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Man, what a day. The weather was lousy. I'm amazed and pleasantly surprised that 23 boats participated in the NFGFC tournament held out of Jerry's Bait and Tackle.

When I was preparing to conduct the weigh in I knew there was rain on the way. I asked Theresa and her crew (owners of Jerry's Bait and Tackle) if it would be all right if I sat the scales up under the front shelter of their building. They suggested it would be much drier if I sat the scales up INSIDE THE STORE. I indicated this was probably gonna get messy. They responded with "This is a bait shop. We have live shrimp. You can't make it any more messy than that.". Well, we sat the scales up inside the store, and we trashed the place. I can't thank Theresa and her crew enough for all the support and assistance they give NFGFC.

It was a tough day to fish. Not many fish were caught. But, that's what tournament fishing is all about. A big thank you to all who participated, and congratulations to those that did well.

Name Fish Big Fish Weight Place Points

John Wiley 5 2.50 9.03 1 50
Blake Rish 5 2.50 9.03 1 50
Jim Chalkley 5 2.70 8.05 2 49
John Vickers 5 2.70 8.05 2 49
Michael Flowers 5 2.23 6.57 3 48
Bob Nichols (Guest) 5 2.23 6.57 3
Robbie Bearden 3 2.31 4.79 4 47
Dan Powe (Guest) 3 2.31 4.79 4
Pat Irwin 3 1.67 4.10 5 46
Casey Cook 3 1.67 4.10 5 46
Eric Damron 2 1.60 2.85 6 45
Chad Cooper 2 1.60 2.85 6 45
Tyler Pearce 1 2.34 2.34 7 44
Mark Cann 1 2.34 2.34 7 44
Casey Howard (Lady) 1 2.34 2.34 7 44
Chuck Collins 1 1.26 1.26 8 43
Jeff Trent 1 1.26 1.26 8 43
Austin Trent (Youth) 1 1.26 1.26 8 43
Rick Johnson 1 1.23 1.23 9 42
Mike Thomas 1 1.23 1.23 9 42
Steve Taylor 1 1.09 1.09 10 41
Butch Taylor 1 1.09 1.09 10 41
Tom Wheeler 25
Avery Wheeler 25
Huck Fin 25
Kathy Knaus (Lady) 25
Jay Evans 25
Heath Sanders 25
John Wagner 25
Jake Kisor (Guest)
Matthew Jacobs 25
Christy Jacobs (Lady) 25
Alan Casselman 25
Tony Murray (Guest)
Rick Bushatz 25
Brad Castleberry 25
Rene Deschene 25
Tom Keels 25
Jackson Keels (Youth) 25
Sonny Blanton (Guest)
Jason Callahan 25
Liam Callahan 25
Bill Livingston 25
John McLaurin 25
Susie Bush (lady) 25
Jeff Suber 25

Way to get out there and get em everybody.
I see the kayak people didn't much "represent" this time.

It was a very tough day but we had a great time and ended up 4th place and a 200.00 bluefish. Well worth the soaking we took. Congrats to everyone who weighed in fish and braved the wind and seas and a big to all of the club members that fished on such a nasty day.

Thanks for another great tourny TC.
Congrats on to everybody that came back with fish and to those of us that didn't we're all in good company.

Double post, sorry computer acting crazy.

I really enjoyed meeting everyone at my first JBT tourney. Thanks to Tin Can and everyone at JBT for putting on a good tourney on a horrible fishing day!!

Thanks to Tincan for directing the weigh in and Steve Taylor and all the sponsors for the great raffle items

I was shocked at the number of people we saw at weigh-in. Thanks everyone for showing up in spite of the weather, and big thanks to the officers and to JBT for all your work and support! A wet time was had by all!

BayGator wrote:I really enjoyed meeting everyone at my first JBT tourney. Thanks to Tin Can and everyone at JBT for putting on a good tourney on a horrible fishing day!!

Just a slight correction. This was a NFGFC tournament that just happened to be held out of JBT.

Tom Keels wrote: Just a slight correction. This was a NFGFC tournament that just happened to be held out of JBT.

No need for a correction, I knew what it was. I was just thanking the hosts

BayGator...we all talk so much about BBf.net...NFGFC...JBT...and our other sponsors that sometimes it gets confusing as to who does what.
Bigbendfishing.net is the Official web site forum for NFGFC. Other than a place to post and chat about North Florida Gulf Fishing Club agendas, they are not related to NFGFC.
JBT is a NFGFC sponsor. They(JBT) are NFGFCs' headquarters for local tournaments.
On the road we use area marinas to host our tournaments.

to the sponsers!!!! Got SOAKED on Saturday, but the Polar Bear cooler & the $10 gift certificate from JBT helped us break even for the day