18th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby
The 18th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby will run from 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 31 through 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2.
Come join us for a fun weekend to celebrate the ice fishing tradition of the Moosehead Lake Region. Three prizes will be awarded for the first-, second-, and third-largest togue. Winners will be ranked by weight. Prizes for the three largest togue are $1,500 for first place, $500 for second, and $250 for third place.
No fish are needed to win, just buy a ticket and you could be a winner in the door prize drawing! First door prize is $1,500 cash and there are well over 50 other prizes including gift cards, gift certificates, gas cards, sports tickets, and goods from businesses around the state.
PRIZE CATCH — Chris Parent of Gorham caught this 14.48-pound, 36.125-inch fish to win the 2024 Moosehead Lake Togue Derby. It was only his second time fishing Moosehead. This year’s event runs from Friday, Jan. 31 to Sunday, Feb. 2.
The youth prize drawing includes a lifetime fishing license sponsored by Moosehead Lake Fisheries Coalition
Ticket prices are $25 individual and $40 family ticket (parents, grandparents or guardians and children age 17 and under). Youth door prize tickets are $5.
Save some time and buy your derby tickets online at the EVENTBRITE page.
Tickets are also available at Indian Hill Trading Post in Greenville, Moosehead Bait & Tackle in Rockwood, Lucky Bait in Greenville, and Mountain’s Market in Dover-Foxcroft.
Fish can be weighed at Bartley Event Center at 241 Pritham Avenue in Greenville or Moosehead Bait and Tackle in Rockwood. Weigh stations will be open Friday 3-6 p.m., Saturday 4–7 p.m., and Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
As a final note: We are encouraging anglers to harvest their limit of smaller togue to help control the population. MAINE IFW states that additional harvest is needed to keep the population in check and ensure good growth for togue, salmon and brook trout. The derby has been very successful in helping to manage the fisheries on Moosehead Lake. Let’s keep it up!
The Natural Resource Education Center at Moosehead was incorporated as an educational 501(3)c in 1996. We are a small local non-profit with lofty goals. Our mission is to provide natural and cultural resource-based programming to the residents and thousands of visitors that come to the Moosehead Lake Region of Maine to explore its woods and water. We’ve been working hard for over 25 years and we need your support or our next 25! We have an all-volunteer board of directors so 100 percent of our membership funds and donations go directly to our programs. That’s right, you can be sure your donation will go exactly where you wanted. So buy your derby ticket today!
Please email NRECMoosehead@gmail.com with any questions. For more information, please visit the Derby page on Facebook.