Dauphin Island Times

This weekend the 27th annual Sertoma/Pepsi Family Fishing Rodeo will take place on Dauphin Island at Dauphin Island Marina.

Anglers will compete in 18 separate categories including flounder, red snapper, king and Spanish mackerel. Of special note to anglers are the jackpot payouts for particular categories:

• king mackerel - $2,000
• flounder jackpot - $500
• red snapper - $500 in gift certificates
• state-record Spanish mackerel - $10,000
• state-record king mackerel - $15,000

With fishing all along the Alabama Gulf Coast as good as it has been this summer, one or more records are bound to fall. This is also the last hurrah for summer - the labor day weekend. Better get on out to Dauphin Island and enjoy a great weekend of fishing at the 27th annual Sertoma/Pepsi Family Fishing Rodeo.

Here's where you can get tickets for the event:

• Jemison's Bait and Tackle
• Ship-n-Shore
• Ward's Sporting Goods
• Southern Bama Bait and Tackle
• Academy Sports
• George's Water Sports
• Camellia Trophy Shop
• Dauphin Island Marina
• Greer's in Belle Fountaine
• Boaters World in Mobile and Daphne and West Marine