2009 Junior Angler Tournament Results

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150 young anglers enjoyed the 32nd Annual Junior Angler Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 8. And, there were some fine fish caught. Many trophy winners, fun food, raffle winners...a great time for all. (Well, almost all...some seasickness was reported by some kids and adults!)

Christopher Roberts on Challenge released 4 sails to take Top Angler in the billfish division, and Mike Szary caught a 100 lb. wahoo, as well as taking 2nd place in kingfish division and 5th in barracuda division fishing on his grandfather's boat, Stashovich to take Top Angler in the meat fish division.

Thanks to all our volunteers and sponsors, including those from Stuart Sunrise Rotary Club for all your contributions and work to make this happen. And, thanks to the people who work so hard at all the kids organizations who come from as far away as Indiantown to see that many of these kids get opportunities that they otherwise would not.

Please see Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures (link on our home page) for an album of a couple of hundred pictures. And, please patronize our sponsors who contribute their funds (and sometimes TIME) to make this possible.

PLACE - CATEGORY - ANGLER - BOAT NAME - WEIGHT - RELEASE TIME
1st .. SAILFISH -- Christopher Roberts -- CHALLENGE -- 8:43/10:43/11:15/12:02
2nd .. SAILFISH -- Heather Hasek -- R-TIME -- 9:14/9:58
3rd .. SAILFISH -- Taylor Ashley -- FISH CLUB -- 9:47
4th .. SAILFISH -- Spencer Stevens -- SHARK BAIT -- 11:40
5th .. SAILFISH -- Kaitlynn Orlandi -- FAST EDDIE -- 12:53

1st .. WAHOO -- Mike Szary -- STASHOVICH -- 100.5 lbs.

1st .. DOLPHIN -- Katilynn Orlandi -- FAST EDDIE -- 14.75 lbs.
2nd .. DOLPHIN -- Austin Ashley -- FISH CLUB -- 8.50 lbs.
3rd .. DOLPHIN -- Harley Canada -- TOUCAN -- 4.65 lbs.
4th .. DOLPHIN -- Gregory Kusel -- ONE OF THE GIRLS -- 4.5 lbs.
5th .. DOLPHIN -- Savannah Hutlan -- CONTINGENCY -- 3.6 lbs.

1st .. KING -- Chris Blakeslee -- PROCASTINATOR -- 13.75 lbs.
2nd .. KING -- Mike Szary -- STASHOVICH -- 13.55 lbs.
3rd .. KING -- Chris Roberts -- CHALLENGE -- 10.25 lbs.

1st .. BARRACUDA -- John Kettle -- LIL PROFESSOR 2 -- 15.3 lbs.
2nd .. BARRACUDA -- Mark Smith -- NO NAME 30' Mako -- 9.35 lbs.
3rd .. BARRACUDA -- Kelsey Klett -- LIL PROFESSOR 2 -- 7.75 lbs.
4th .. BARRACUDA -- Josaha Hosen -- I'M ON -- 6.8 lbs.
5th .. BARRACUDA -- Mike Szary -- STASHOVICH -- 6.15 lbs.

1st .. SNAPPER -- Jordan Ashley -- FISH CLUB -- 1.2 lbs.
2nd .. SNAPPER -- Tim Witty -- SAFARI -- .62 lbs.
3rd .. SNAPPER -- Nautica Hill -- LADY STUART -- .62 lbs.

1st .. AMBER JACK --Chris Roberts -- CHALLENGE -- 20.5 lbs.
2nd .. AMBER JACK -- Trever Maine -- LADY STUART -- 3.0 lbs.
3rd .. AMBER JACK -- Irina Cruz -- LADY STUART -- 2.3 lbs.
4th .. AMBER JACK -- Kyler lInn -- THUNDER STRUCK -- 2.1 lbs.
5th .. AMBER JACK -- Jade Newman -- LADY STUART -- 1.2 lbs.

1st .. GROUPER -- Ray Collidge -- SAFARI -- .4 lbs.
2nd .. GROUPER -- Patrick Collidge -- SAFARI --.2 lbs.

1st .. BONITA -- Shane Davison -- CONTINGENCY --15.0 lbs.
2nd .. BONITA -- Michayla Roberts -- CHALLENGE -- 14.4 lbs.
3rd .. BONITA -- Kody Ashley -- FISH CLUB -- 13.2 lbs.
4th .. BONITA -- Dane Wehr -- WALKERS RUN -- 12.8 lbs.
5th .. BONITA -- RJ Macedo -- WALKERS RUN -- 12.4 lbs.

PEE WEES

1st .. SAILFISH -- Lindsay Carnes -- MAGOO -- 1:08PM

1st .. BONITA -- Kyle Beavers -- WALKERS RUN -- 10.3 lbs.

TOP ANGLER - BILLFISH DIVISION
Christopher Roberts

TOP ANGLER - MEAT FISH DIVISION
Mike Szary

Nice Fish Heather

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Heather and I were warming up Saturday for the Jr. Angler tournament. Well, maybe we should have waited. She caught this 50 pound cobia on a spinning reel with 20 # test line. See you next week.

(Contributed by Larry Hasek)