Hubbs Bill Poole Memorial Tournament

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Great Tournament! Expanded format includes White Seabass, Halibut, Yellowtail, Albacore, Dorado, Bluefin Tuna and Yellowfin Tuna!

Great Prizes! Categories include: High Tournament angler, High Private Boat angler, High Sport Boat angler, High Kayak and High Spearfishing angler, High Junior angler and High Fishing Club.

Great Awards Banquet! At Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute's Mission Bay beautiful bayside headquarters! Awards Banquet and BBQ Master of Ceremony: Pete Gray of Let's Talk Hook Up

2011 Honorees

Don Hansen ~ Bill Poole Memorial Award

Jock Albright ~ Milt Shedd Memorial Award

The Bill Poole Memorial Angling Tournament was created to benefit Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI), a non-profit marine research Institute founded in 1963 to seek scientific solutions that protect and conserve marine animals while benefiting humans and their reliance on marine resources, including seafood. Since 1983 Hubbs aquaculture scientists have bred, raised, and released more than 1.8 million juvenile white seabass. Thanks in part to this extraordinary program, the white seabass, a popular recreational and commercial fishery, has staged a remarkable recovery. While many marine science programs deserve support, this one is virtually unique in that it actually returns fish to the sea
HSWRI’s stock replenishment program is an important tool for sustainable fisheries management and truly embodies its mission, “to return to the sea some measure of the benefits derived from it. The values HSWRI embodies earned the respect of the sportfishing pioneer and icon Bill Poole. After Bill’s passing in 2009, his wife Ingrid Poole eagerly joined with HSWRI to establish the Bill Poole Memorial Angling Tournament in support of this program. To read more about this great man click here.
Now in its third year, this popular tournament will feature a wide range of trophy categories. Special prizes will be given for any white seabass captured alive and donated to HSWRI's brood stock program. All white seabass heads will be scanned for tags as part of HSWRI’s program to identify hatchery-reared fish from wild individuals. This will, once again, be a family-oriented, non-money tournament designed to encourage sportsmanship and ocean awareness. All proceeds go directly to HSWRI white seabass replenishment program.

S c h e d u l e o f E v e n t s

Angling Seminar and Captain's Meeting
Thursday, July 28
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Shedd Auditorium
HSWRI's Mission Bay Headquarters
The meeting will cover final rules, bait availability, and feature
expert advice from some of California's best anglers.

Fishing Tournament
Lines In: 6:00 p.m. Friday, July 29
Lines Out: 6:00 p.m. Saturday, July 30

Click here for Angling Rules
Click here for Official Score Sheet
Entry Fees: $50 per adult angler, $25 per junior angler under 16 years of age (entry fee includes admission to Awards BBQ on Sunday) Awards Barbecue
Sunday, July 31
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
HSWRI’s Mission Bay Headquarters

The Barbecue is open to everyone and will feature delicious cultured-fish tacos, prepared on site by local chefs from the Chefs de Cuisine Association, opportunity drawing and silent auction, tours of the Institute’s Mission Bay hatchery operations where we raise California yellowtail and halibut, rockfish, up-close encounters with some of SeaWorld's adorable animal ambassadors, and more!
BBQ tickets available for guests 12 and over at $25 in advance or $30 at the door.
Children 7 to 11 years of age,$10 in advance or $15 at the door.
Children 6 and under are free.
Please RSVP by June 25.

Enter here:
http://www.hswri.org/index.php?bShow=82&cat=3