Homer Halibut Derby, Homer Alaska Chamber of Commerce, halibut fishing for fun and prizes

Prizes

The Jackpot Halibut Derby offers great prizes in a variety of categories. A $10 ticket purchase enters you for the following prize winnings:

	Jackpot Prize for largest fish of the season - made up of $2.75 of every ticket sold
	$10,000 Released Fish Prize - awarded by a random drawing of all anglers releasing a fish weighing over 80 pounds
	Monthly Prizes - First Place $1,000, Second Place $750, Third Place $500, Fourth Place $250, Fifth Place $125 2005 Anniversary Prize for 20th place $200
	30 Tagged Fish worth $1000 each
	63 Tagged Fish worth $500 each
	5 Tagged Fish worth $10,000 each
	20th Anniversary tagged fish worth $20,000
	One Tagged Fish worth $5000
	$2,000 Cash Drawing Prize, randomly drawn from all ticket stubs sold
	Captain's Prize - awarded to the captain of the winning fish. Based on the number of tickets sold.
	Value-added coupons provided with every derby ticket sold
	Ticket Vendor Prize: 2 round trip tickets to Honolulu sponsored by Hawaiian Vacations, awarded to one local ticket vendor.
	Free Fish Mounts from Ninilchik Fish Mounts for the two largest fish caught in the Derby

This 347 lb. halibut brought Clayton McDowell of Eagle River, AK a jackpot prize of $48,675 in 2002. Charter boat captain was Glain Cook.

A little fish worth a lot of money! This tagged fish won this angler $500! But it's worth only a baseball cap if you don't have a derby ticket.