Pyramid Lake derby set for Sunday

The 11th annual Pyramid Lake Operation Game Thief (OGT) fishing derby is scheduled for Sunday.

The biggest cutthroat of the day will win a 2001 15-foot Smoker Craft boat with console, swivel seats, live bait well, floorboards, lights, etc. together with a 25-HP, 4-stroke Mercury motor and a EZ-Loader boat trailer. The entire boating package is valued at more than $9,500.

Second place wins $500 in cash and third takes home $250.

The derby is sponsored by Custom Boat and Marine of Reno.

Registration fee is $75 per person, which includes a sit-down dinner beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday at the Reno Hilton Hotel and Casino. It also includes a derby t-shirt, derby hat, an OGT donation, a donation to the Pyramid Lake Fisheries and a chance at raffle prizes totally more than $15,000.

Registration is restricted to 500 anglers, first-come, first-served.

At the dinner, there will be a full evening of activities featuring Master of Ceremonies Dave Finley of Channel 4 in Reno. Those activities will include such things as dinner, raffle, entertainment, a static display of different types of sport fishing boats and various vendor and display booths.

Additionally, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe will have representatives present to sell one-day tribal fishing licenses and boating permits to anyone who needs one for the following day.

On derby day, check-in begins at 5 a.m., right in front of Crosby's Landing at Sutcliffe on the west side of the lake.

Following check-in, there will be a "Shotgun Start" at 6:15 a.m. It will be at Sutcliffe and will be signaled by a flare being shot high into the air.

Successful anglers can weigh-in their catches at Crosby's Landing up to 4 p.m.

Then, after the weigh-in closes, there will be a short awards ceremony for the three lucky winners.

For information, contact Custom Boat and Marine at 9300 S. Virginia St. or call at 852-4535 during business hours.