Posted by SSAC on Jun 20, 2016
Mother Nature cooperated on Saturday and all seven participants were ready to go well before sunrise. When all was said and done Aledia Tush walked off with her third Sarasota Tarpon Tournament victory making her the first female angler to accomplish this feat. Her 28.5” catch early on Saturday was enough to have her name engraved for the third time on the Tournament’s Historic Trophy. Second place went to Logan Neal who caught and released a 28’5” Tarpon, however Aledia’s catch was recorded first.
Doug Forde finished 3rd with a catch of 27 inches. Larry Leszczynski finished 4th, Joe Peters 5th, Gabor Torok 6th, and David Sugar was 7th. The Sarasota County Anglers Club would like to congratulate Aledia Tush and her fellow Fish-Off participants, as well as everyone who helped make this year’s Tournament such a success. This years Tournament marked the 86th consecutive event making the Annual Sarasota Tarpon Tournament the oldest continuously running Tarpon Tournament in the entire country.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the Awards Banquet to be held Saturday, July 30, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency-Sarasota. We urge everyone to attend, a splendid time is guarantee for all.
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Posted by SSAC on Jun 16, 2016
Seven Anglers will compete in this Saturday’s Fish-Off. The five weekly winners, Joseph Peters Week 1, Larry Leszczynski Week 2, Aledia Tush Week 3, Logan Neal Week 4, Gabor Torok Week 5, along with the separate Division winners, Doug Forde Fly Division, and David Sugar who had the most releases in the Tournament overall.
Several of the participants in this year’s Fish-Off are previous Tournament winners including Aledia Tush who will be going for her third Tournament win. The weather looks great for Saturday, good luck to everyone.
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Posted by SSAC on Jun 6, 2016
Heading into the Tournament’s final week we’ve seen four different 1st place finishes in weeks one through four. Week One Joseph Peters 36.5”, Week Two Larry Leszczynski 41”, Week Three Aledia Tush 37.5”, and Week Four Logan Neal 37”.
In the His & Her’s Division Doug Forde 33″ & Aledia Tush 37.5″ hold first place with a combined total of 70.5 inches. Austin Kuster leads the Youth Division with a 34.5 inch catch recorded on May 24th, and Aledia Tush is leading the Women’s Division with a 37.5 inch catch at Midnight Pass around 1 p.m. on May 24th.
To date Larry Leszczynski and Brock Horner are tied for the largest recorded catch of the Tournament with both recording a 41 inch Tarpon caught and released. Officially Larry Leszczynski holds the designation for largest Tarpon, nosing out Brock Horner with his catch by just a few hours on May 15th.
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