10th ANNUAL
FLORIDA CATFISH CLASSIC TOURNAMENT 2008
Wewahitchka, Florida
Friday, August 29th & Saturday August 30th, 2008
EMPLOYEES CLUB OF THE CITY OF WEWAHITCHKA
TOURNAMENT
Where: Apalachicola River-Gaskin Park, Wewahitchka
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Don Minchew 850-639-3474 Home 850-639-2605
City
Registration starts 9:00 am
CST on 8/29/08
Tournament starts 4:00 pm CST on 8/29/08
Website: www.floridacatfishclassic.com
Tournament ends 12:00 noon
CST 8/30/08
Web Master: Priscilla Cox 850-639-4494
Awards
Presentation 12:00 noon CST 8/30/08
Tournament Directors: Jim Whaley and Gerald Fry
Grand
Prize Package Worth. $50,000
Break
the State Flathead Record *(see rules) and win $50,000 cash.
Door Prizes
and Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded!! All Prizes Guaranteed, but Additional Prize
May Be Added.
First
Place Flathead Winner additional prize will be announced later
Flatheads: Channel
Cats:
Largest Fish $1,500.00
Largest Fish $1,000.00
2nd Largest $1,000.00
2nd Largest $ 750.00
3rd Largest $ 750.00
3rd Largest $
500.00
4th Largest $ 500.00
4th Largest
$ 400.00
5th Largest
$250.00
5th Largest $ 200.00
Lady Anglers
Heaviest Catfish
$250.00
2nd Heaviest
$175.00
3rd Heaviest $125.00
Boat
with most poundage of Flatheads will win $250.00
An
additional cash prize of $1,000.00 will be awarded to the fisherman with the most, combined poundage from the following 2008
tournaments: The Liberty County Senior Citizens, the 10th Annual Florida Catfish Classic, Dogwood Blossom Flathead Catfish
Tournament, The Hosford-Telogia Volunteer Fire Dept. Flathead Tournament, and 4th Gaskin Park Flathead Catfish Tournament
KID’S
CHANNEL CATFISH CLASSIC
(MUST
BE WITH AN ADULT THAT IS ENTERED IN THE CATFISH CLASSIC-SEE RULES)
Largest Catfish - $325.00; 2nd Largest - $300.00; 3rd
Largest - $275.00;
4th Largest
- $250.00, 5th Largest - $225.00; 6th Largest - $200.00,
7th
Largest - $175.00,
8th Largest - $150.00, 9th Largest - $125.00, and 10th Largest
- $100.00
Registration: Entry fees for Florida Catfish Classic are $50.00 per person before Aug. 29, 2008; all advanced entries
must be postmarked by Aug. 25, 2008. $55.00 if paid on or after Aug. 29, 2008. Entry
fees for the Kid’s Channel Catfish Classic $20.00 per person, 14 years and younger.
Mail entries to Florida Catfish Classic, PO Box 966, Wewahitchka, FL 32465. You
can register at Gaskin Park on the day of the tournament. Registration time:
9:00 a.m. to midnight on Friday, August 29th. Entry forms available at Wewahitchka
City Hall or "http://www.floridacatfishclassic.com"
ALL CATFISH
MUST BE 14” LONG. CHANNEL CATFISH WILL BE RELEASED.
NEW –Four Landing Start: All boats must check in and be inspected before you can start fishing the tournament. Boat inspections
will be at all 4 landings ONLY IF YOU HAVE PREREGISTED, IF YOU ARE NOT PREREGISTERED BOAT INSPECTION MUST BE AT GASKIN PARK
LANDING. Launch and start the tournament from these landings: Gaskin Park Landing-Registration Site; Bristol Landing; Estiffanulga Landing; Owl Creek-Hickory Landing.
Great
door prizes, drawing starts 12:00 noon August 30, 2008, must be present to win!!!
