May 7th 2016 NFGFC Tourney ROLL CALL

[milto]

Better late than never...

The NFGFC May 7th, 2016 Tournament will be held out of the Port St. Joe.
This is a same ramp launch. We will all meet at the Port St Joe City ramp and launch together. Safelight is 6:24a.m. EST

Please review the rules at http://www.nfgfc.org/Rules.html
Entry forms are located at http://www.nfgfc.org/Payments.html

-Tournament entry fee is $20 per (2 person) boat for club members if you register at the meeting on April 2nd. $10 per each additional member (up to 4 anglers) All non members will pay an additional $5 on top of all regular member fees.

- You can also sign up using our easy online payments at http://www.nfgfc.org/Payments.html
**This replaces the tournament day sign ups and all entries must be received by 10pm on the Thursday prior to the tournament

-PLEASE BRING EXACT CHANGE FOR ENTRY FEES AND EACH OF THE SIDE POTS. At registration, those who have their forms filled out will be registered first.

Tournament Format: Weigh one person’s legal limit of Trout (15-20” with one over 20” permitted). The combined weight of each team’s limit of fish will determine the winner.

Side pots:
Big Trout - $5 per person, everyone on the boat must participate to win.
Big Redfish - $10 per person, everyone on the boat must participate to win.
Total weight - $5 per boat, Most combined weight of all tournament fish (Trout, Red, Flounder, & Mystery fish) ***does not count toward angler of the year points***

Kevin’s Fine Outdoor Gear and Apparel, http://www.kevinscatalog.com/ will continue to offer a $50.00 gift certificate for the biggest Flounder at each North Florida Gulf Fishing Club Tournament for 2016

Thanks to Bevis Realty., http://www.bevisrealty.com/ for sponsoring the Mystery Fish for each month; $50 for the largest POMPANO!

Thanks to our local Bass Pro Shops for sponsoring the redfish with the most spots with a $50 Bass Pro gift card.

Teams must be checked in by 3:30 pm EST on tournament day. There will be a sign in sheet that at least one member must sign off on before the 3:30p.m. check in time. The weigh-in will begin at 3:45 pm and teams will weigh their fish in the order of entry.


Who's In?

[GaryDroze]

I'll be in South Florida for the High School State Track Meet. Told my boys they better make it worth me missing a Saturday of fishing.

[One Keeper]

BASS BOYS WILL BE THERE FRIDAY.

[FishWithChris]

Absolute favourite tournament of the year! An absolute treat and the closest we can get to "Keys quality water" in our big bend region.


I'll be missing this year's fun - headed back to MS to take the little bro fishing before he ships back out (Navy). Y'all catch'em up and have a blast!

[Hollywood]

Team Chasin Tail will be there, cant wait!!!! I hope the water is as beautiful as it was last year.

[silverking]

Any results or reports from Saturday's SJB action?

[SHOWBOAT]

fishing has picked up a lot over the past couple weeks. Matt and I won with 12.5#s. We caught probably 75 trout. We saw 6-8 reds, all singles, and only managed one 28" fish. Pretty much everything ate topwaters

Goodson and Milton took second. Huck had the big trout at ~4.2#s and third place. A 2# pompano was weighed. Can't remember who won the reds.

[silverking]

Thanks for the update, Brian. Congrats on the win. Sounds like it's worth another drive back over. Has the water clarity improved in those spots where it was murky previously?

[SHOWBOAT]

a bit. Still many locations that aren't as clear as I would expect. A lot of grass has grown in the past 2 weeks, but it seems the bait fish haven't located all that new grass yet. I haven't seen a shiner yet, but mackeral were thick a couple weeks and pompano are there now. Another Club member said he saw a cobia the day before the tournament. Should be going off in another week or so...

[Hollywood]

Gary Zellner won the Red side pot and the water temp was a little cool to be the first week in May, 68 degrees in the morning warming up to 72 in the afternoon

[gary z]

Anybody know what we are fishing for next month? I know there was talk about changing the format.
Just curious. thanks