First Annual Fishin For Spot Tournament

The weather conditions for Titusville's first annual Fishin For Spot redfish tournament this weekend were excellent, and Saturday in particular, was a perfect day to get out and have some fun on the Indian River.

My wife and I checked out the area on Friday evening. We noticed that the parking spaces at the boat ramp in Parrish Park were quickly getting filled up.

This could have been attributed to either the Spot redfish tournament or the sport shrimping that was going on.

Friday evening had a greater than usual amount of shrimpers out on the bridge dipping up the tasty crustaceans. I am on the mend from foot surgery, so I didn't walk around and ask the sport shrimpers about their catches. From what I could see, they seemed to be doing quite well.

On Saturday, we drove around Merrit Island Wildlife Preserve from Peacock Pocket to where it finally comes out on SR 402.

The drive was unusually crowded with fishermen staking out their favorite spots on the river hoping to catch a winning redfish. The beautiful weather conditions, and the tournament, definitely
brought out the fishermen.

Here is a short movie presentation covering the weekend's festivities.

There was also a large gathering of people around the Max Brewer Causeway; jet skiing, fishing, picnicking, parasailing, and just enjoying the day.

My wife and I missed the weigh in but called to find out who won what.

Camille Moore was kind enough to provide us the results for the First Annual Fishin For Spot tournament held this weekend, April 4th, 2009.

The results are listed below:

1st Place - Casey Uyttewaal - New Smyrna Bch, Fl - 14 spots

2nd Place - Steve Hastings - Edgewater, Fl - 9 spots

3rd Place - Mark Latoree - Edgewater, FL - 8 spots

4th Place - Alan Holt - Cocoa, FL - 6 spots

5th Place - Mike Miller - Cocoa, FL 5 spots

Sr. Division Winner -- Steve Hastings - Edgewater, FL 9 spots

No ladies or jr's brought any fish in.

It is my understanding that although the fishing conditions were excellent, and the turnout was substantial, very few fish were brought to the weigh in.

If I could have known that in advance, I would have registered myself. The winner won a new boat!

Tight lines to all!