With weather and sea conditions nearly perfect for anglers, the 74th annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is off to a huge start. Right from the start the weigh in station has been busy as anglers bring in the big fish. And lots of them too. This year's tournament looks like it will be one for the record books.
You can keep up to the minute with the day's catch and complete tournament standings at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo web site's live tournament results web page.
For more reading, here are a few of the stories so far about the tournament.
Records get reeled in
The fishing begins today in the 74th annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. Weather and Gulf of Mexico fishing conditions are expected to be excellent. We'll be looking for a record event with lots of fun and lots of the old records falling.
Speaking of fun, yesterday's Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Cellular South Liars Contest must have been a real hoot to see. Read on for the story in today's Mobile Register.
The 74th annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo kicks off today in a manner of speaking. A manner of public speaking that is.
First up on the agenda for the 74th annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is a liars contest which will take place at the rodeo site on Dauphin Island. Sponsored by Cellular South, the liars will compete for bragging rights. As if the best liar needs any right to brag about it...
The tournament kicks off tomorrow. Record numbers are expected to turn out for the rodeo - both in spectators and in participants. Just as for last week's Roy Martin Young Anglers Tournament, the weather and sea conditions are forecast near perfect for fishing.
Something tells me this year's Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo results might raise the bar of believability and make things tougher on next year's liars. It's going to be some fantastic fun for all.
The 74th Annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo takes place this weekend. For many it's been one of life's staples for years. For some it's been that way for decades.
For Purvis Wildberger and his family the Annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo has been a part of life since the year the tournament started in 1929.
Purvis Wildberger has fished in every Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo and he'll be out this weekend chasing tarponWithout fail, Purvis Wildberger has fished every Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. When No. 74 starts Friday at Dauphin Island, the 85-year-old from Mobile plans to be in the boat with his son, Billy, chasing the elusive tarpon, the fish that started it all.
The 49th Annual Roy Martin Young Anglers Tournament filled Dauphin Island with trailers, boats and kids and their families. The event was a huge success for everyone involved from participants to volunteers to spectators who enjoyed seeing first hand what fun fishing can be for the kids.
Dauphin Island was also witness to some really spectacular fishing results. As predicted Dauphin Island weather and Alabama Gulf Coast conditions during the event were just about perfect for catching lots of fish, big ones too. Among the remarkable results, seven year old Ryan Kennedy reeled in a 42 pound grouper that looks like an International Game Fish Association (IGFA) junior world record. The current world record for in this class is 28 pounds. That's not a typo. Ryan's fish exceeded the world record by 50%.
Yesterday's 49th Annual Roy Martin Young Anglers Tournament was the prelude to the 74th Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, which gets underway Friday, July 21, and runs through Sunday, July-23. If the kids' results are any indication, this year's tournament is sure to be exciting. That is, provided the kids left any fish for the adults.
You can find full results for Saturday's Roy Martin Young Anglers Tournament at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo web site.