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The derby requires that participants take their caught fish to one of the competition’s certified weigh stations — the nearest to Lake Placid is at the Runnings store in Plattsburgh.

There are a few commonly overlooked reasons that anglers lose trophy fish, and they all boil down to paying attention to detail.