St. Catharines Game & Fish Association

10/18/2026

Happy Birthday Janet!

Let's all give Janet a big Happy Birthday!

We're so happy to have her!

10/03/2026

Congratulations to Kevin Hampson, our Fall Salmon Derby Champ and Salmon Division winner of the Members Challenge .

Here are all of the final rersults.

Prizes will be presented prior to our AGM on Wed Oct 21 at the Dalhousie Yacht Club

2026 Fall Derby Leaderboard Official Standings
Place Angler Weight (lbs.)
1 Kevin Hampson 36.64
2 Murray Nguyen 27.30
3 Barbara Mawdsley 25.30
4 John Thomson 25.16
5 Mike Nemcko 24.80

Members Challenge
Salmon

1 - 36.64 lbs Kevin Hampson

2 - 25.36 lbs Lyle Gayder

3 - 25.16 lbs John Thomson

4 - 24.80 lbs Mike Nemcko

5 - 24.76 lbs Marc Heaton

Brown Trout

1 - 17.42 lbs Michal Taranko

2 - 16.34 lbs - Lyle Gayder

3 - 16.24 lbs Frank Robson

4 - 14.14 lbs Steve Robson

5 - 12.84 lbs Steve Jablonski

Rainbow Trout

1 - 12.74lbs Ken Gehrke

2 - 12.06lbs Trevor Crozier

3 - 11.80lbs Dave Hill

4 - 11.76 lbs Malcolm Thomas

5 - 10.20lbs Barry Spencer

Lake Trout

1 - 26.76lbs Kevin Hampson

2 - 26.24lbs Hughie Ahearn

3 - 22.30lbs Ty Gehrke

4 - 20.50lbs Michal Taranko

5 - 18.60lbs - Mike Nemcko

Walleye

1 - 8.82lbs Danny Fidanza

2- 8.78lbs Vincent Fidanza

3 - 8.16lbs Larry Schroeder

4 - 7.94lbs Mike Nemcko

5 - 7.90 lbs Steve Jablonski

09/22/2026

A few more pictures from our Kids Summer Derby on Sept 12.

Big thanks to Alessandra Robson for capturing all these pictures for us!

09/22/2026

What a summer full of fishing fun! 🎣✨

Did you know? We had 200 young anglers enter fish entries in the Kids Summer Derby! 🧒🐟 Those 200 anglers entered a total of 1,264 fish entries. 📈

Out of those 1,264 entries, 82 different species were recorded! 🐠🌈
It is amazing to see such variety, especially since Ontario is home to approximately 156 species of fish. 🐟

With a vast network of more than 250,000 lakes and rivers, Ontario has the highest fish diversity in Canada. 🌊🐟

We loved seeing our young anglers explore so many of those waterways this summer! ☀️🎣

09/20/2026

Our Fall AGM is happening on Wed Oct 21, 7pm at The Dalhousie Yacht Club.

Awards will be presented for Fall Salmon Derby & Members Challenge followed by the meeting agenda and elections for the 2027-2028 terms

All positions for Executive Committee & Board of Directors are open

Please submit nominations to scgameandfish at gmail.com

09/17/2026

The St Catharines Game and Fish Association expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Les Herbert, one of our past presidents.

HERBERT, Les
January 6, 1942 - September 10, 2026

Les passed away peacefully, on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at the Marotta Family Hospital, St. Catharines with his loving wife and family friends by his side.

Les was a Firefighter with the City of St. Catharines for 31 years and ran the Firefighter’s Ball for many years. He was a Past President of the St. Catharines Game & Fish Association and ran their Lake Ontario Salmon Derby for many years. He was a life member of the Dalhousie Yacht Club and enjoyed taking his boat across the lake to the Toronto Islands Hanlan’s Point and going to Ontario Place for the Labour Day weekend to watch the Air Show and the Snow Birds.

He was a current member of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #350 and the St. Catharines Rowing Alumni Association. He also belonged to the Lasalle Sportsmen’s Club and enjoyed target shooting with his compound bow.

He was also an avid fisherman. He will be forever loved and missed by his loving wife, Judi. He will be lovingly missed by many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Family and friends were extremely important to him.

There will be an inurnment service at 1:00 pm on Friday, September 25, 2026 at Victoria Lawn Cemetery to be followed by a celebration of life at the Dalhousie Yacht Club, 74 Lighthouse Road, St. Catharines.

There will be an inurnment service at 1:00 pm on Friday September 25, 2026 at Victoria Lawn Cemetery to be followed by a celebration of life at the Dalhousie Yacht Club, 74 Lighthouse Road, St. Catharines.

Arrangements entrusted to Considerate Cremation & Burial Services, 26 Nihan Drive, St. Catharines (between Lake Street & Scott Street), 289-362-1144. Online condolences may be made at CCBSCares.ca

09/15/2026

Both the Fall Salmon Derby & Members Challenge will wrap up on Sat Sept 26.

We've had a few entries over the last few days creating some movement on the each leaderboard!

Links are in the comments!

09/15/2026

09/13/2026

A few shots of registration Saturday morning for the Kids Summer Derby

09/12/2026

Here's just a brief recap of today's Kids Summer Derby Celebration in Port Dalhousie

More pictures & videos to come!