Contest Information
Percy Lake Ratepayers Association encourages and promotes legal sport fishing for bass (B) and lake trout (LT) caught on Percy Lake waters.
Trophies, 1 for bass and 1 for lake trout, will be awarded at the following year’s Annual General Meeting. Additionally, the large Matcorp Traveler Trophy will be presented to the youth who landed the longest bass. Rules and regulations are noted below.
Live Release Youth Bass and Lake Trout Contest – Rules and Regulations
- Youth/Kids/Junior anglers are 16 years and under
- The PLRA fishing contest is open for the entire legal fishing season for lake trout and bass.
- Take a picture of the fish with the person who caught it and email the picture, length, and date caught with your entry.
- The contest is open to Percy Lake Ratepayers and their families.
- The fish must be caught on Percy Lake by a junior angler during the open season and live released back into the lake.
- Trophies are awarded for the longest bass and longest lake trout and will be presented at the following year’s Annual General Meeting.
- The big one that got away doesn’t qualify but makes for a great camp fire story.
- Happy fishing!
Live Release Bass Fishing Tournament – Rules and Regulations
- Sportsmanship – All participants are expected to practice courtesy, safety and agree to abide by all regulations of the Ministry of Natural Resources and by the rules of the Percy Lake Ratepayers Association Live Release Fishing Tournament.
- The Tournament will take place on Saturday, August 17, 2024 from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon.
- The Tournament is open to all PAID-UP members of the Percy Lake Ratepayers Association and their immediate families (spouses, children & grandchildren). We will also allow former Percy Lake cottagers on an exception basis.
- Two (2) person teams – Only two (2) people are allowed per boat unless approved by the Tournament Committee prior to the Tournament. The safety and well being of any minor is the sole responsibility of the minor’s accompanying adult.
- Scoring fish – A maximum of 5 fish per two person team will be entered. In the event of a tie, the team with the largest individual bass will be awarded the prize. The next largest fish will be used in the event of a tie of largest fish and so on until the tie is broken. A Grand Prize will be awarded in one category for two (2) Bass species combined (Smallmouth & Largemouth Bass). The Grand Prize will be awarded that evening at the PLRA BBQ for the category listed below:
- Grand prize – Trophy for greatest length (in inches) for 5 Bass combined. All fish are to be measured from the tip of the nose to the top of the tail.
- Only artificial lures can be used. No live bait is permitted whatsoever. Only one rod at a time can be used. A cast must be fully retrieved before another rod is picked up.
- Please practice catch and release as this is a live release tournament. All fish must be returned to the lake immediately after being photographed and measured. All dead fish are disqualified from the tournament.
- Permissible waters – Only fishing in Percy Lake and the Gull River at the south end of the lake is allowed. All fishing must be done during the tournament times from a boat within the permissible waters.
- Please don’t be late – All participants must arrive no later than 7:45 am from the tournament starting point which is the small island. End of tournament check in will begin at 11:45 pm at the small island and will end at 12 noon sharp. Entrants must be present at the start and end of the tournament and officially report their team’s results with the tournament committee. Any team measuring in after the end of the tournament will be penalized 1 inch per minute they are late. Teams more than 10 minutes late will be disqualified.
- Protests – All protests must be submitted in writing within 15 minutes of the close of the tournament. The decision of the Tournament Committee will be final.
Angler Photo Gallery
![A man and two young boys wearing lifejackets hold up a bass in a boat.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-5211.jpeg)
Harper Roberts
August 6, 2023
17 Inch Bass
![Julian Tilman holds up a Lake Trout that he caught.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Julian-Lake-Trout2.jpg)
Julian Tilman
September 3, 2023
19 Inch Lake Trout
![A lake trout is being measured against a tape measure.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Julian-Lake-Trout1.jpg)
Julian Tilman
September 3, 2023
19 Inch Lake Trout
![A bass in a fishing net is being measured against a tape measure.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Julian-Bass23a22-1.jpg)
Julian Tilman
September 3, 2023
18 Inch Bass
![Bob Wong presents a new golf tournament trophy at the AGM.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/B-Wong-and-Golf-Trophy-scaled.jpg)
Andrew Lindsay Memorial Cup
August 19, 2023
Bob Wong presents the new golf tournament trophy.
![Lou presents the bass fishing trophy to winners, Mark and Connor Ristow.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Bass-Champs-23.jpg)
Mark & Connor Ristow
August 19, 2023
Lou presents bass fishing trophy to 2023 winners.
![Julian Tilman accepts Bass 1st Place Trophy and MatCorpTrophy](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Matty.png)
Julian Tilman
August 19, 2023
Bass 1st place trophy & Matys Corp Trophy. Joe Matys presents secret weapon package.
