Photos: Final day of Anchorage’s annual Slam’n Salm’n Derby

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Angela Dondo holds an umbrella while her grandchildren Jahari Hines and Zariah Hines fish for king salmon at Ship Creek in Anchorage, AK on Saturday June 16, 2018. Saturday was the last day of the Slam’n Salm’n fishing derby and a kids fishing day with fishing pole giveaways, lunch and help from the Alaska Department of Fish and game. (Bob Hallinen / ADN)

Sure, angler Gary Sipary may have caught the smallest winning fish in the history of Anchorage's annual Slam'n Salm'n Derby, but that fish still made him thousands of dollars richer.

Sipary was named this year's derby winner Saturday afternoon at the end of the week-long derby at Ship Creek, where anglers battle with king salmon in the shadow of a downtown skyline.

Read more: First place in Ship Creek king salmon derby goes to angler with a nearly 29-pounder, the smallest winning fish in the contest's history