2012 JUNIOR ANGLER TOURMAMENT WINNERS

After weather cancelled last year’s 2011 Junior Angler Tournament, this year’s event was a real treat.  67 junior and pee wee anglers fished on 18 private member boats and on the Safari.  The weather held out (mostly) until weigh in time (naturally), and then soaked many anglers and their fish.  But, raffle items, trophies and a great meal by Sonny’s BBQ made it all just fine.

Fish bent a lot of rods, with Bonita leading the way, along with sharks, blue runners, remora, and others.  Few anglers went without a catch of some sort.  The weigh station was overwhelmed, and just at the time the rain blew in!  Thanks to some observant volunteers who came to the rescue helping to get trophies to deserving anglers.

While many anglers were “veteran Stuart Sailfish Club Junior Anglers”, several were new, and we were thrilled to have 20 kids representing Florida Sheriffs Ranch from as far away as Bradenton, and many of them were fine fishermen.  Thanks to them and their staff for getting up early and on the road by 4:00 AM to make it on time.

There were not fish to be counted in every category (where were those sailfish, cobia, and sheepshead), and winners were:

OFFSHORE DIVISION – Junior Category

                                Boat                       Angler                                  Weight

Dolphin
1^st Place                Shark Bait            Spencer Stevens              9.34 lbs.
2^nd Place               Safari                     Justin Leuci                         7.73 lbs.
3^rd Place               Freak N Easy      Brady Banasiak                  5.73 lbs.
Tuna
1^st Place                Soul Trollin          Lindsey Bruns                    3.86 lbs.
2^nd Place               Soul Trollin          Nick Levin                            3.66 lbs.
Bonita
1^st Place                Freak N Easy      Jackson Grosso                 15.19 lbs.
2^nd Place               Safari                     Elijah Krogen                      11.25 lbs.
3^rd Place               Safari                     Elyjah Luna                         10.05 lbs.
Snapper
1^st Place                Soul Trollin          Sean Dunnuck                      .75 lbs.

OFFSHORE DIVISION – Pee Wee Category

Kingfish

1^st Place                Daymaker           Zane Price                           11.53 lbs.
Amberjack         
1^st Place                Daymaker           Zane Price                           18.36 lbs.
Snapper
1^st Place                Daymaker           Zane Price                             1.05 lbs.
Bonita
1^st Place                Daymaker           Zane Price                           12.77 lbs.
2^nd Place               Fish Club              Bouk Ashley                         6.38 lbs.
3^rd Place               Phoenix                Luke Porterfield                  5.28 lbs.

 INSHORE DIVISION – Junior Category

Snapper
1^st Place                Magoo                  Baylor Bullock                      .78 lbs.

TED GLASSRUD PERPETUAL TROPHY - First Annual (angler with most points qualifying fish)

Zane Price           43.71 pts.

Congratulations to all the winners, and many thanks to all our sponsors, donors, and volunteers who made this happen.  Special thanks to Liz Cordier, 2012 Tournament Chairman, and Betty Olliges, last year’s chair, whose work carried over to this year.

Proceeds from this tournament go to support our College Scholarship Program.  Visit our web site to catch up with some of our recent recipients.  Please visit our Junior Angler Tournament page, review our sponsors, and give them your business.  Also, go to our website for an album of about 170 pictures from this event in Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures.