The Captains Party and Tournament portion of the 2021 Central Florida Shootout is officially in the books and what a great tournament it turned out to be. For those unaware, this is year ten of the Shootout. I am proud to say I have been involved in this tournament from the very beginning and it’s fun to see how far the tournament has come. We call it the North vs. South tournament because there are two weigh-in locations, one is Sunrise Marina in Port Canaveral (North) and the other is Capt. Hiram’s in Sebastian (South). The location that weighs the most winning fish will win a big old trophy and bragging rights for the year! The winner will be announced next Sunday, May 16th at the Awards Ceremony that will be held at CAPTAIN HIRAM’S. Also, all of the winners that placed in the tournament with winning fish will receive their awards during this event as well.

We had some fantastic fish hit the scales at both locations. From dolphin, grouper, kingfish and newly added categories like golden tilefish to redfish, trout and snook, it was a great showing across the board. The awards ceremony will be exciting and the best part is, it’s open to the public so come on down and join in the fun. There will be tons of great raffle prizes you can participate in winning and we will give away the Grand Prize, a 2021 Avid Bay Boat (Fusion 23) thanks to one of the premier tournament sponsors Boaters Exchange in Rockledge. You can still purchase tickets to win the boat the day of the event. It’s going to be a great time so mark your calendars and come out and join in the fun!

Tournament Results

Congrats to all the winners!

Kingfish
Eddie Lebron 40.8
Adam Lovell 38.0
Sam Delaney 35.8

Dolphin
Rick Cofer 39.2
Cody Evans 27.9
Briggs Kilbourne 25.4

Grouper
Henry Roy 38.9
Jarrett Baron 38.4
Mark Holland 37.4

Tile Fish
Edmond Leviste 34.5
Todd Smith 27.00
Chris McKinney 26.8

Yellow Edge
Alexis Jones 38.7
Brandon Taylor 35.7
Jonah Baker 35.5

Redfish
Jim Gagen 7lbs 15oz
Alex Mirling 6lbs 5oz
Josh Rhein 5lbs 10oz

Trout
Devin Spicer 8lbs 2oz
Richard Baden 6lbs 8oz
Zack Young 5lbs 7oz

Snook
Garrett Mulder 12lbs
Tucker Perry 11lbs 4oz
Casey Gulick 9lbs 14oz

AJ
Shawn Beck 46.3

Wahoo
Dustin Schmidt 16.2

Cobia
Keith Roberts 30

Ladies Offshore
Alexis Jones 38.7 Yellow Edge
Sam Delaney 35.8 King
Mikayla Clouser 29.9 AJ
Tara Whitehead 28.7 AJ

Ladies Inshore
Julia Canestrari – 9lbs 2oz
Diane Sapp – 8lbs 13oz
Christina Saridakis – 7lbs 1oz
Angee Tickle – 4lbs 4 oz
Amanda Hinds – 3lbs 8 oz

Junior Inshore
Jace Canestrari 9lbs 2 oz Jack C
Jack Yost 7lbs 7oz Jack C

Junior Offshore
Adam Lovell 38 King
Hunter Taylor 30.9 AJ
Mikayla Clouser 29.9 AJ
Chris Cofer 23.1 Mahi
Collin Leviste 22.8 Yellow Edge
John Bradley 21.8 Tile
Hunter Taylor 21.7 Tile
Addison Black 21.5 King