The winners have been announced for the inaugural Bass Battles fishing derby on Boundary Dam.
Brass Battles was a competition held on the reservoir from Sept. 18-27, with 32 entries. Competitors could fish as often as they wanted over the course of five days, and catch and record as many fish as they pleased, but it would be the cumulative length of the five largest fish that determined the winner.
The event had a catch and release format.
Brady Selk finished first at 240.9 centimetres, and he won $1,600. Austin Orsted was second at 237.7 centimetres, followed by Nate Smart (232 centimetres), Dylan Spencer (229.7 centimetres) and Brian McQuinn (228.8 centimetres).
Selk also caught the most fish overall at 37, 11 more than Spencer’s 26, and had the most fish logged over 40 centimetres.
Orsted had the longest bass at 53.3 centimetres, followed by Selk at 48.5 centimetres. Karen Soke had the hidden length prize at 41.3 centimetres,
Jocelyn Carefoot had the smallest fish, followed by Mark Carefoot.
More than 30 entries were received for the competition.
The tournament used a catch photo release format. Competitors caught their fish and then measured them using the MyCatch mobile app.
The event was hosted by Angler's Atlas/Walleye Wars, and was sponsored by Tourism Estevan.
