Winners crowned in 19th Annual Bobby Holloway Jr. Memorial Fishing Tournament

Mar 29, 2017 3 min read

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The Sea Riders caught 25 fish during the tournament. The team included Darien Brown, Jayson Rider, Josslyn Rider, Kelly Rider, Landon Rider and Sage Romero. ED FRANKS

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First place: Team Caserio 'n’ Sons — Tim Jones, Dayron Plana and Brooks Riley. ED FRANKS

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Second place: Towboat Tightlines — Kyle Potts, Shane Earhart, Kamryn Boles, Liran Potts and Gavin Earhart. ED FRANKS

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Third place: Team Clam Chowder — Shane Dooley, Sherry Dooley, Billy Rinehold and Summer Dooley ED FRANKS

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Fourth place: Team Wet & Salty — Ed Pierce, Kirk Koshko, Joe Koshko and Caitlayn Harth. ED FRANKS

Under sunny skies Saturday, the annual Bobby Holloway Jr. Memorial Fishing Tournament took place at Pineland Marina.

“I’m very excited that we are celebrating our 19th Annual Bobby Holloway tournament,” Elsie Stearns said. “It’s also the third year we’re doing the ‘Big Snook’ tournament and we have 62 boats registered. Eleven of those are local licensed charter captains taking our kids from 7 to 13 years old we call them “Lil Bobbers.”

The “Lil Bobbers” division is for children who don’t have an opportunity to fish or have a parent to go fishing with. Eleven licensed captains that donated their time, talent and treasure to take those children fishing for the day. Eligible fish for children are: biggest Snook, biggest Redfish, biggest Trout and biggest Ladyfish.

The Bobby Holloway Memorial was established to honor Bobby Holloway Jr.. who lost his life in a hunting accident in 1997. Bobby was 11 years old. The annual Bobby Holloway Memorial Fishing Tournament was started shortly after Bobby’s death and the fishing tournament raises funds for the memorial. Hundreds of island businesses have sponsored the Bobby Holloway Memorial Fishing Tournament over the years and there have been dozens and dozens of beneficiaries.

BOBBY HOLLOWAY JR MEMORIAL

TOURNAMENT – 2017 AWARDS

Five places Total Weight of Three Fish

First: Team Caserio ‘n’ Sons – Tim Jones, Dayron Plana, Brooks Riley – 19.54 pounds

Second: Towboat Tightlines – Kyle Potts, Shane Earhart, Kamryn Boles, Liran Potts, Gavin Earhart – 19.10 pounds

Third: Team Clam Chowder – Shane Dooley, Sherry Dooley, Billy Rinehold, Summer Dooley – 18.92 pounds

Fourth: Team Wet & Salty -Ed Pierce, Kirk Koshko, Joe Koshko, Caitlayn Harth – 17.44 pounds

Fifth: Team Roger Dean Chevrolet – John Medsker, Scott Smith, Gary Herman – 16.44 pounds

$2,500 Pine Island Big Snook Heaviest

Billy Rinehold – 9.86-pound snook

Redfish with Most Spots

John Medsker 6 Spots redfish

Ladies Heaviest Redfish

Summer Dooley 4.98-pound redfish

YOUTH AWARDS

Heaviest Snook: Tyler Noonan – 7.36-pound snook

Heaviest Trout: Blake Schaal – 3.04-pound redfish

Heaviest Ladyfish: Clayton McCurdy – 1.36-pound ladyfish

LIL’ BOBBERS Most Fish Caught

First: The Matlacha Torpedos Capt. Chris Foust, Bob Diersing, Sebastian Scalf, Clayton McCurdy

Second: Fish Hawk Capt. Pat Hagel, Drake Domke, Elias Saile, Aiden Pollack

Third: The Natural Fish Slayers Billy Glass, Lucie McKinney, Cameron Mays-Dutton, Shelbi Stewart, Tracy Daniels, Aleah Grizzle

Fourth: Taking a Chance on Chasing Some Tail Capt. Eddie Barnhill, Jamie Barnhill, Chase Barnhill, Chance Barnhill, Aiden Parr

Tie

Fifth: Sea Riders Capt. Jayson Rider, Kelly Sigler, Josslyn Rider, Landon Rider, Darien Sigler, Sage Romero

Fifth: Bo Knows Fishing Capt. Bo Bartholomew, Blake Schaal, Joshua Hyde, Ethan Wonner

Best Essay Winner

Josslyn Rider

Best Fish Tale

Ryder Stearns

Sportsmanship Award

Madilyn Godfrey