![Cohen Elson accepts a second place trophy for the youth angler bass contest.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lake-Trout-Kohen.jpg)
Cohen Elson
August 19, 2023
Bass 2nd place plaque
![Three trophies on a table.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20230819_134951-copy.jpg)
2023 Trophies
August 19, 2023
Live Release Bass, Junior Bass, and Golf Tournament Trophies
![Mark and Connor Ristow stand in their boat holding up a fishing trophy.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20230819_121110-1.jpg)
Mark & Connor Ristow
August 19, 2023
2023 Live Release Bass Tournament Winners
![A photo collage of the Percy lake bass tournament](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3AFD4A77-D5C1-43D0-BB7D-65278D4EFB8F.jpg)
August 19, 2023
Joe Matys boat photos
![A collage of three generations of Richerts holding up fish that they've caught of Percy Lake](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Richerts.jpg)
April 24, 2023
3 Richert Generations
![Marcello Richert holds up an 18 inch bass while on a boat on Percy Lake.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marcello-Richert-Bass-18-Inches.jpg)
Marcello Richert
July 1, 2022
18 Inch Bass
![Marcello Richert holds up a Lake Trout while in a boat on Percy Lake.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Marcello-Richert-Lake-Trout-19-Inches.jpg)
Marcello Richert
July 4, 2022
19 Inch Lake Trout
![A smallmouth bass is being measured against a take measure to show 18 inches in length.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_3535.jpg)
Cohen Elson
August 24, 2022
18 Inch Bass
![Cohen Elson holds up a small mouth bass while sitting on a boat in the middle of Percy Lake.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_3533-1.jpg)
Cohen Elson
August 24, 2022
18 Inch Bass
![Julian Tilman stands on a boat in the middle of a lake, holding a fishing net with a bass inside.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_3767.jpg)
Julian Tilman
August 6, 2022
21 Inch Bass
![A bass in a fishing net is measured for length against a paper ruler.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_3764.jpg)
Julian Tilman
August 6, 2022
21 Inch Bass
![Two men in a boat, holding a fishing trophy.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_6855.jpg)
Ed Dawsoyar & Lou Kiriakou
August 13, 2022
2022 Live Release Bass Tournament Winners
![A man holds a fish next to a young girl while standing on a dock.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Jadiens-18-Inch-Bass-1.jpeg)
Jadien Ledger
July 29, 2022
18 Inch Bass
![Jim Richert, grandson Marcelo, and Jack Russel at the Johnson Bay Rd/Percy Lake Rd junction in front of the new Percy Lake sign.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image1-rotated.jpeg)
Jim Richert, grandson Marcelo, and Jack Russel
July 4, 2022
Johnson Bay Rd/Percy Lake Rd junction
![Peter Mills in front of the invasive species sign at the boat launch](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image2-rotated.jpeg)
Peter Mills
July 4, 2022
Boat Launch
![Charlie Houston holding an 18 inch bass.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1430-2.jpg)
Charlie Houston
August 15, 2021
18 Inch Bass
![A bass being measured against a fish ruler - about 18 inches.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1434.jpg)
Charlie Houston
August 15, 2021
18 Inch Bass
![Chloe and Mark ristow in a boat on Percy Lake holding the Bass Tournament fishing trophy.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210814_120525.jpg)
Mark & Chloe Ristow
August 14, 2021
2021 Live Release Bass Tournament Winners
![Cohen Elson holding a 18.5 inch smallmouth Bass](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Cohen-18.5-Inch-Bass-Lure-2.jpg)
Cohen Elson
August 20, 2020
18.5" Smallmouth Bass
![Cohen's hand holding a 18.5 inch smallmouth Bass](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Cohen-18.5-Inch-Bass-1.jpg)
Cohen Elson
August 20, 2020
18.5" Smallmouth Bass
![Julian Tilman holding the 2019 Bass Trophy](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/junior-bass-award-2020.png)
Julian Tilman
December 19, 2020
2019 Junior Angler Bass Award
![Julian Tilman holds up to plastic trophies on the deck of his family's cottage.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_2349.jpg)
Julian Tilman
October 13, 2020
2019 Junior Angler Bass and Trout Winner
![Keegan Elson 20 Inch LT March 2021 - Delazzer's Grandson](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Keegan-Elson-20-Inch-LT-March-2021-Delazzers-Grandson.png)
Keegan Elson
March 22, 2020
20 Inch Lake Trout
![Keegan Elson 14.5 Inch LT March 2021 - Delazzer's Grandson](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Keegan-Elson-14.5-Inch-LT-March-2021-Delazzers-Grandson.png)
Keegan Elson
March 22, 2020
14.5 Inch Lake Trout
![Mark and Jody Ristow in their fishing boat with the Percy Lake Bass Fishing trophy.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_20200815_1223158-cropped.jpg)
Mark & Jody Ristow
August 15, 2020
2020 Live Release Bass Tournament Winners
![Julian Tilman holds a net up with a bass fish in it.](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/image0-j.png)
