Year after year, Jack MacDowall of Hancock, N.Y. has been plying the waters of Lake Ontario to catch a big salmon.
After fishing these Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derbies for more than 25 years, he finally caught a big king that earned him the $20,000 grand prize – a 30-pound, 13-ounce Chinook salmon that the Catskills lumberjack caught on the second day of the derby while fishing out of Oswego, N.Y.
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Angler wins LOC Fall Derby with nearly 31-pound king
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