In Photos: 2019 Salmon-A-Rama on Lake Michigan
Salmon-A-Rama 2019 kicked off Sunday along Lake Michigan. The festival is running from July 13-21 with the weigh-in area and festival site at Pershing Park. Check back to this gallery as we add more photos throughout the week.
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Chad Marek of Mount Pleasant weighs in a pair of salmon on Sunday afternoon at the annual Salmon-A-Rama fishing contest taking place this week on Lake Michigan.
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Ron Wesley of Racine weighs in a salmon on Sunday afternoon during the annual Salmon-A-Rama taking place this week at Lake Michigan.
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Pat McManaway of Racine baits his hook on Sunday afternoon along the Christopher Columbus Causeway during the annual Salmon-A-Rama fishing contest on Lake Michigan.
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Randy Becker of Union Grove freshens his bait during the annual Salmon-A-Rama fishing contest taking place this week at Lake Michigan.
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Gary Flynn of Mount Pleasant cleans a nearly 18 pound Salmon at a cleaning station near the pier at Pershing Park. Flynn and his boat "B-Bobber III" are competing in the annual Salmon-A-Rama festival taking place this week along Lake Michigan.
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Karen Dunn of Mount Pleasant shows off a pair of salmon that she and her boat, "The Wet Net," just caught during the annual Salmon-A-Rama festival underway this week along Lake Michigan.
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Tim Heelein, left, of Lake Geneva, and Nick Hutchinson, right, of Caledonia, launch their boat "A'int No Joke Productions," from the pier at Pershing Park. Heelein and Hutchinson are competing in the annual Salmon-A-Rama fishing contest on Lake Michigan.
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Bob Jarosz of Mount Pleasant cleans several salmon at a cleaning station near the pier at Pershing Park. Jarosz and his boat "B-Bobber III" are competing in the annual Salmon-A-Rama festival taking place this week along Lake Michigan.
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Bob Jarosz of Mount Pleasant brings a nearly 18-pound salmon to the cleaning station at Pershing Park on Monday during the annual Salmon-A-Rama fishing contest.Â
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Photos from the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Photos from the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Photos from the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Photos from the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Photos from the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Photos from the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Photos from the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Photos from the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Salmon-A-Rama grand champion and also event chairman Jim LaFortune, left, poses with the trophy at Pershing Park on Sunday. LaFortune won the annual contest with a 33.94-pound chinook salmon.
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Patrick Flynn of Caledonia takes a look at a reel from Islander Reels, an event sponsor based out of Virginia, British Columbia, Canada, at the Salmon-A-Rama festival site, July 21, at Pershing Park.
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Salmon-A-Rama grand champion and also event chairman Jim LaFortune, left, poses with the trophy at Pershing Park on Sunday. LaFortune won the annual contest with a 33.94-pound chinook salmon.
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Jim LaFortune, right, tosses out several Yamaha hats to festival attendees at the Salmon-A-Rama festival site located July 21, 2019.
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Festival attendees rush to the stage to get a fish bucket being handed out by sponsors at the Salmon-A-Rama festival site located at Pershing Park, July 21, 2019.
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Tred Hildebrand, 7, of Oostburg shows off a pair of trophies Sunday after winning the Junior Slam division and taking second in the youth division of the annual Salmon-A-Rama fishing contest.
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Kayak champion Nick Von Gompel poses with both his trophy and a Vibe ocean Kayak, his prize, at the festival site located at Pershing Park, July 21, 2019.
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Grand Champion and Salmom-A-Rama chair  Jim LaFortune, second from right, poses with the grand prize check of $22,500 at the festival site located at Pershing Park, July 21, 2019.
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