Julian Tilman
July 31, 2020
18.75 Inch Bass
![](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/image1-j.png)
Julian Tilman
July 31, 2020
18.75 Inch Bass
![Sophia Edey holding a the youth fishing trophy](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/4707124318377269382.jpg)
Sophia Edey
November 1, 2019
Matys Trophy Winner
![Julian Tilman leaning over the table with a 17 inch bass resting on it](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1147.jpg)
Julian Tilman
August 31, 2019
17 Inch Bass
![18 Inch bass on a dock](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8599.jpg)
Charlie Houston
July 28, 2019
18 Inch Bass
![Charlie Houston standing on a dock and holding a fishing rod with a fish on the hook](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8589-e1566252293211.jpg)
Charlie Houston
July 28, 2019
18 Inch Bass
![Young man holding up a fishing net with a bass inside](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/image1-e1565646472119.jpeg)
Julian Tilman
August 7, 2019
19.5 Inch Bass
![Fishing net with a bass inside](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/image2.jpeg)
Julian Tilman
August 7, 2019
19.5 Inch Bass
![Aerial photo of Percy Lake](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/percy.jpg)
July 31, 2011
Percy Lake from above (courtesy of Joe Matys)
![Leandro in a boat holding up two lake trout](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011Trout.jpg)
Leandro Richert
August 13, 2011
Two 16 Inch Lake Trout
![Leandro holding up a fish outside at night](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011Small.jpg)
Leandro Richert
August 13, 2011
17.5 Inch Small Mouth Bass
![Leandro in a boat and holding up a bass](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011Leandro.jpg)
Leandro Richert
August 14, 2011
18.23 Inch Small Mouth Bass
![Harry Winder receiving the fishing trophy at the AGM (on behalf of his grandson) and Joe Matys presenting a special lure](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011Winder.jpg)
August 21, 2011
Harry Winder receiving the fishing trophy at the AGM (on behalf of his grandson) and Joe Matys presenting a special lure
![One man handing a trophy to the another man on a beach at the annual corn roast](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011RoastSeven.jpg)
August 21, 2011
Corn Roast
![Young blond child wearing a bib and eating a corn on the cob](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011RoastSix.jpg)
August 21, 2011
Corn Roast
![Three men making silly faces holding corn on the cob](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011RoastFive.jpg)
August 21, 2011
Corn Roast
![Man standing over a big pot of corn outside](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011RoastFour.jpg)
August 21, 2011
Corn Roast
![People kayaking to the annual corn roast](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011RoastThree.jpg)
August 21, 2011
Corn Roast
![Two men standing over a BBQ at the annual corn roast](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011RoastTwo.jpg)
August 21, 2011
Corn Roast
![Fish being measure on the kitchen counter with a measuring tape](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012WaizeneggerTwo.jpg)
Chris Waizenegger
August 6, 2012
19 Inch Bass
![Chris holding a fish while standing in the kitchen](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012WaizeneggerOne.jpg)
Chris Waizenegger
August 6, 2012
19 Inch Bass
![Lou awarding Peter the trophy](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012SidorkiewiczOne.jpg)
Peter Sidorkiewicz
July 15, 2012
Winner of the 2012 fishing tournament
![Jim and Leandro holding fish in their hands](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012RichertSix.jpg)
Jim Richert
July 15, 2012
19 Inch Lake Trout
![Jim holding up a fish at dusk with his headlamp on](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012RichertFive.jpg)
Jim Richert
July 22, 2012
18.5 Inch Small Mouth Bass
![Mark holding up a fish at dusk](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012RichertFour.jpg)
Mark Richert
July 22, 2012
20 Inch Small Mouth Bass
![Leandro standing on the shoreline and holding up a fish](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012RichertThree.jpg)
Leandro Richert
July 22, 2012
19.25 Inch Lake Trout
![Leadro holding up a fish in the boat at dusk](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012RichertTwo.jpg)
Leandro Richert
August 12, 2012
19 Inch Small Mouth Bass
![Graham and Jack speaking to each other at the AGM](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012Warren.jpg)
Graham & Jack
August 19, 2012
Graham thanking Jack for his contributions as president
![Jim Richert holding up a transparent can of separated gasoline](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012RichertOne.jpg)
Jim Richert
August 19, 2012
Example about using bad gas in your engines
![Jack Russel speaking in front of the agm](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012Russel.jpg)
Jack Russel
August 19, 2012
Speaking at the AGM
![Dillon holding the youth fishing trophy with a man's arm around him](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012Winder.jpg)
