- May 13, 2025
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Walt’s Fish Market Owner Brett Wallin with Tommy and Tommy Wallin
Pat and Jill Bruenning and Amy and Joe Frasier
Donna and Steve Grantham and Jeff and Teri Pflunger
Audrey Wallin tests out the mechanical shark.
Sandy and Alex Antestenis
Kyle Haughey, Jeremiah Jackson and Mindy Fielding
Nate Sutthoff takes a shot at riding the mechanical shark.
Courtney Mcdonough and John and Ford Sutthoff
Amy Gettle, Cory Zarem and Elena Jones
Audrey Wallin tests out the mechanical shark.
Brooke and Christine Naselli and Marcello and Lorraine Aquino
Joselyn Hernandez and Baily Block
Bryce, Brett and Angel Shortridge
Nate Sutthoff takes a shot at riding the mechanical shark.
Esteban Espinoza, Claudia Borge and Adrina Garron
Walt’s Fish Market employees Jackie Reyes, Octavia Gomes and Dariela Hernandez
In 1918, Claus Wallin arrived in Sarasota and learned the ropes of the local fishing waters.
Wallin passed the tradition and role of commercial fisherman to his sons and grandsons, and eventually, that fishing tradition turned into Walt’s Fish Market, which officially opened following World War II.
A century later, Wallin’s family continues his traditions. On May 20, Walt’s Fish Market and Restaurant celebrated this 100-year Sarasota legacy.
Walt’s loyal patrons gathered at the restaurant Sunday for a seafood buffet, live music, auctions and a mechanical shark.
The on-and-off rain didn’t slow the celebration down, which also doubled as the annual reef benefit for the reef balls dropped at M-2, a site in the Gulf of Mexico, that honors Tom Wallin.
The current owner, Bret Wallin, said celebrating with everyone was amazing.
“It’s so neat that the whole community came to support this, and it all goes back to the ocean,” he said.
