Thursday, April 03, 2008The Orange Beach Saltwater Series Tournament kicks off Friday and ends May 26, giving one fisherman a chance to win $20,000 for a big king mackerel, $10,000 for a big cobia, gator speckled trout or slot redfish, or $2,000 for a first-place sheepshead or triggerfish.
Tournament organizers said the new tournament, along with the continuation of the Red Snapper World Championship, is an effort to counteract the effects of past and recent red snapper management decisions by the National Marine Fisheries Service. "It is also intended to help protect recreational fishing for people in small boats and big boats or who fish from the jetties or the beach," tournament director Tony Kennon said. "With ever-increasing regulation of our fish stocks, it is imperative recreational fishermen have a voice in how those stocks are managed."
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