The very popular Pike Minnow Derby conducted by the Quincy Valley Chamber of Commerce is coming up next week, and I wanted to give everyone a heads up so you can plan for it. For several years now the Quincy Chamber invites anglers to come down to the marina at Crescent Bar and head out to catch as many pike minnows as possible. This is a fun way to contribute to the effort to move as many salmon and steelhead smolts as possible downstream to the ocean. Pike minnows are deadly predators, and the derby catches hundreds of them every year. Thanks to Grand County PUD and many other local sponsors there is a very impressive number of prizes handed out, and I particularly like how they take care of the youngsters that participate in the derby. Everyone that registers for the derby also gets a free lunch at Tower Pizza. Don’t miss this one. It’s fun and helps our resource. Also, I am happy to announce that if you call the Holiday Inn Express in George you can get a ten percent discount on your stay when you attend the derby. Just be sure to mention the code: FISHINGMAGIAN!