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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?

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.

BASS BOYS WILL BE THERE FRIDAY.

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!

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

Any results or reports from Saturday's SJB action?

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.

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?

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...

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

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