This is an update to the original story published earlier here.
The fourth annual Mystic Stripers open fishing rodeo is scheduled from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Dauphin Island Marina.
Rodeo categories include: Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, speckled trout, white trout, red snapper, bonita, hardhead catfish, croaker, amberjack, ling (cobia), jack crevalle, flounder, bluefish and slot (16-26 inches) redfish.
Tickets cost $20. Each person on board must have a rodeo ticket. Speckled trout and king mackerel jackpot tickets are available for $25 per boat (80 percent payout). The jackpots are winner-take-all. Each person on a jackpot boat also must have a regular tournament ticket.
Twenty percent of jackpot proceeds plus Stripers matching funds will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. read more