FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce will again host the 3rd Annual Frances Langford Memorial Fishing Tournament to be held May 1st – 3rd, 2008. This event will award over $65,000.00 in cash and prizes. The tournament site will again be located at Four Fish Marina in Jensen Beach, Florida. This tournament and associated events is a community-wide tribute, honoring a special woman, who loved her community and her fishing. Frances Langford loved Rio and Jensen Beach and generously blessed the community in many ways before her passing. The Chambers establishment of this tournament in 2006 assures that her memory, her love for the community and her passion for fishing is forever celebrated.
The fishing tournament, which will include both offshore and inshore division’s will be the center piece of a festival of events that will be a tribute to good old fashion family fun and values which Frances believed in. Plenty of food, drinks and activities for the whole family are featured at the tournament site.
The offshore tournament will include cash and prize award categories for the Largest Kingfish, the Largest Dolphin and the Largest Wahoo and a bottom fish cash prize as well, going to the lucky angler that weighs the highest aggregate weight for Grouper, Red Snapper and Cobia.
The inshore tournament participants can fish from a boat or from the shore and will include cash and prize awards for the Largest Snook, the Largest Redfish and the Largest Trout. Both the offshore and inshore tournaments will award the top Lady Angler, Top Junior, and Top Senior Anglers for their efforts and the Frances Langford Perpetual Trophy will be presented to a team or angler that is selected by the tournament committee for their accomplishments during the tournament.
Entry forms can be obtained from the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce, from the Snook-Nook Bait and Tackle in Jensen Beach, Four Fish Marina, Sundance Marine or visit our web site at www.langfordska.com. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Additional information and the schedule of events can be found on the website as well.
This event is sanctioned by the Southern Kingfish Association and once again is host to the second of five tournaments in the SKA’s Pro Division. As a member of the SKA, you can compete for points in the Kingfish category of this tournament that may qualify you and your crew to attend the National Competition in Biloxi, MS in November, 2008. But you do not have to be a member of the SKA to fish this event. Local fishermen are encouraged to join the organization, but they can still fish the event and take home any of the prizes given away. SKA representatives will be at the tournament site during the event to answer any questions or accept new members. You can also visit the SKA website at www.fishska.com.
Spectators are also encouraged to attend the event. The Captains meeting on Thursday night hosted at Four Fish Marina offer’s great food, drinks and local entertainment. The tournament conducts a raffle during the Captains Meeting with lots of great prizes to be given away. The weigh in activities, Friday from 2 – 5 pm and Saturday from Noon – 5 pm are a great time for local residents to come out and watch the fishermen as they bring the fish they caught to the dock to be weighed. There is plenty of free parking at the Marina for the event and Four Fish Marina has slips available for anyone wishing to dock there boat during the event, with free boat trailer parking for all fishermen registered in the tournament. The awards ceremony is immediately following the Saturday weigh –in.
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