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28th Anniversary
U.S. Open
King Mackerel Tournament
Press
Release
September 17, 2006 - Southport,
North Carolina
(NC) - Twenty-eight 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 now attracts around 500 boats annually and is held in
high esteem by the community and anglers. 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, Alltel, BEMC, Dosher
Memorial Hospital and Star News, add over 60 supplementary cash
prizes to the event.
Don’t fish??? There’s still
plenty of excitement going on. Thursday night there will be
entertainment by Scearce and Ketner-Caribbean Pirate Rock. 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 Inlet, 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 by Jimmy’s Hometown
Entertainers – Captain Jimmy Price Comedy and Music and the Awards
Ceremony.
This year's tournament will be
held October 6th & 7th at the Southport Marina, Southport North
Carolina with registration on Thursday, October 5th 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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