Jacksonville hosts annual kingfish tournament

Anglers-old and young, amateurs and professionals- will be turning out for the 39th Annual Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament coming in mid-July. The week-long event will also feature a food festival, liars’ tent, boat display, exhibitors and a Boatique.

Anglers in over 300 boats will be fishing all week for prizes totaling thousands of dollars. The grand prize this year will be a Contender 24 Sport boat, a 250 HP Yamaha outboard motor, a trailer and custom t-top.

Other tournaments running concurrently will be the Redfish Tournament and the Redfish Kayak Tournament. The ladies will also have the Lady Angler Tournament. A Junior Angler Offshore Tournament will be for children under the age of 16. For those kids that do not have a boat from which to fish, there will be the Jr. Angler Dock Tournament as well. T-Shirts sporting the tournament’s graphic design and captains’ Bags will go to kids when they register. The event will also have Junior Angler seminars during the week.

The Boatique will be the place for adults to get tournament hats, T-Shirts and Mugs that have the tournament’s Logo Design on them. Live entertainment will be in the Liars Tent.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Jacksonville Marine Charities which supports marine education, preservations and science research.

This year’s tournament will be from July 15th to July 20th and will take place at Sister Creek’s Jim King Park & Boat Ramp.
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