capt. Steve Novakovich	207.4 lbs

July (Final)

	Prize	Angler	Charter/Boat Name	Skipper	Weight
1st Place	$1,000	Don Turman Manassas, VA	Holland Sportfishing on the "Tuff Stuff"	Capt. Charlie Holland	234.2 lbs.
2nd Place	$750	J.T. Troxler III Tacoma, WA	Manns Charter Service on the "Arctic Addiction"	Capt. Mike Mann	233.6 lbs.
3rd Place	$500	Pete Bruno El Mirage, AZ	A-Ward Charters	Capt. Bob Ward	224.6 lbs.
4th Place	$250	Brock Williams Anchorage, AK	Manns Charter Service on the "Arctic Addiction"	Capt. Mike Mann	222 lbs.
5th Place	$125	Michael Austin Fenton, MI	Falcon Charters on the "Falcon"	Capt. Tony Arsenault	221 lbs.

 

August (Final)

	Prize	Angler	Charter/Boat Name	Skipper	Weight
1st Place	$1,000	Bill Gaylord, Shady Cove, Or	Ivory Queen Charters on the “Giglin Marlin”	Capt. Mark Torsen	270.2 lb
2nd Place	$750	Robert Anderson, Aurora, CO	Silver Fox Charters on “FoxII”	Capt. Chris Rubrtno	228 lb.
3rd Place	$500	Steve Stephens, North Miami Beach, FL	North Country Charters on the “Obsession”	Capt. Richard Baltzer	225 lb
4th Place	$250	Paul Watts, Parma Heights, OH	Daniel’s Guide Service, on the “Optimist”	Capt. Daniel Donich	209.4lb
5th Place	$125	Carolyn Park , Bluffdale, Utah	Crystal Sea Charters on the "Donna Mae"	Capt. Steve Button	199.2lb

 

September (Final)

	Prize	Angler	Charter/Boat Name	Skipper	Weight
1st Place	$1,000	Pat Cunningham of Homer	Seaflight Charters on “Sea Flight”	Capt. Bruce Elkins	260.8 lb
2nd Place	$750	Brian Reith, Homer	Big Bear Charters on “Bear Force1”	Capt. Rick Zielinski	140.2 lb
3rd Place	$500	Edward Donati, Rogue River, OR	Capt. Scott’s Sportfishing on the “Mako”	Capt. Scott Glosser	127 lbs
4th Place	$250	Anthony Babigian, Avon, CT	Silver Fox Charters on “Silver Fox 1”	Capt. Chad Kiesel	107 lb
5th Place	$125	Lorilea Spaulding, Nordland,WA	private boat “Amber Cascade”	Capt. Terry Charles	93 lb

Tagged Fish Caught:
$500 tagged fish caught 6/18 by Josh Somers, Eagan, MN
Sponsor was Tech Connect, Inc and boat was “Ocean Hunter”, Capt. Keith Kalke

$500 tagged fish caught 7/1/06 by Conrad Monson, Wasilla. Sponsor was Arctic Bear Guesthouse and boat was “Seascape” a private boat.

$500 tagged fish caught 7/2/06 by Gus VanDyke, Homer.
Sponsor was Homer Travel & Tours.

$500 tagged fish caught 7/20/06 by Edward Benson, Palmer. Sponsor was Captain B’s Alaskan C’s Adventures.