Don't
let Mote's snook tournament be "the one that got away!" This Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 16 and 17, anglers can join our Snook Research
Tournament, part of the William R. Mote Memorial Invitational Snook
Shindig - a catch, sample and release tournament targeting snook
released by scientists in Mote's Center for Fisheries Enhancement.
Anglers
of all ages can take home prizes (and new fish stories) in this
tournament on Sarasota Bay. Participants will help Mote scientists find
out how snook fare after being raised and released into the wild by
Mote staff and their colleagues at Florida's Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, who together run the world's only research
program for snook stock enhancement.
The tournament will begin
with a mandatory captain's meeting at 6 p.m. Oct. 16, followed by
fishing from 7:30 p.m. through noon Oct. 17. Participants are invited
to a 5 p.m. awards dinner on Oct. 17. For pricing, registration and
full information for both events, visit www.mote.org/shindig.
Media:
We'd be happy to schedule interviews in advance of the tournament. To
set up an interview or to attend the awards ceremony, please call
Hayley Rutger at 941-374-0081.
