Ole Taug took home the biggest fish with his 13.6-pound coho and the $1,450 first-place prize during this year’s Haines Sportsman’s Association Annual Coho Derby.
This year’s derby, a fundraiser for the Sportsman’s Association scholarship fund, was matched with a strong coho run in the Chilkoot River drawing myriad sport anglers to the lake throughout October.
“We don’t do a formal assessment of run strength in the Chilkoot River, but just from angler reports it…

