2025 Boating Photo Derby

6th Annual Freedom Marine
Boating Photo Derby

August 15 – 31, 2025

Contest Submission

Please submit 1 entry for each category. You can submit up to 8 photos for each entry.

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    Type of Fish / Photo
    Scenic Serenity Salmon Boating Bites Wildlife Wonder Junior Lens Legend Halibut Ling Cod
    Order by Date
    Date Title Badge
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Tugboat Island and Sidney Spit
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:54:47
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Tugboat Island and Sidney Spit
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:54:47
    a

    Coastal Rain

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:26:23
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:18:07
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:15:50
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:11:52
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:10:31
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:09:07
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 18:05:52
    a

    Paddle, Peace, Paradise

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Junior Lens Legend
    Location:
    Haida Haven
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 16:41:27
    a

    Night bite

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Becher Bay Marina
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 15:32:59
    a

    Sunset bite

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Sooke
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 15:25:39
    a

    Gentle Release

    Length:
    38
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Nanaimo
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 04:15:08
    a

    Princess Louisa Inlet

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Princess Louisa Inlet
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:26:58
    a

    Princess Louisa Inlet

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Princess Louisa Inlet
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:25:19
    a

    Princess Louisa Inlet

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Princess Louisa Inlet
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:22:28
    a

    Gimme a hand!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Princess Louisa Inlet
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:20:56
    a

    Princess Louisa Inlet Chatterbox Falls

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Princess Louisa Inlet
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:19:15
    a

    Princess Louise Inlet on a smoky day

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Princess Louisa Inlet
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:17:54
    a

    Princess Louisa Inlet

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Princess Louisa Inlet
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:16:17
    a

    Thar she blows!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Desolation Sound
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:14:18
    a

    Teakern Arm

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Teakern Arm Provincial Park
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:12:53
    a

    Walsh Cove Serenity

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Walsh Cove Marine Park
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:11:40
    a

    Moonrise in Codero Islands

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Codero Islands (by Blind Channel)
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:10:00
    a

    Sunset in Codero Islands

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Cordero Islands
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:09:05
    a

    Sunset in Codero Islands

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Codero Islands (by Blind Channel)
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:08:08
    a

    Sunset in Codero Islands

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Codero Islands
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:06:54
    a

    Sunset in Codero Islands

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Codero Islands (by Blind Channel)
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:05:45
    a

    Sunset in Codero Islands

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Codero Islands (by Blind Channel)
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:03:39
    a

    Sunset at Shark Spit

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Shark Spit (by Gorge Harbour)
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 03:01:54
    a

    Newest Crew Member 'Bean'

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Secret Cove
    Submission Date:
    08/20/2025 00:34:21
    a

    Smoking spring salmon

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Back og my house in Bella Bella
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 19:39:12
    a

    Smoking spring salmon

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Back og my house in Bella Bella
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 19:39:12
    a

    AxoDog

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    VanIsle Marina
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 19:07:49
    a

    First monster of the year

    Length:
    80
    Weight:
    15
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Powell River
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 18:49:39
    a

    First monster of the year

    Length:
    80
    Weight:
    15
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Powell River
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 18:49:39
    a

    First monster of the year

    Length:
    80
    Weight:
    15
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Powell River
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 18:49:39
    a

    First monster of the year

    Length:
    80
    Weight:
    15
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Powell River
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 18:49:39
    a

    Morning glory

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Prince rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:51:53
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Tofino
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:49:38
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Halibut
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:45:20
    a

    Look at those eyes!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Khutzemateen bear sanctuary
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:43:03
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:42:16
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:39:38
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Tofino
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:29:12
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Tofino
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:29:12
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:23:37
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 17:20:32
    a

    Sunset Glaze

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Haida Haven
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 16:35:03
    a

    Humpback

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Douglas channel
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 01:24:11
    a

    What a way to say goodnight

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Prince rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 00:12:02
    a

    Double trouble

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Halibut
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/19/2025 00:06:38
    a

    Team Dragon Slayer

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Ling Cod
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 23:56:16
    a

    Dreams do come true

    Length:
    Weight:
    35
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 23:33:28
    a

