<\/a>Cheri Wharton validates Jeremy Dunn’s tickets at the Don D. Statter Boat Harbor in Auke Bay at the start of the Golden North Salmon Derby on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Alan Sayler, 68, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was eager to start fishing as he left the weigh station for the nearby boat his daughter, Christine, captains for local tour company Harv and Marv’s.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Sayler fishes for “king fish, snapper, grouper, cobia and tuna” back home and was ready to see what Southeast fishing was all about.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“We’re supposed to bring some glory to the company today,” he said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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