05-28-2009, 11:10 AM
LIZELLA, GEORGIA - Anglers from the Carolinas, East Coast and surrounding regions will converge on Surf City, North Carolina, on May 23 for the second IFA Redfish Tour Atlantic Division event of 2009. The event, hosted by Beach House Marina & Yacht Club, is the second of three regular-season tournaments for the Atlantic Division, one of six divisions of IFA Redfish Tour events running from the Carolinas to Texas.
The weekend's activities begin Friday, May 22 with registration from 5-7 p.m. at the Beach House Marina & Yacht Club (111 North New River Drive, Surf City, NC 28445) with the Captain's Meeting to follow. Anglers will launch from the host site at safe light on Saturday; check-in times will be assigned at the Captains Meeting.
With easy registration and participation opportunities still available to all anglers for any remaining regular-season events, the IFA Redfish Tour continues to draw redfish participants from Texas to the Carolinas and beyond. The tour's format offers two-angler teams the opportunity to compete in six different divisions, each offering a three-event regular season. Low entry fees for the one-day, regular-season tournaments allow anglers the opportunity to fish close to home and minimize expenses while still being a part of a premier inshore, catch-and-release redfish tournament organization.
All teams fishing any three of the IFA's 18 regular-season events are automatically qualified for the no-entry-fee championship event, pitting qualifiers from each of the six divisions for a combined $77,000 in payouts and prize packages, as a shot at the coveted Cabela's Overall Divisional Team of the Year Award for the six regular-season division winners. Teams fishing at least six tournaments in any combination of divisions are also automatically eligible to compete for the IFA Redfish Tour "Ultra 6" award, a $5,000 cash prize, presented to the highest-finishing eligible team at the IFA Redfish Tour championship tournament.
This year, in addition to $47,000 in payouts per event (based on a 100-boat field), the first-place prize package for all 18 IFA Redfish Tour regular-season events has been increased. In 2009, every regular-season tournament winner is guaranteed - regardless of field size - a fully loaded 2009 Ranger Banshee Extreme. The boat is powered by a 60-horsepower, four-stroke Yamaha outboard and is equipped with a Bob's four-inch Ultra Light Jackplate, Power-Pole shallow water anchor, Minn Kota trolling motor, Humminbird electronics, Blue Point Fabrication metal work and Loadmaster trailer. The entire first-place prize package is valued at $30,000.
For more information on the IFA Redfish Tour, to become a member of the IFA or to become a part of the fastest-growing inshore fishing tournament series in the United States, go online to redfishtour.com.
IFA Redfish Tour events are made possible through the sponsorship and continued support of the fishing industry's most respected brands: Ranger Boats, Cabela's, Yamaha Outboards, Rapala, Trigger X, Sufix, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Power-Pole, Wrap This, CW Crab, Charter Lakes Marine Insurance, Solar Bat, Gemini Custom Apparel, Navionics, Bob's Machine Shop, Blue Point Fabrication, Terminator, VMC Hooks, Loadmaster Trailers, Powertex Group, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Beach House Marina & Yacht Club.
Event Details:
IFA Redfish Tour<br />
Atlantic Division<br />
Surf City, NC<br />
Competition Date: May 23, 2009<br />
Launch: At safe light from Beach House Marina & Yacht Club<br />
Check-in times: TBD at Captains Meeting
Host Venue: Beach House Marina & Yacht Club<br />
111 North New River Drive<br />
Surf City, NC 28445<br />
(910) 328-2628
Registration and Check In: Begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 22<br />
Captains Meeting: Begins at 7 p.m. following registration and check in<br />
Location: Beach House Marina & Yacht Club
Upcoming Events: 2009 IFA Redfish Tour
Florida East Coast Division<br />
September 19, 2009 - Titusville, Fla.
Florida West Coast Division<br />
June 27, 2009 - Englewood, Fla.<br />
August 22, 2009 - Ruskin, Fla.
Atlantic Division<br />
September 26, 2009 - Moorehead City, N.C.
Gulf Coast<br />
October 17, 2009 - Orange Beach, Ala.
Louisiana Division<br />
June 13, 2009 - Venice, La.<br />
August 29, 2009 - Grand Isle, La.
