Halfway through the 43rd annual Kewaunee/Door County Salmon Tournament, this much is certain: there will be a 30-pound-plus winning fish for the 11th straight year, tying a record set from 1989 to 1999.
Steve Ravet of Luxemburg was fishing opening night (July 11) with Mike and Dale Petersilka aboard Total Chaos – Mike’s 27-foot Baha Cruiser – when what would turn out to be a 42-inch, 33.60-pound Chinook salmon smashed a blue Howie Fly set deep in Lake Michigan out of Washington Island.
“It was a little total chaos,” Ravet said. “We had two lines tangled together and a fish on. They were cleaning it up, and while I’m netting that fish this one hit, so I got it because they were taking care of the mess.”…