    Ooops

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Junior Lens Legend
    Location:
    Just off of Tsehum Harbour
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 22:36:26
    a

    Going for a seim

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Near Bella bella
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 21:01:20
    a

    Going for a seim

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Near Bella bella
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 21:01:20
    a

    MV Lonian

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Off Willows Beach - Oak Bay
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 19:53:39
    a

    Nootka Beauty

    Length:
    Weight:
    29.1
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 17:42:07
    a

    Nootka Beauty

    Length:
    Weight:
    29.1
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 17:35:45
    a

    Me and my sister

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Sooke
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 17:18:39
    a

    Fridays fish.

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Becher Bay
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 17:15:26
    a

    Chromer!

    Length:
    Weight:
    16.5
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Gold River
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 02:59:37
    a

    Boys trip

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/18/2025 02:55:05
    a

    Heading home for the night…

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Plumper Sound
    Submission Date:
    08/17/2025 23:40:53
    a

    Our first salmon

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/17/2025 22:37:24
    a

    Our first salmon

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/17/2025 22:37:24
    a

    You got something in your teeth

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Ling Cod
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/17/2025 22:22:17
    a

    Mouthful

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Khutzemateen bear reserve
    Submission Date:
    08/17/2025 22:19:31
    a

    Golden hour

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Dent island
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:24:03
    a

    Liftoff

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:10:20
    a

    First time success

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Halibut
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:07:11
    a

    Takes my breath away!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    These pictures are mostly the Hakai passage. Some farther north.
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:02:23
    a

    Takes my breath away!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    These pictures are mostly the Hakai passage. Some farther north.
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:02:23
    a

    Takes my breath away!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    These pictures are mostly the Hakai passage. Some farther north.
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:02:23
    a

    Takes my breath away!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    These pictures are mostly the Hakai passage. Some farther north.
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:02:23
    a

    Takes my breath away!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    These pictures are mostly the Hakai passage. Some farther north.
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:02:23
    a

    First time success

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Prince Rupert
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 22:01:29
    a

    Can’t get better then this!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Link Lake and Hakai passage
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 21:50:48
    a

    Can’t get better then this!

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Link Lake and Hakai passage
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 21:50:48
    a

    Found Love Fishing

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Milbank Sound
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 21:44:29
    a

    Blue Beauty

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Ling Cod
    Location:
    Hakai passage
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 21:37:26
    a

    Rod tip up

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Junior Lens Legend
    Location:
    Sooke
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 18:55:07
    a

    Sisters

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Sooke
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 18:48:21
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 18:44:29
    a

    Nootka Rainbow

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 18:43:25
    a

    Nootka Rainbow

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 18:43:25
    a

    Biggest fish ever!!

    Length:
    Weight:
    25
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Bowen Island
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 17:50:45
    a

    Put up a great fight and gets to fight another day!

    Length:
    Weight:
    25
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Bowen Island
    Submission Date:
    08/16/2025 17:49:00
    a

    After supper bliss

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Just north of Stuart Channel near Vesuvius
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 22:23:28
    a

    Axosunset

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Plumper Sound
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 22:19:29
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Coal harbor Vancouver island
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 20:20:00
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Tofino
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:56:05
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Tofino
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:54:02
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Halibut
    Location:
    Gold river
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:47:40
    a

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Gold river, bc
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:42:36
    a

    I love you

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Salmon
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:36:39
    a

    Fun

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:31:38
    a

    Retired

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    North Beach Haida Gwaii
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:27:43
    a

    Best day ever

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Boating Bites
    Location:
    Nootka
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:21:18
    a

    Sea dragon

    Length:
    Weight:
    18
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Ling Cod
    Location:
    Nootka sound
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 19:18:22
    a

    Best Canadian Flag

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Haida Haven
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 16:42:50
    a

    Maritime wildlife bliss

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Wildlife Wonder
    Location:
    Telegraph Harbour
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 15:48:18
    a

    Moon rising over the Straight of Georgia

    Length:
    Weight:
    Type of Fish / Photo:
    Scenic Serenity
    Location:
    Kendrick Island
    Submission Date:
    08/15/2025 15:45:31

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