We're very excited to announce the 2025 Ditch Pickle Classic "Catch-Photo-Release" Fly Fishing Tournament on Lake Champlain!
The 2025 DPC based out of Swanton, Vermont will be held on June 21-22 on beautiful Lake Champlain. The DPC is open to anglers of all ages and skill levels.
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| Max Hogg - 36.5" Northern Pike |
You don't need a big fancy bass boat to fish the DPC either! Kayaks, canoes and motor boats are all permitted. The DPC is a team event and we make every effort to pair people up with team mates and fill empty seats in boats.
Each team will have 1-3 anglers and, if you want to be a 1-man team, you will be responsible for the team entry fee of $100. If you are your own 1-man team, you must still have a co-rider to assist with photographic documentation of your catch! We're allowing more than 1 team to fish from a boat as long as it's within reason.
Spectators may ride along or pilot a boat for a team.
Don't be scared off if you don't have a boat! If you have a strong desire to fish in the DPC but have any apprehension what-so-ever, please send us an email to DitchPickleClassic@gmail.com and we'll do whatever we can to make it happen for you! The sooner we hear from you, the sooner we can get you set up!
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| Ben Wilcox - 2024 1st Place (Independant Division) |
2025 Prize Categories...
- 1st Place Team-
- 2nd Place Team-
- 3rd Place Team-
- 1st Place Individual-
- 2nd Place Individual-
- 3rd Place Individual-
- 1st Place Paddler-
- 2nd Place Paddler-
- 3rd Place Paddler-
- 1st Place Junior Angler (under 18)-
- Jr. Rock Bass Award-
- Largest Northern Pike-
- Best Exotic Fish (Bowfin, Gar, Carp)-
- Dink Award (Smallest Bass)-
- Breakdown Award (it happens every year!)-
*Big Pickle (Largest Bass / Largemouth or Smallmouth)
* Seperate $ Pool
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Tournament Weekend...
Check in...
Check in...
On Saturday the 21st, we will have our check-in at the Headquarters for the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge on Tabor Road. Click HERE for directions and info about the site.
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| Checking in at the refuge headquarters (2015) |
We will be open for check-in as of 8:30am on the 21st.
Check-in hours = 8:30 - 10am
Lines in @ 10am!!
We encourage all competitors to arrive early for check-in!
Lines in @ 10am!!
We encourage all competitors to arrive early for check-in!
The headquarters has plenty of parking for boats/trailers and is close to Larry Greene Access & Tabor Point Access.
The Larry Greene Access is located on Rte. 78 and directions can be found HERE.
Every angler must check-in and sign a waiver prior to launching!
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| Awards Venue on Lakewood Road |
Awards Ceremony / Pizza Party...
We will hold the post-tournament pizza party/awards ceremony on Sunday 6/22 @ 12:00pm at the Lakewood Farm on Lakewood Road.
Lakewood Rd. is directly across the street from the Larry Greene Access (see the map below.)
The official tournament "Weigh-in/Awards Ceremony" will take place during the pizza party, so all entrants and spectators are strongly encouraged to attend regardless of how you did in the tournament! There is no charge to attend and we'll do our best to make sure you don't leave hungry! BYOB!
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The Goods...
This year the DPC is excited to once again team up with Predator Fly Gear to supply our custom 2024 DPC shirts to our competitors!
https://predatorflygear.com
PFG is a Vermont based company featuring the amazing artwork of Nick Mayer on Slick looking high performance fishing shirts.
https://predatorflygear.com
PFG is a Vermont based company featuring the amazing artwork of Nick Mayer on Slick looking high performance fishing shirts.
We're also supplying each team with a captain's bag, filled with an assortment of products from the many other generous sponsors of the Ditch Pickle Classic!
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The DPC Experience...
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Here's a list of folks that are down for the 2025 DPC experience...
Team #1....."Hook, Line & Pickle"
Mike Fernandez
Nick Citro
Team #2....."Champlain Papi's"
Paul MacPherson
Jack Filion
Team #3....."Njorders"
Stephen Davidson
Benjamin Maas
Team #4....."Castaways"
John Synnott
Brian Zinger
Team #5....."Swanton Flies"
CV Howe
Seth Talmon
Team #6....."You're Killin' me Smallies"
Dillon Brooker
Dan Russell
Team #7....."Previously Conjoined Twins"
Kyle Forest
Bennett Chadbourne
Team #8....."The Dill Weeds"
Brandon Weaver
John Bond
Team #9......"Frog Water Warriors"
Robert Jordan
Gunnar Bischoff
Team #10....."Bash Badge Plus"
Ben Wilcox
Michael Woulf
Team #11....."Half Sour"
Johanna Hodge
Michael Surreria
Matt Boucher
Team #12....."South Mouth Bass Eaters"
Kevin Ramirez
John Abair
Team #13....."Gyros and Perogies"
Mike Kontos
Calvin Kontos
Jeff Dybinski
Team #14....."What a Pain in the Bass"
Tom Anger
Troy Anger
Team #15....."The Big Lebasski"
Chris Lynch
Noah Lynch
Quinn Lynch
Team #16....."Bass Deep"
Syd Marsh
Dave Underwood
Team #17....."Pickle Strippers"
Will Deming
Mike Sachs
Team #18....."Hog Island Strip Club"
Jay Modry
Matt Dickstein
Team #19....."Shaws Law"
Tim Shaw
Jared Shaw
Team #20....."Bass-ically Amigos"
Logan L'Esperance
Lawrence Halvorson
Team #21....."Basstards"
Sean Cook
Madeline Mezitt
Dominic Scaglione
Team #22....."The Old Man and the Bass"
Nate Scott
Mathew Rogerson
Team #23....."Dink Whisperers"
Casey Scolaro
Adam Lloyd
Nate Singleton
Team #24....."Fishizzle"
Jeremey Restucci
Kyle Matzke
Team #25....."Fly Curious"
Michael Hill
Andrew Conlan
Kevin Phinney
Team #26....."Njorders"
Stephan Davidson
Benjamin Maas
Team #27....."Broke Bass Mountain"
Chris Wiley
Nick Arnold
Team #28....."Whatever Dana Entered"
Brenden Hare
Dana Evans
Team #29....."Fungus Amongus"
Jeff Heney
Tom Carton
Justin Ward
Team #30....."The Fishgeralds"
Ryan Fitzgerald
Chalaun Fitzgerald
Team #31....."Vlassic Rock"
Matt Crawford
Henery Rackliff
Team #32....."80 Grit Thumb"
Brendan Barden
Finn Barden
Team #33..... "Knickerbassers"
Andrew Masenas
Sean Moriarty
Team #34......"Mountain High Fly"
Devon Gulick
C.J. Freeman
Team #35....."Naught Knot Flies"
Shawn Ricker
Team #36....."Go Bass or Go Home"
Steve Stanley
Jon Debono
