17th Annual Fishing for Kids Tournament

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Saturday, April 30th, 2022

Sea Hag Marina Steinhatchee, FL

$2500 in Prizes!

$100 Entry fee per boat. Includes Registration, Entry in the Big Trout & Red Fish most spots red fish and Fish Fry to be held after the event (hosted by UF Health Shands engineers).

Register and pay online at www.giving.UFHealth.org/fishingforkids

Guaranteed payout

Five fish aggregate weight

1st Place: $1,000

2nd Place: $400

3rd Place: $200

4th Place: $100

Big Red Fish: $300

Most Spots Red Fish: $250

Big Trout: $250

Kids category: trophies and prizes will be awarded for first, second and third-place finishers.

Results for the 2011 Fishing for Kids Tournament

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From Children's Miracle Network at Shands Hospital for Children at the University of Florida:

Youth AnglersThe 7th Annual Fishing for Kids Tournament out of Sea-Hag Marina in Steinhatchee was a huge success this weekend. We had 59 boats registered and 18 youth anglers competing.

The competition was close, Gary Bonner III fishing with his son Clayton took the $1,000.00 first place tie at 12 lbs. with the tie breaker big trout weighing 4 lbs. 15 oz. That left the team of Casey Cook and Ashley Mock in second place for $400.00 with their 12 lb. five trout bag.

Third and fourth tied as well at 11 lbs. 15 oz. each. The tie breaker was decided by 1 oz. with Keith Hollingsworth taking third for $200.00 and Warren Marshall teamed up with James Mullins for $100.00 for fourth.

Gary Bonner III and son Clayton took home Largest Trout and the bag prizeBiggest trout went to Clayton Bonner at 4 lbs.15 oz. for $250.00 and rounding out the winners with Biggest Redfish weighing 6 lbs. 9 1/2 oz. for $ 300.00 was the team of Alan Mattox and Eddie Davis.

As you can see in the attached photo, all of the kids were winners holding their new rod and reel combos. In all a little over $ 14,400.00 was raised for Children's Miracle Network at Shands Hospital for Children at the University of Florida.

We'd like to give special thanks to all of our supporting sponsors as well as the staff at Sea-Hag, you were great.

Click here to see all the photos from the weigh in.

Gainesville Sun Fishing Report 4-28-2011

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Inshore anglers working the Steinhatchee shallows continue to hook good-sized speckled trout. Sunday, Hardy Wood took a five-pound fish to Sea Hag Marina for a photo, and Judd Evatt of Sumter County topped that a few minutes later with a seven-pounder.

While practicing for the Fishing for Kids Saltwater Trout Tournament coming up Saturday, Robbie Emmons and Nathan Lee have fared very well. Casting five-inch Gulp! Jerk Shads in the New Penny color, the Gainesville anglers released “somewhere between 30 and 40” trout Saturday that averaged 17-to-18-inches in length. They targeted the grass flats just south of the Steinhatchee River mouth. Contestants in the 7th annual event that benefits Shands Children’s Hospital will depart from Sea Hag Marina in the morning at safe light and weigh in at 3 p.m. Call 800-284-6472 for more information. Sounds like it will be a good one.

Fishers venturing a bit farther offshore have encountered plenty of mackerel — both Spanish and kings. It’s not always necessary to run to deep water for the Spanish, though. Chase and Chaeli Norwood proved that a few days ago. The youngsters hooked and boated a couple of nice macks while casting well up the Steinhatchee River.

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