2025 Boating Photo Derby

6th Annual Freedom Marine
Boating Photo Derby

Thank You for Your Amazing Submissions!

Thank You for an Amazing Boating Photo Derby!

Submissions for this year’s contest are now closed. A big thank-you to all our participants and sponsors for making it such a success!

We’ve received some truly incredible photos that capture the spirit of boating in BC. Our panel of judges is reviewing submissions, and winners will be announced shortly.

Stay tuned—and thank you again for being part of the fun!

Type of Fish / Photo
Salmon Junior Lens Legend Wildlife Wonder Scenic Serenity Boating Bites Ling Cod Halibut
Order by Date
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First salmon of the season!

Length:
23
Weight:
6
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Vancouver BC
Submission Date:
09/01/2025 06:55:15
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The last day crew

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
West van
Submission Date:
09/01/2025 03:48:54
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Last minute derby contender

Length:
32
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
West Vancouver
Submission Date:
09/01/2025 02:48:40
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Chillin

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Victoria/Tofino
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 22:47:10
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Chillin

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Victoria/Tofino
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 22:47:10
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Chillin

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Victoria/Tofino
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 22:47:10
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Come Sail Away

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Victoria
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 22:25:08
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Come Sail Away

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Victoria
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 22:25:08
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Come Sail Away

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Victoria
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 22:25:08
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Come Sail Away

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Victoria
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 22:25:08
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Come Sail Away

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Victoria
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 22:01:08
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End of Summer Repair!

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Gambier Island
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 20:25:16
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Bella sunset

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Bella bella
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 15:19:52
Grand Prize Draw Winnera

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Bella Bella
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 15:00:37
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Length:
42
Weight:
41
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Duncanby Lodge Rivers Inlet
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 02:28:55
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Length:
Weight:
41
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Rivers Inlet
Submission Date:
08/31/2025 02:24:35
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Hogust

Length:
Weight:
25
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Nootka Sound
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 23:39:58
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WOW

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Rivers
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 23:34:14
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Best buds

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Nootka
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 23:12:43
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Catch (with) the Rainbow!

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Okanagan Lake
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 21:35:24
Best Boating Bitesa

Wife's favorite restaurant

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 20:19:44
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Malibu185 sunset adventures

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Sunshine coast
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 20:05:22
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Solo happy day!

Length:
32
Weight:
10
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Sunshine coast
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 19:53:32
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Caught the beast

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Okanagan lake
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 18:39:26
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Adventuring in an Axopar

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Gulf Islands
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 15:51:01
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Beach Day

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Sooke
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 15:13:28
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Beach Day

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Sooke
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 15:13:28
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Peacefull sunset

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Sooke
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 15:10:50
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Nice fish

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Sooke
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 15:08:10
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Sunset salmon

Length:
28.5
Weight:
11.5
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Galiano Bluffs
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 14:19:13
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Sunset salmon

Length:
28.5
Weight:
11.5
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Galiano Bluffs
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 14:19:13
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Captain Bonez’s coho sashimi and sushi rolls

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Port moody
Submission Date:
08/30/2025 00:23:19
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Southbound

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Southbound Navy Channel
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 23:49:14
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“Fish N Chips “

Length:
38
Weight:
27
Type of Fish / Photo:
Halibut
Location:
Prince Rupert
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 21:59:45
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Today's Grandfather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Okanagan Lake
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 21:54:59
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First fishing trip!

Length:
Weight:
8
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Central coast
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 21:34:59
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Love is on the line

Length:
0.1
Weight:
0.0000001
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Lake Okanagan
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 17:34:19
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Second Rainbow of the day

Length:
Weight:
4
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Kelowna
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 15:45:30
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Second Rainbow of the day

Length:
Weight:
4
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Kelowna
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 15:45:30
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First kokanee of the day!

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
West kelowna
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 15:12:07
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First kokanee of the day!

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
West kelowna
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 15:12:07
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First kokanee of the day!

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
West kelowna
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 15:12:07
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A boy and his boat

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Nootka sound offshore- near Catala Ilsland
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 02:08:07
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Whale of a time!

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Offshore, west coast Vancouver island- Nootka Sound
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 02:05:04
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Canadian lounge chairs

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
West Kelowna
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 01:32:09
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Smoking the days catch

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Port moody
Submission Date:
08/29/2025 00:33:23
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Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Nootka
Submission Date:
08/28/2025 21:05:02
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Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Nootka
Submission Date:
08/28/2025 18:50:20
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Boating Freedom

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Whiskey Gulf Adjacent
Submission Date:
08/28/2025 17:37:50
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Morning break through

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
West Kelowna
Submission Date:
08/28/2025 15:05:16
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I think we found the bait

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Gambier Island
Submission Date:
08/28/2025 00:14:16
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Beautiful Morning

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Passage Island
Submission Date:
08/28/2025 00:12:40
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Nest of young bald eagless

