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Recreational bay scallop season will open Saturday morning, and it looks like this could be a banner year.
The annual scallop census conducted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission showed an especially abundant crop in the Steinhatchee area and a healthy crop around Crystal River.
The Steinhatchee Community Projects Board woulf like to pass along the results of their 2nd annual Ladies Fishing Tournament.
Redfish:
1st place - Manny Altman - 6.85lbs
2nd place - Rebbeca Durden - 6.35lbs
3rd place - Debbie Evans - 6.30lbs +Boat Bonus
Most Spots - Madonna Otto - 4
Trout:
1st Place - Manny Altman - 5.95lbs
2nd Place - Jennifer Walko - 3.85lbs
3rd Place - Elaine Huss 3.50lbs +Boat Bonus
Largest Ladyfish:
Sherry Riddle - 2.3lbs
Blessed with nice weather, a large field of angling contestants produced a record-setting weekend at Doug Johnson’s Annual Reeling for Kids fishing tournament at Steinhatchee. Of the 112 teams entered, 76 competed in inshore category while 36 chose to seek offshore species. A great variety of impressive fish was brought to the weigh scales each day, taken from water a foot deep all the way out to the Florida Middle Grounds.
In the tournament that the ex-Gator and NFL quarterback envisioned and created to benefit children, a couple of skilled young fishers showed their stuff. Chase Norwood whipped an 18.45-pound barracuda to take the top Junior Offshore Angler prize, and Troy Charles, Jr. pulled off the notable feat of boating a 4.5-pound trout and a 4.8-pound redfish over the two days of competition to earn the Junior Inshore Angler award.
A new Friday-only “Trout Stringer” prize went to the team of Cole Childers, R.J. Dick, and Ian Taylor. Casting large mullet-colored surface lures near the Pepperfish Keys area, the Gainesville trio boxed a 5-fish tourney trout limit that weighed 13.75-pounds. Given legal length restrictions and the event’s warm weather date, this winning weight could stand in the RFK record book for some time.
It was another great year for the Doug Johnson Reeling for Kids Fishing Tournament benefiting the Boys and Girls Club.
For all the results follow along after the jump.
The 2011 Reeling for Kids fishing tournament to benefit the Boys and Girls Club will be held June 3rd and 4th.
The total purse of the event this year is over $30,000. They will be raffling away a 21' Mirage boat with a 150 Mercury Engine valued at $70,000. The raffle is limited to 1000 tickets to increase the odds of winning. This boat was built specifically for the Reeling for Kids tournament. For a detailed list of the prize payout click here.
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