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King Mackerel Tournament
34th Anniversary U.S. Open King
Mackerel Tournament October 4th, 5th & 6th At Southport Marina
August 13, 2012
- Southport, NC - Thirty-four 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 was the largest
king mackerel tournament in the United States attracting
453 boats in 2009. 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 and ways 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 almost 50 more
supplementary cash prizes to the event.
Don’t fish??? There’s still plenty of excitement going
on at the Southport Marina. Thursday and Saturday nights
there will be entertainment. Enjoy your favorite tunes
on Thursday night from 4pm-8pm and Saturday night from
4:30pm-7pm. Saturday is also a great time to come out
and enjoy a good old-fashioned fish fry beginning at
3pm.
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, Little River,
Masonboro Inlet and Snows Cut. The action really heats
up between 3:00pm and 4:00pm when the boats line up to
weigh in at Southport Marina before the scales close.
Have some refreshments, buy a T-shirt and enjoy the fun.
Saturday’s fishing is over at 4:00pm with the awards
ceremony 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.
Tournament details
are available on our website,
www.usopenkmt.com,
or for a brochure contact the
Southport-Oak Island
Area Chamber of Commerce, 4433 Long Beach
Road, SE, Southport, NC 28461. 910-457-5787 or
800-457-6964 or e-mail us at
events@southport-oakisland.com.
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