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Kelowna
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 20:27:06
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Nest of young bald eagless

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Kelowna
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 20:27:06
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Boat Dog Life

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Haida Haven
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 16:47:35
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Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Gold river
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 14:15:23
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Lookout

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Dinner Bay
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 08:58:23
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Im looking at you

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Prince Rupert
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 03:39:32
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Jumping for the sky

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Prince Rupert
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 03:35:21
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Chasing Waterfalls

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Prince Rupert
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 03:34:29
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I see you

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Prince Rupert
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 03:33:14
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Morning Glory

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Prince Rupert
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 03:31:56
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Glacier Beauty

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Tracy Arm Alaska
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 03:29:12
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Springs were biting today

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
West van
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 00:16:29
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Huge wild coho

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
West vancouver
Submission Date:
08/27/2025 00:15:26
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Peeking Through the Trees

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Tugboat Island, Silva Bay
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 21:31:27
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Peeking Through the Trees

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Tugboat Island, Silva Bay
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 21:31:27
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Peeking Through the Trees

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Tugboat Island, Silva Bay
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 21:31:27
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Peeking Through the Trees

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Tugboat Island, Silva Bay
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 21:31:27
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Golden Horizons

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Haida Haven
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 16:38:40
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Summer of fun

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Prideaux Haven and Pendrell sound
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 07:02:15
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Summer of fun

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Prideaux Haven and Pendrell sound
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 07:02:15
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Summer of fun

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Prideaux Haven and Pendrell sound
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 07:02:15
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Summer of fun

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Prideaux Haven and Pendrell sound
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 07:02:15
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Summer of fun

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Prideaux Haven and Pendrell sound
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 07:02:15
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Summer of fun

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Prideaux Haven and Pendrell sound
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 07:02:15
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Another great family day on the water

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 02:09:54
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Another great day on the water

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 02:08:44
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Another great day on the water

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 02:08:44
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Another great day on the water

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 02:08:44
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Another great day on the water

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 02:08:44
Junior Lens Legenda

Another great day on the water

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 02:08:44
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Another great day on the water

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 02:08:44
a

Double Trouble

Length:
Weight:
6
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Central Coast
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 01:30:32
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Is This My Prince?

Length:
Weight:
6
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Central Coast
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 01:29:09
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Stretching The Legs

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Calvert Island
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 01:28:00
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My first fishing trip had me in awe!

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Central Coast
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 01:25:01
a

Halibut King!

Length:
Weight:
85
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Donald Island
Submission Date:
08/26/2025 01:21:02
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Afternoon Nap

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Gambier Island
Submission Date:
08/25/2025 23:23:05
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Day & Night in the Harmony Islands

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Harmony Islands
Submission Date:
08/25/2025 23:17:41
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Day & Night in the Harmony Islands

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Harmony Islands
Submission Date:
08/25/2025 23:11:08
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Day & Night in the Harmony Islands

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Harmony Islands
Submission Date:
08/25/2025 23:11:08
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Dockside Serenity in Toba

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Toba Wilderness Marina
Submission Date:
08/25/2025 23:03:06
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Dockside Dream Team

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Haida Haven
Submission Date:
08/25/2025 18:25:52
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Birds of A Feather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Cortes & Mitlenatch Island
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:48:07
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Birds of A Feather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Cortes & Mitlenatch Island
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:48:07
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Birds of A Feather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Cortes & Mitlenatch Island
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:48:07
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Birds of A Feather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Cortes & Mitlenatch Island
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:48:07
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Birds of A Feather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Cortes & Mitlenatch Island
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:48:07
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Birds of A Feather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Cortes & Mitlenatch Island
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:48:07
a

Birds of A Feather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Cortes & Mitlenatch Island
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:48:07
a

Birds of A Feather

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Cortes & Mitlenatch Island
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:48:07
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The Sky's Last Light

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Pender Harbour
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:43:23
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The Sky's Last Light

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Pender Harbour
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:43:23
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The Sky's Last Light

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Pender Harbour
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:43:23
a

The Sky's Last Light

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Pender Harbour
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:43:23
a

The Sky's Last Light

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Pender Harbour
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 22:43:23
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Monsters of the ocean

Length:
Weight:
30
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Prince rupert British Columbia
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 20:39:01
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Monsters of the ocean

Length:
Weight:
30
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Prince rupert British Columbia
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 20:39:01
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Monsters of the ocean

Length:
Weight:
30
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Prince rupert British Columbia
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 20:39:01
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Monsters of the ocean

Length:
Weight:
30
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Prince rupert British Columbia
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 20:39:01
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Monsters of the ocean

Length:
Weight:
30
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Prince rupert British Columbia
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 20:39:01
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Monsters of the ocean

Length:
Weight:
30
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Prince rupert British Columbia
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 20:39:01
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Best bites off Ukee

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Uclulet
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 18:47:01
a

Limited out

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Sooke
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 17:35:53
a