Texas Division<br />
June 6, 2009 - Corpus Christi, Texas<br />
September 12, 2009 - Port Aransas, Texas
Media Contact<br />
Josh Ward, Blue Heron Communications, (800) 654-3766 or Josh@blueheroncomm.com
The weekend's activities begin Friday, May 22 with registration from 5-7 p.m. at the Beach House Marina & Yacht Club (111 North New River Drive, Surf City, NC 28445) with the Captain's Meeting to follow. Anglers will launch from the host site at safe light on Saturday; check-in times will be assigned at the Captains Meeting.
With easy registration and participation opportunities still available to all anglers for any remaining regular-season events, the IFA Redfish Tour continues to draw redfish participants from Texas to the Carolinas and beyond. The tour's format offers two-angler teams the opportunity to compete in six different divisions, each offering a three-event regular season. Low entry fees for the one-day, regular-season tournaments allow anglers the opportunity to fish close to home and minimize expenses while still being a part of a premier inshore, catch-and-release redfish tournament organization.
All teams fishing any three of the IFA's 18 regular-season events are automatically qualified for the no-entry-fee championship event, pitting qualifiers from each of the six divisions for a combined $77,000 in payouts and prize packages, as a shot at the coveted Cabela's Overall Divisional Team of the Year Award for the six regular-season division winners. Teams fishing at least six tournaments in any combination of divisions are also automatically eligible to compete for the IFA Redfish Tour "Ultra 6" award, a $5,000 cash prize, presented to the highest-finishing eligible team at the IFA Redfish Tour championship tournament.
This year, in addition to $47,000 in payouts per event (based on a 100-boat field), the first-place prize package for all 18 IFA Redfish Tour regular-season events has been increased. In 2009, every regular-season tournament winner is guaranteed - regardless of field size - a fully loaded 2009 Ranger Banshee Extreme. The boat is powered by a 60-horsepower, four-stroke Yamaha outboard and is equipped with a Bob's four-inch Ultra Light Jackplate, Power-Pole shallow water anchor, Minn Kota trolling motor, Humminbird electronics, Blue Point Fabrication metal work and Loadmaster trailer. The entire first-place prize package is valued at $30,000.
For more information on the IFA Redfish Tour, to become a member of the IFA or to become a part of the fastest-growing inshore fishing tournament series in the United States, go online to redfishtour.com.
IFA Redfish Tour events are made possible through the sponsorship and continued support of the fishing industry's most respected brands: Ranger Boats, Cabela's, Yamaha Outboards, Rapala, Trigger X, Sufix, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Power-Pole, Wrap This, CW Crab, Charter Lakes Marine Insurance, Solar Bat, Gemini Custom Apparel, Navionics, Bob's Machine Shop, Blue Point Fabrication, Terminator, VMC Hooks, Loadmaster Trailers, Powertex Group, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Beach House Marina & Yacht Club.
Event Details:
IFA Redfish Tour<br />
Atlantic Division<br />
Surf City, NC<br />
Competition Date: May 23, 2009<br />
Launch: At safe light from Beach House Marina & Yacht Club<br />
Check-in times: TBD at Captains Meeting
Host Venue: Beach House Marina & Yacht Club<br />
111 North New River Drive<br />
Surf City, NC 28445<br />
(910) 328-2628
Registration and Check In: Begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 22<br />
Captains Meeting: Begins at 7 p.m. following registration and check in<br />
Location: Beach House Marina & Yacht Club
Upcoming Events: 2009 IFA Redfish Tour
Florida East Coast Division<br />
September 19, 2009 - Titusville, Fla.
Florida West Coast Division<br />
June 27, 2009 - Englewood, Fla.<br />
August 22, 2009 - Ruskin, Fla.
Atlantic Division<br />
September 26, 2009 - Moorehead City, N.C.
Gulf Coast<br />
October 17, 2009 - Orange Beach, Ala.
Louisiana Division<br />
June 13, 2009 - Venice, La.<br />
August 29, 2009 - Grand Isle, La.
Texas Division<br />
June 6, 2009 - Corpus Christi, Texas<br />
September 12, 2009 - Port Aransas, Texas
Media Contact<br />
Josh Ward, Blue Heron Communications, (800) 654-3766 or Josh@blueheroncomm.com