The 49th Annual Roy Martin Young Angler's Tournament will be held this weekend on Dauphin Island.
This tournament is held in conjunction with the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. The Roy Martin Young Angler's Tournament is designed for young anglers under the age of 16. It is the oldest and largest fishing tournament of its kind in the US.
The tournament will host competitions in 31 categories: amberjack, barracuda, black drum, blackfish, blue runner, bluefish, bonito, catfish, cobia, croaker, dolphin, flounder, gafftopsail catfish, ground mullet, grouper, jack crevalle, king mackerel, ladyfish, oyster fish, pigfish, pinfish, red snapper, sea robin, shark, sheepshead, spadefish, Spanish mackerel, speckled trout, triggerfish, white trout and whiting.
Fishing conditions during the event are expected to be significantly above average, so the competition should be lively and fun for all.
The Alabama chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association is celebrating victory over the withdrawal by ConocoPhillips of their proposal to build an open loop LNG regasification facility at Compass Point, 11 miles south of Dauphin Island.
Head on down to Kelly's Landing at 5:30pm, grab a bowl of jambalaya and join in the celebrations.
CCA event today at Kelly's Landing
The Alabama chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association will hold an LNG victory celebration and membership drive at 5:30 p.m. today at Kelly's Landing (old Beachcomber dock) on Dog River.
This is one party that just reading about it is a whole lot of fun. No mistake, it would have been better to have been there.
Coincidentally - or maybe not - I had my own variation of the BLT just yesterday for lunch. My recipe is a little simpler than the norm. I leave off the lettuce. I save it for a salad where it belongs.
If you see a film crew on Dauphin Island today give them directions to the Audubon Bird Sanctuary. The bird sanctuary is one of the field trips around the Mobile Area which is to be included in an episode of the Antiques Roadshow to be recorded in Mobile this weekend.
Approximately 5,000 to 6,000 people will attend the main attraction appraisal event, which will take place at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center from 8am to 6pm this Saturday. All that's needed for admission is a ticket and an item to be appraised.
Unfortunately there are no more tickets to be had. WGBH in Boston, the show's owner and operator, gave away 3400 pairs of tickets already.
If you're not awake by 9am tomorrow morning you will be by 9:01. Mobile county emergency officials plan to test their public warning system in the morning.
The system includes 5 new sirens, one of which is located on the east end of Dauphin Island. This one is a replacement to the siren that Ivan took out a couple of years ago. If you happen to be located within approximately a one-mile radius you're likely to hear it.
If you happen to be sleeping in out toward the west end of Dauphin Island you probably won't even hear the test. A siren had been located out on the west end. It fell victim to a storm and has not been replaced.