PAGE 20, WH1TY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989 They were fishing in 220 feet of water about five miles out from the Scarborough Bluffs. Trolling at a 30-ft. depth with a long Ieady he was using a Predator green and green lure. "This is just the start," says Tennisco, a former charter boat operator for four years, about the 1989 lake fishing season in the Whitby area. He also believes that sportfishing is only begin- ningtotake off in the area. "Whitby is one of the best areas around. The facilities are here, and the expansion that is planned will help.» Tennisco says the neîw boat launch, planned to be built next year west of the Whitby Yacht Club, is needed to permit more access to the lake. Perhaps even more important, he says, is a dlean-up of the Whitby waterfront, already begun with the gradual removal of Cartier-MeNamara equipment. Ne says the establishment of the sportfishing association only helps to «provide more input from more groups" into the future of the waterfront. "'This is one of the best fishing spots on the Great Lakes. They might as well get money from it," he says. Nigel Schilling won $300 and a Shimano rod and reel (value $300) as he caûght the largest rainbow trout, at 13.44 Ibs. Chris Kevins received the same cash and prizes for bis 8.84-lb. coho salmon. There was no winner in the brown trout category. A total of 55 boats took part in the one-day shootout, held annually. YV1ULE son Timothy ejy shade under a CR00 Radio cap, dad Cis eisi bu to accept his prize as winner in the coho salinon class. Dave Trennisco of Whitb y picked the right day to reel in te largest chinook salmon he has ever caught. The 34.9-lb. fish was worth $5,,000 in first prize money as Tennisco., a former charter boat operator out of Whitby, won the Gagnon Sporting GoodslWhitby Free Press/CHOO Radio fishing derby held Saturday. "«It took us a while before we found the magie, color - and a stroke of luck," says Tennisco, a 34-year7old emýp]oyee of General Motors.* Fishing out of the 'Fish Hawk,' and with the help of Ontario Hydro emplo ee Lou Geiss and GeM engineer eike Nill, Tennisco took 35 minutes to land bis chinook,' which .rabbed on at about noon in t h e near-perfect weather that made Lake Ontario almost as smooth as a pond. ~ 'M. ENTRANTS in the fish derby haul one off Whitby shores. }lïfty-five boats took in Saturday mornînir about four miles, part in the one-day derby. p ~** 4 44 Sf4 II . . *#l* ,* ~. 4, 4,, 44 4.4.4 *4 4 q4 4 19lb4 4 i Il -------- - -- NIGEL SCILLTING receives a rod and reel and $301," from Jerry Gagnon of Gagnon Sporting Goods. Schil-. ling was first in the rainbow trout class in Saturday's tournament. k" Ã