First place is $10,000 Cash and Winning Salmon will be mounted courtesy of John Mallien's Strawberry Creek Taxidermy, Sturgeon Bay.


Second Place is $2,000 Cash and Wild Eagle Lodge three-night stay, with 1/2-day guided fishing ($1,000+ additional value)

Third Place is $1000 Cash and Opti Tackle bonus cash and $250 tackle certificate

In recognition of the tournament's 27th anniversary, $500 bonus cash will be awarded to the lucky angler who lands in the 27th position, courtesy of Bay Lake Bank of Sturgeon Bay.

DAILY PORT PRIZES worth $100 are awarded to the anglers who weigh the heaviest fish each day at Algoma, Kewaunee, Sturgeon Bay, Baileys Harbor and Washington Island. The 45 prize packages each include $20 cash, an Opti Tackle prize pack (flasher, snubber, fly, squid), an exclusive camouflage 2009 Port Prize Winner cap, three Diamond King spoons, three Dragon Flies, a Moonshine Spoon, a Fish Riser fly and a soft-pack cooler all inside a Plano spoon storage box.

$500.00 Cash  - to be paid to the contestant with the heaviest Salmon caught on a Diamond King spoon. 

Consecutive placing fish will be awarded cash prizes in a declining scale until all monies are depleted:

In 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Payout went to over 200 places.