TICKET SALES Daily Derby tickets are $10 and a Full Derby ticket is $50. Entry ticket sales begin on Friday evening prior to Opening Saturday at the Derby Booth located just across from the B Dock fish cleaning station at the Seward Boat Harbor. Tickets are also sold at The Fish House and select businesses in the harbor district. If a ticket is purchased on Friday evening, ticket holder must return Saturday morning to have the ticket validated prior to the fishing trip. Chamber staff, their volunteers and Bay Barge Company will validate tickets beginning at 5:30 am. Ticket sales begin at 6:00 am. Friends and family can purchase entry tickets for others, however you must be present to weigh your fish, showing your pink copy of the entry ticket to the weigh-in official. Derby Booth and Weigh-in station are open daily from 6:00 am till 10:00 pm, except on the last day of the Derby when we finish at noon. All anglers that will be fishing on private boats need to purchase Derby tickets. BOATS All participating vessels must depart from and return to Resurrection Bay on the same voyage (overnight trips are eligible provided they start from and terminate in Resurrection Bay, even if the vessel docks elsewhere during the course of the multi-day voyage). Participating anglers may fish inside or outside of Resurrection Bay, but because the bag and possession limits differ inside and outside of the bay, participants must carefully adhere to Alaska Department of Fish and Game regulations applicable to each area. TACKLE Silver salmon to be entered in the derby must be caught on a sport-fish rod and reel. Entrants may have only one line in the water at a time. Entrants shall hook and reel up their fish unassisted. Assistance may be provided only to safely bring the fish aboard the vessel. Violation of these rules will permanently disqualify any individual on a boat along with all the boat’s occupants, or any individual on shore. JUDGING STANDARDS All fish must be hooked in the mouth. Only silver salmon weighing three pounds or more can be entered. Prizes are awarded by weight (heaviest fish receives first-place prize). Any fish weighed at the derby headquarters are considered derby entries and become the property of the Seward Silver Salmon Derby (all proceeds from fish sales are used to support Resurrection Bay Fish Enhancement efforts and approved programs). Participants may buy their fish back for $5 at the time of weigh-in only. Only the entrant who actually caught the fish may buy it back. It is illegal in Alaska to sell the fish to another party. This law is enforced and violators may be subject to a monetary fine by the State of Alaska.
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