Saturday, September 13, 2014

Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby

Lots of prizes for the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Lots of prizes for the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Eli Welch, 9 of Antioch, pulling off a tiny catfish to weigh in during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Bobby Motta, 12 of Woodstock, has his own strategy of pulling out multiple smaller fish from in-between rocks during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Big turnout with lots of families and friends during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Big turnout with lots of families and friends during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Casey Wood, 13 of Vernon Hills, weighing in another fish that he grabbed out of Lake Michigan during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Casey Wood, 13 of Vernon Hills weighing in a fish he caught with his friend, Chase Coe, 5 of Mundelein (Left) during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Lots of fish were caught, from tiny to large during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Chase Coe, 5 of Mundelein, pulling out another fish from Lake Michigan during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Chase Coe, 5 of Mundelein, showing off another fish he pulled out of Lake Michigan during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Big turnout with lots of families and friends during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Riley Cappert, 8 of Lake Villa, looking for the perfect spot to cast off during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Steven Hogan, 14 of Libertyville, who earlier caught a 13.2 pound fish and was tied for second place at the time, during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Alexys Hogan, 12 of Libertyville, having a blast while competing in the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Wyatt Cappert, 6 of Lake Villa, hoping for a bite, during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Benjamin Cappert, 4 of Lake Villa, making sure his fishing lure is properly attached during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media


Collin Cappert, 3 of Lake Villa, not as much interested in the fishing part as he is with playing with some worms, during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Thomas Shurtleff (Black) helping his two daughters, Charlotte, age 6, and Taylor, age 9 (Purple Hat) during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

These young men brought in a crayfish to the weighing station but unfortunately there wasn't a category for crayfish during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Conor Kelly, 7 of Oak Forest, on his way to the weighing station with an enormous King Salmon he pulled out of Lake Michigan during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Charles Kazior, 10 of Schaumburg, rigging up his own set-up, which is a fishing line with of course a hook and worm, but unfortunately didn't have the best luck during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Charles Kazior, 10 of Schaumburg, dipping in his own set-up, which is a fishing line with a hook and worm, with his father, John behind him, during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

Cassidy Anders, age 9, (Left) and Julia Clotz, age 10, both of Sturtevant, WI, having a blast during the Salmon Unlimited Kids Fishing Derby at Waukegan Harbor. | Mark Ukena/For Sun-Times Media

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