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Celebrate the start of the 2025 Trout Derby with WDFW, Filson, and local partners at the Trout Derby Kickoff Party on April 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free event at the Filson Seattle flagship store will feature a special appearance by Bucky Jacobson, former Seattle Mariner and co-host of the KJR Chuck and Buck show. Attendees can also enjoy ample information about this year's derby, a trout cooking demonstration, door prizes, and participation from local businesses.
Note: the official start date of the 2025 Trout Derby is a week after the Kickoff Party on April 26 and runs through Oct. 31. Now in its 10th year, the derby features nearly 1,100 prizes valued at more than $54,000 from more than 100 participating businesses. Businesses have donated a wide variety of prizes including gift cards, fishing gear, tackle, Seattle Mariners tickets, rounds of golf, local aquarium admission, a kayak, guided lake fishing trips, handheld GPS units, resort stays, and more. Learn more on the 2025 Trout Derby webpage.
Notice of Photography and/or Videography. When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography and/or videography (which includes audio recording) may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to such photography and/or videography and their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. If you prefer not to have your photo and/or video taken, please inform WDFW staff immediately upon arrival. Staff will provide a sticker or tape for you to wear. You must wear the sticker/tape at all times. WDFW will make an effort to edit or remove any photos and/or video of you in which the sticker/tape is present. Any photos and/or videos posted in error will be immediately edited or removed upon request.
Due to the nature of audio recording that is a necessary part of videography, WDFW cannot warrant that outside/ambient audio from other individuals won’t be captured and released as part of said videography. All parties attending such an event consent to WDFW using such outside/ambient audio recording as part of any videography process.