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Over 100 days, almost 3,800 kilometres and four provinces or territories - Dave Koop is heading on the adventure of a lifetime. Koop is embarking on a months-long, one-man canoe trip that will take him from Flin Flon to well past the Arctic Circle.
This year’s event was exceptionally successful, with both attendance and fish landed increasing over several past years. The seventh annual tournament saw 174 people take part and in the process catch 166 fish. The tournament is hidden length in nature, so its winners are based on the luck of the draw. How the derby works is entrants catch their fish and photograph it with an entry given out at registration. Once any fish is caught and released, they return the form and the time of entry is noted. When the lengths are drawn, the person who has caught the fish closest to that length wins....