The Largest Walleye Caught and Released in 1999 was 29" long and was caught by Darlene Hall. She was very ably assisted by her husband Wade. Wade and Darlene have been visiting our resort for many years. We are very proud to present Darlene with our 1999 Gentle Fisherman Award for releasing the largest Walleye.

The largest Northern Pike Caught and Released was 42" by Ron Johnson. Ron and Judy have also been visiting us for many years and are both enjoying recent retirements. Ron is the 1999 winner of our Titus Trophy for the Largest Northern Pike released.

Below are the 5 largest Northern Pike and 5 Largest Walleyes released in 1999. Besides thanking all of these tremendous sports people for releasing these large fish we will also be presenting them with a 10% discount on their next vacation at our Wilderness Island Resort. Releasing large fish is important for 2 reasons. They are usually females which means they can produce a lot more fish, and they may be genetically larger which helps increase the average size of the fish population.

5 Largest Walleyes Released in 1999		5 Largest Northern Pike Released in 1999
Darlene Hall	29"	Ron Johnson	42"
Tim Urda	25.5"	Russ Meyer	39.25"
Dan Colligan	24"	Len Federer	38"
Don Cline	23"	Mark Hendricks	37.5"
Keith Kramer	23"	Dick Liddicoat	37"

Every year we give away 40 10% vacation discounts to our guests who participate in our Catch and Release program. 10 go to the people above who released the largest Northern Pike and Walleye. The other 30 go to people who are randomly drawn from the 100's of entries in our Catch and Release log. Every time guest releases a Walleye over 16" or releases a Northern Pike over 24", they are eligible to enter that fish in our Catch and Release log book. The 2 red squirrels which were relocated from the Duquette cabin to Timberwolf Island do not count.

Below are our 1999 random recipients of 10% Catch and Release discounts on their next vacations.

Steve Patchin - 16" Walleye	Greg Conley - 16.5" Walleye
Bob Andres - 16.5" Walleye	Larry Light - 16.5" Walleye
Bob King - 17" Walleye	Earl Bronson - 24" Northern Pike
Alan Beamer - 19.5" Walleye	Jim Adams - 29.75" Northern Pike
Sheri Kelley - 30" Northern Pike	Carol Simpson - 17" Walleye
Matt Blackall - 30" Northern Pike	Jennifer Dykhouse - 29.5" Northern Pike
Shanon Affleck - 20" Walleye	Missy Branson - 30" Northern Pike
Janet Molek - 30" Northern Pike	Genny King - 17" Walleye
Dan Young - 27.5" Northern Pike	Bill Rogers - 30.5" Northern Pike
Emily Todd - 25" Northern Pike	Paula McIntyre - 16.5" Walleye
Michele Brown - 16.5" Walleye	Bob Matus - 31" Northern Pike
Kirk Marshall - 29" Northern Pike	John Kelly - 29" Northern Pike
Dixon Hall - 18" Walleye	Kathy Stelow - 26" Northern Pike
Jana Federer - 28" Northern Pike	Cindy Knuth - 28.5" Northern Pike
Gary Lenk - 19" Walleye	Jim Copeland - 17.5" Walleye

For this draw we separate all entries into their respective weeks, draw 1 entry from each week, the remaining entries are combined and we draw the balance of the winners from the remaining entries. We thank everyone who contributed to the ongoing fishing quality of Lake Wabatongushi.

For more information please contact us, Al & Doris Errington, at:
Errington's
Wilderness Island Resort
Wabatongushi Lake * Ontario * Canada
P.O. Box 22057, 44 Great Northern Road
Sault Ste.. Marie ON P6B-6H4 CANADA
Tel/Fax May - Sept. (705)884-2215
Tel/Fax Oct. - Apr. (705)946-2010
Web Site - http://www.WildernessIsland.com 
Email - Vacation "at symbol" WildernessIsland "dot" com