Fisherman's Picnic 2024: Highlights from Sunday, August 4 (including a full 2024 Parade Recap)
Aug 08, 2024 11:08PM ● By Content Editor
By Laura Durenberger-Grunow and Tryg Solberg - Boreal Community Media - August 8, 2024
The Sunday of Fisherman's Picnic may seem like the event would be winding down, but with the parade, fish toss, and raffle winners, the energy is still going strong throughout Grand Marias.
See highlights from Thursday, August 1 & Friday, August 2 here.
See highlights from Saturday, August 3 here.
Fisherman's Picnic Parade
The annual 2024 Fisherman's Picnic Parade brought lots of fun, candy, lively music, and colorful floats down Broadway and Wisconsin Street in Grand Marais.The Grand Marais Lion's Club issues awards to floats under the categories of Best in Show, Best Class Reunion Float, and Funniest Entry. The event was sponsored by Marathon Gas Station.
(Editor's note: Boreal Community Media is sharing photos of all the parade entries and the order they appeared in this event coverage. As an entity, we do not necessarily endorse nor condone any of the organizations that participated in the parade, or their beliefs, missions, or political alignments.)
All parade photos by Laura Durenberger-Grunow unless otherwise noted.
All female members of the Legion Post 413 Honor Guard kicked off the 2024 Parade.
North Shore Health added a sign on the two-person electric bike that says "Thank you donors for your help with the purchase of this electro-bike".
The Grand Marais Lion's Club held a sign that said: "Thank you for another great Fisherman's Picnic".
The Boreal Partners Transit van made its debut appearance in the parade. Learn more about Boreal Partners Transit here.
World's Best Donuts crew members handed out donut holes to excited parade spectators.
Buck's Hardware
See more photos from the Citizen of the Year Award (given to Mark Abrahamson) presentation here.
Violence Prevention Center
Bhangra Pearls, from Minneapolis, performed on the Marathon Gas/Blue Water Cafe float. The dance group also performed twice on Saturday in Grand Marais Harbor. See photos here.
Skyport Lodge.
"Hooked on Healthcare - Sawtooth Mountain Clinic & Pharmacy".
First and Seconds Thrift Store.
The Title Team.
Hungry Hippie Tacos.
SS Labor.
Joynes Ben Franklin.
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic's Oral Health Task Force.
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic's Oral Health Task Force.
Arrowhead Cooperative.
Arrowhead Cooperative.
Sivertson Art Gallery.
Sunday's parade coming down Broadway Avenue. Photo by Tryg Solberg.
Fish Toss
The Lion’s Club Fish Toss is one of the last events of Fisherman’s Picnic. This year’s edition proved again to be entertaining as contestants tossed slimy herring fish down Wisconsin Street. 90 minutes of competition brought through dozens of competitors to see who could back up the furthest and still catch the fish from their partner’s toss. The event is sponsored by North Superior Fisheries. All Fish Toss photos from Tryg Solberg.Here is a list of the winners:
The street corner of Wisconsin and Broadway filled with spectators on Sunday afternoon.
North Shore Fisheries sponsored the Lion's Fish Toss in 2023 and 2024. Pete Kavanaugh emceed the event.
Plastic bags attempt to keep fish guts and slime off of the competitor's clothing.
The toss can quickly become gory as the fish become "well-used".
A hefty herring toss of about 40 feet proved difficult for this competitor's partner to catch.
The street corner of Wisconsin and Broadway filled with spectators on Sunday afternoon.
Plastic bags attempt to keep fish guts and slime off of the competitor's clothing.
Grand Marais Lion's Club Raffle Drawing
The 95th Fisherman’s Picnic finished off with the prize raffle in front of the info booth. Mike Bash won the $10,000 prize, and over 75 other lucky people won cash or gift certificates from local businesses. See the full list of winners here.
Grand Marais Lion's Club Members pour raffle tickets into the 70-year-old raffle wheel. Photo by Laura Durenberger-Grunow.
A crowd of people wait to see if their ticket gets pulled out of the raffle wheel. Pete Kavanaugh once again emceed the event.
Cutest Puppy Contest winner, Mabel, and her owner, Annabell, assisted the Grand Marais Lion's Club Members with the raffle drawings. See more from the Cutest Puppy Contest here. Photo by Laura Durenberger-Grunow.
A huge thank-you to the Grand Marais Lion's Club for organizing Fisherman's Picnic 2024! Stay tuned for the 96th event in 2025!
