Here's your winners from 2026 Cheboygan Salmon fishing tournament

CHEBOYGAN — One of Northern Michigan’s biggest fishing tournaments took place this past weekend, as the 2026 Cheboygan Salmon Tournament was held on Saturday. Aug. 1.  

2026 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season finishes in 48 minutes

In this year’s event, 71 boats registered and 57 boats weighed in. In total, 1,781.69 pounds of fish weighed in.  

Here’s a look at this year’s winners:  

BOAT DIVISION  

Captain Boat City Weight (Pounds)  

1. Jack France, Diabolical II, Cheboygan, 74.32   

2. Mark McClutchey, Diabolical, Indian River, 71.01  

1. Jimmy Spencer, Water Tractor, Harbor Springs, 64.09  

2. Jeff Tucholski, Gator Bair, Presque Isle, 62.64 

3. Rob Duffiney, Aussea’s Troller, Cheboygan, 55.13  

4. Jeff Mouch, Cranky, Metamora, 53.46  

5. Tammy Dobrowolski, Kingfisher II, Cheboygan, 50.99  

6. Josh Larsen, Island Bender, Pierson, 50.37  

7. Don Solomonson, Fishy Business, Cedarville, 48.41  

8. Kyle Loridon, Big Water Tackle, Sault, 47.85  

9. Eye Degrease, Chad Schook, Cheboygan, 46.57  

10. Don St. John, Play Time, Manistique, 45.95  

11. Ron Lail, The Last Line, Cheboygan, 45.19  

12. Steve Lawson, Soo Angler, Sault, 44.61  

13. Todd Curtis, Sandman, Rogers City, 43.03  

LARGEST SALMON 

1. Kyle Loridon, Big Water Tackle, Sault, 12.27  

1. Todd Curtis, Sandman, Rogers City, 12.03  

2. Travis Merchant, Wasting Time, Cheboygan, 12.00  

3. Joe Mellon, Lucy, Harbor Springs, 11.44  

4. Mark McClutchey, Diabolical, Indian River, 10.61  

LARGEST STEELHEAD  

NO STEELHEAD  

LARGEST LAKETROUT  

Jack France, Diabolical II, Cheboygan, 24.04  

LARGEST ATLANTIC  

Greg Mixon, Maverick, Milford, 7.85  

MYSTERY WEIGHT (O-FISH-AL Mystery weight was 7.13)  

Rich Corbin, Stranglehold, Fremont, 7.14  

LARGEST WALLEYE  

Kyle Neff, Whippin Lines, Indian River, 6.21  

LARGEST WALLEYE COOLER  

Dylan Smith, Smith Brothers, Cheboygan, 15.92  

SALMON SIDE BET  

Les McFarland, Looking for Charlie, Alanson, 20.11  

Contact sports editor Jared Greenleaf at jgreenleaf@gannett.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter @sportsCDT 

This article originally appeared on Cheboygan Daily Tribune: Here’s your winners from 2026 Cheboygan Salmon fishing tournament