Another 1

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Sooke
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 17:27:17
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“The Kraken”

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Prince Rupert
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 17:25:12
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“Hats On”

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Prince Rupert
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 17:20:44
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Sunset Serenity

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Qlawdzeet Anchorage
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 15:45:08
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Hook nose coho

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Belka Bella
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 11:11:26
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Rough water Chinook

Length:
Weight:
16
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Nanaimo
Submission Date:
08/24/2025 03:47:08
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Hooked on Pender Harbour

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Pender Harbour
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 22:31:30
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Hooked on Pender Harbour

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Pender Harbour
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 22:31:30
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Navigating the sunset at 30knots

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Deep Cove
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 20:12:47
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Family friday

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
West vancouver
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 03:14:08
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Baby girls big catch

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Point Atkinson
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 02:46:48
a

Baby girls big catch

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Point Atkinson
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 02:46:48
a

Baby girls big catch

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Point Atkinson
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 02:46:48
a

Baby girls big catch

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Point Atkinson
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 02:46:48
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Aly on a nice one

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Point Atkinson
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 02:44:17
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Aly on a nice one

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Junior Lens Legend
Location:
Point Atkinson
Submission Date:
08/23/2025 02:44:17
a

Resource Economy at Work

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
West of Active Pass
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 15:42:14
a

Soaring the skies …

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Kemano B.C. Gardner Canal
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 05:23:40
Best Ling Coda

Dragon Slayer

Length:
-1
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Prince Rupert B.C.
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 04:55:56
a

Big, Bigger, Biggest

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Ling Cod
Location:
Englefield Bay, Haida Gwaii
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 03:35:01
a

Heading home…

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
Near Dinner Pt Mayne Islan
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 02:45:00
a

mountain sun set

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Port moody
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 02:39:30
a

Father son night bite

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 02:36:49
a

Father son night bite

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 02:36:49
a

Father son night bite

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 02:36:49
a

Father son night bite

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 02:36:49
a

Father son night bite

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Vancouver
Submission Date:
08/22/2025 02:36:49
a

Glowing in the Dark

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Wildlife Wonder
Location:
Haida Haven
Submission Date:
08/21/2025 17:03:36
a

Calm before the storm

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Bowen Island
Submission Date:
08/21/2025 15:48:31
a

Union Steamship at moonrise

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
Location:
Bowen Island
Submission Date:
08/21/2025 15:47:06
a

Sparkling

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Salmon
Location:
Bowen Island
Submission Date:
08/21/2025 15:44:46
a

West van spring

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Boating Bites
Location:
West vancouver
Submission Date:
08/21/2025 01:55:30
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
Scenic Serenitya

Sunset in Codero Islands

Length:
Weight:
Type of Fish / Photo:
Scenic Serenity
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
Best Halibuta

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
Best Salmona

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
Wildlife Wondera

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

We’re making waves this summer with a fresh twist on our annual fishing derby! After five incredible years of fishing-focused fun, we’re switching things up to an all-new Photo Derby with more categories for all boating enthusiasts! Whether you’re reeling in a catch or capturing the perfect sunset, we want to see boating through your lens.

Free to enter with a prize pool worth over $10,000, including hotel getaways, spa packages, premium boating gear, a grand prize draw, and awesome surprises from our generous sponsors.

When you sign up, you’ll also receive a complimentary welcome package to kick off the fun!

🚤 How to Join the Fun

Here’s how to get in on the action:

1. Sign up right here on this page and receive your welcome package

2. Head out on the water and start snapping photos

3. Submit your best shots between August 15–31 in one of two easy ways:

1. Upload directly at www.boatingfreedom.com/photoderby/.
2. Or email them to officestaff@boatingfreedom.com with:

– Name(s)
– Email
– Date of Photo
– Optional caption for fun notes

Then sit back, enjoy the sun—and stay tuned to see if you’ve won!

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🎉 Boost Your Chances to Win!

Every photo you submit enters you into our Grand Prize Draw, and you can score bonus entries by:

  • Sharing your submission on Instagram/Facebook and tagging @boatingfreedom
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🏆 Prize Categories

We’ll be awarding prizes in these standout categories, with winners chosen by the Freedom Marine crew, event sponsors, and a panel of judges:

  • Grand Prize Draw (drawn from all submissions)
  • Best Salmon
  • Best Ling Cod
  • Best Halibut
  • Wildlife Wonder (Best Boating Wildlife Photo)
  • Scenic Serenity (Best Boating Landscape)
  • Best Boating Bites (Your best on-board meal!)
  • Junior Lens Legend (Best photo from participants under 16)

Freedom Marine reserves the right to remove any inappropriate content and to use submitted photos for promotional purposes, including email marketing, social media, and print materials.

Have questions? We’re happy to help! Reach out to us anytime at marketing@boatingfreedom.com or call us at 604-609-0985.

We can’t wait to see what you capture out on the water—good luck, and happy boating!

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