Gulf County Chamber of Commerce

10th ANNUAL FLORIDA CATFISH CLASSIC TOURNAMENT 2008 Wewahitchka, Florida Friday, August 29th & Saturday August 30th, 2008 EMPLOYEES CLUB OF THE CITY OF WEWAHITCHKA TOURNAMENT Where: Apalachicola River-Gaskin Park, Wewahitchka Chrm. Don Minchew 850-639-3474 Home Registration starts 9:00 am CST on 8/29/08 850-639-2605 City Tournament starts 4:00 pm CST on 8/29/08 Website: www.floridacatfishclassic.comGrand Prize Package Worth. $50,000 Break the State Flathead Record *(see rules) and win $50,000 cash. Door Prizes and Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded!! All Prizes Guaranteed, but Additional Prize May Be Added. First Place Flathead Winner additional prize will be announced later Flatheads: Channel Cats: Lady Angler?s Largest Fish $1,500.00 Largest Fish $1,000.00 2nd Largest $1,000.00 2nd Largest $ 750.00 Heaviest Catfish $250.00 3rd Largest $ 750.00 3rd Largest $ 500.00 2nd Heaviest $175.00 4th Largest $ 500.00 4th Largest $ 400.00 3rd Heaviest $125.00 5th Largest $ 250.00 5th Largest $ 200.00 Boat with most poundage of Flatheads will win $250.00 An additional cash prize of $1,000.00 will be awarded to the fisherman with the most, combined poundage from the following 2008 tournaments: The Liberty County Senior Citizens, the 10th Annual Florida Catfish Classic, Dogwood Blossom Flathead Catfish Tournament, The Hosford-Telogia Volunteer Fire Dept. Flathead Tournament, and 4th Gaskin Park Flathead Catfish Tournament KID?S CHANNEL CATFISH CLASSIC (MUST BE WITH AN ADULT THAT IS ENTERED IN THE CATFISH CLASSIC-SEE RULES) Largest Catfish - $325.00; 2nd Largest - $300.00; 3rd Largest - $275.00; 4th Largest - $250.00, 5th Largest - $225.00; 6th Largest - $200.00, 7th Largest - $175.00, 8th Largest - $150.00, 9th Largest - $125.00, and 10th Largest - $100.00 Registration: Entry fees for Florida Catfish Classic are $50.00 per person before Aug. 29, 2008; all advanced entries must be postmarked by Aug. 25, 2008. $55.00 if paid on or after Aug. 29, 2008. Entry fees for the Kid?s Channel Catfish Classic $20.00 per person, 14 years and younger. Mail entries to Florida Catfish Classic, PO Box 966, Wewahitchka, FL 32465. You can register at Gaskin Park on the day of the tournament. Registration time: 9:00 a.m. to midnight on Friday, August 29th. Entry forms available at Wewahitchka City Hall or "http://www.floridacatfishclassic.com" ALL CATFISH MUST BE 14? LONG. CHANNEL CATFISH WILL BE RELEASED. NEW ?Four Landing Start: All boats must check in and be inspected before you can start fishing the tournament. Boat inspections will be at all 4 landings ONLY IF YOU HAVE PREREGISTED, IF YOU ARE NOT PREREGISTERED BOAT INSPECTION MUST BE AT GASKIN PARK LANDING. Launch and start the tournament from these landings: Gaskin Park Landing-Registration Site; Bristol Landing; Estiffanulga Landing; Owl Creek-Hickory Landing. Great door prizes, drawing starts 12:00 noon August 30, 2008, must be present to win!!! Partial Funding For This Event Provided By The Gulf County Tourist Development Council