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29th Annual U.S. Open
King Mackerel Tournament
Press
Release
August 4, 2007 – Southport, North Carolina
(NC) - Twenty-nine years ago a group of forty community leaders met
and decided that they needed an event to showcase the great fall
fishing Southport-Oak Island area has to offer. Those community
leaders signing a promissory note at a local financial institution
guaranteed the $10,000 first place prize money for the first
tournament - thus the U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament was born.
The U.S. Open King Mackerel
Tournament is the largest king mackerel tournament in North Carolina
is attracts around 400 boats annually. An all CASH GUARANTEED prize
structure adds to the enjoyment of the event. The tournament
guarantees its entire prize structure; it is not based on the number
of boats that participate. Lots of cash to win! The tournament pays
55 places in its primary prize category including $25,000 for the
largest king mackerel. Sponsors such as the Primary Sponsor,
Southport Marina and Grand Patron sponsors, BEMC, Dosher Memorial
Hospital, add over 50 supplementary cash prizes to the event.
Don’t fish??? There’s still
plenty of excitement going on. Thursday and Saturday nights there
will be entertainment. Friday is always exciting as the boats rush
to checkout between 7:00am-9:00am at Lockwood Folly Inlet, N.C.
Baptist Assembly Pier at Fort Caswell, Masonboro Inlet and Snows
Cut. The action really heats up between 3:00pm and 4:00pm when the
boats line up to weigh in before the scales close. Have refreshment,
buy a T-shirt and enjoy the fun. Saturday’s fishing is over at
4:00pm and is followed by a food, refreshments, entertainment and
the Awards Ceremony caps off the event at 7pm.
This year's tournament will be
held October 5th & 6th at the Southport Marina, Southport North
Carolina with registration on Thursday, October 4th from 10am until
midnight.
Complete tournament coverage
is available on our website,
www.usopenkmt.com, live updates on ROCK 104.5FM or contact
the Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce, 4841 Long Beach
Road, SE, Southport, NC 28461. 910-457-6964 or 800-457-6964 or
e-mail us at
events@southport-oakisland.com.
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