This October we experienced another beautiful day for our fourth annual sponsored event!  The chartered fleet this year was the same as last year with fourteen professionally guided boats with 42 fisher-friends onboard - fishing for a longer period of time of 5 hours.  This year's participants included alumni, college staff, corporate supporters, and more parents and families of current students.  We had returning teams such as "Old School", "Snook Slayers", and "Fish Tales" and added new  teams including "All About Trout", "Team Mojito", and "Crank Dat Reel".  We were fortunate to have substantial support from new sponsors including a major sponsorship from the Phoenix Venture Philanthropy Foundation.  Other sponsors included Wealth Engine, O'Neill's Marina, and Dolphin Village Tackle.   The tournament ended with a delicious lunch provided by the Phoenix group, a raffle drawing, and presentantion of the awards to the winners.

 
Congratulations to our new reigning Champions for 2008:    

     Johnna Stamey - Tournament Master Angler

     Doug Sanders – Redfish Champion
         Dave McQuarrie - Runner Up

    Matt Bissett – Trout Champion
          Johnna Stamey - Runner Up

    Eileen Moon – Snook Champion
          Dan Mageras - Runner Up  

    Dan Mageras – “Trash Fish” Champion (24" Catfish)  

Many Thanks go to all those friends who supported and participated to make this year’s event so successful. Next year's goal is to charter twenty or more boats, so plan ahead and watch for the details next fall.

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