Dillon Berkey Winder
August 19, 2012
Receiving the youth fishing trophy
![Three men standing side by side with smiles](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2012Graesser.jpg)
Dick Graesser
August 19, 2012
Receiving the adult fishing torphy
![Fish on a kitchen counter being measured with a measuring tape](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013DawsoyerTwo.jpg)
Ed Dawsoyer
March 10, 2013
22.5 Inch Lake Trout
![Ed standing next to a fishing hole in the middle of the frozen over lake with a fish in his hands](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013DawsoyerOne.jpg)
Ed Dawsoyer
March 10, 2013
22.5 Inch Lake Trout
![Chris standing in the kitchen holding a fish in each hand](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013WaizeneggerOne.jpg)
Chris Waizenegger
August 6, 2013
18.5 Inch Bass
![Lou standing on his dock at dusk holding a fish in each hand](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013KiriakouOne.jpg)
Lou Kiriakou
September 14, 2013
21 Inch Bass (on the left)
![Fish on a kitchen counter being measured with a tape measure](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013WinderTwo.jpg)
Harry Winder
September 16, 2013
18.5 Inch Bass
![Harry holding up two fish while standing in his kitchen](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013WinderOne.jpg)
Harry Winder
September 16, 2013
18.5 Inch Bass
![](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013RichertFour.jpg)
Dan Richert
September 16, 2013
18 Inch Bass
![Jim sitting in a boat and holding a fish](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013RichertThree.jpg)
Jim Richert
September 16, 2013
19.25 Inch Bass
![Jordan sitting in a boat and holding a fish at dusk](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013RichertTwo.jpg)
Jordan Richert
September 16, 2013
16 Inch Bass
![Michelle sitting in a boat holding a fish](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013RichertOne.jpg)
Michelle Richert
September 16, 2013
16 Inch Bass
![](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2016DawsoyarThree.jpg)
Ed Dawsoyer
January 25, 2016
8 lb, 25.5 Inch Lake Trout
![Ed holding up a fish in front of snow covered trees](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2016DawsoyarTwo.jpg)
Ed Dawsoyer
January 25, 2016
8 lb, 25.5 Inch Lake Trout
![fish lying on top of a newspaper](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2016SophieTwo.jpg)
Sophia Winder Berkey
August 18, 2016
15.25 Inch Bass
![Sophia holding a fish above a kitchen sink](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2016SophieOne.jpg)
Sophia Winder Berkey
August 18, 2016
15.25 Inch Bass
![fish being measured with a measuring tape](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2017edeyTwo.jpg)
Sophia Edey
August 1, 2017
10 Inches
![Sophia standing on the dock with a big smile on her face and holding a fish](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2017edeyOne.jpg)
Sophia Edey
August 1, 2017
10 Inches
![fish resting on a wooden cutting board being measure with a measuring tape](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2017tillmanSix.jpg)
Julian Tilman
August 17, 2017
3 lb, 17 Inch Lake Trout
![Julian Tilman holding a net with a fish inside while sitting in a canoe](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2017tillmanFive.jpg)
Julian Tilman
August 17, 2017
3 lb, 17 Inch Lake Trout
![fish being measured with a measuring tape](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2017berkeyTwo.jpg)
Sophia Winder Berkey
August 20, 2017
21 Inch Lake Trout
![Sophia standing beside a big shiny trophy and her winning lake trout](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2017berkeyOne.jpg)
Sophia Winder Berkey
August 20, 2017
21 Inch Lake Trout
![lake trout being measured on a piece of wood and newspaper](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018tillmanFour.jpg)
Julian Tilman
July 29, 2018
20.5 Inch Lake Trout
![Julian holding up a net with a fish inside while standing on a boat](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018tillmanThree.jpg)
Julian Tilman
July 29, 2018
20.5 Inch Lake Trout
![Julian and friend holding up a net with a fish inside](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018tillmanTwo.jpg)
Julian Tilman
August 7, 2018
17 Inch Bass
![a fish in a net on the floor of a boat](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018tillmanOne.jpg)
Julian Tilman
August 7, 2018
17 Inch Bass
![Peter Mills holding up a Lake Trout with a sunset colouring the sky](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018millsTwo.jpg)
Peter Mills
August 18, 2018
20.5 Inch Lake Trout
![Close up of someone holding up a fish in the boat](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018millsOne.jpg)
Peter Mills
August 18, 2018
20.5 Inch Lake Trout
![Sophia Edey wearing a lifejacket and holding up a bass while standing on a dock](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018edeyTwo.jpg)
Sophia Edey
September 3, 2018
17.75 Inch Bass
![fish being measured on a dock](https://plra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018edeyOne.jpg)
Sophia Edey
September 3, 2018
17.75 Inch Bass