The final event of the series is was held on Saturday, April 2, 2011. The launch area for this event was extra large, ranging from the Manatee River to the Ringling Bridge in Sarasota. The format was simple. Pick your confidence lure and use it all day. You can bring as many of them as you like but you can only use that one lure type all day. For example, if you picked a red 1/8 Slayer Jig head with Exude baby bass color plastic tail, that was all you could use.
The day started off a bit chilly but quickly turned into a beautiful Florida spring day. Bright sun, a wind that slowed to a breeze and temperatures that didn’t wear you out early. This is the time to fish in Florida!
The Pic n’ Sip was held at Tequila Beach on Manatee Avenue in Bradenton. This is one of our favorite spots that we return to every year.
The results showed that this is a great time to go fishing in Florida. We had 42 anglers compete and 7 of them caught a Redfish, Trout, Snook slam. Virtually everyone caught fish during the day.
Here are the results.
Slam Division:
1st Place – TerryB with a 62 inch slam. Terry took home $210 and a Polar Bear cooler
2nd Place – Bigfish171 (Dave) with a 61 inch slam. Dave took home $126 and a Wang Anchor
3rd Place – DaveR with a 53 inch slam. Dave took home $84 and a Finatic Designs print
(L to R) 3rd place winner DaveR, 1st place winner TerryB, 2nd place winner Bigfish171 (Dave)
Trout Division:
1st Place – Noles (Phinla) with a 24 inch trout. Phinla walked away with a gift certificate from Masthead Enterprises.
2nd Place – 13 with a 24 inch trout. 13 took home a gift certificate from Canoe Country.
3rd Place – ChisR with a 21.5 inch trout. Chis in now wearing a Paddle-Fishing.com hat.
Redfish Division:
1st Place – Heywood (Bill) with a 28” redfish. Bill has a gift certificate for Dogfish Tackle to spend.
2nd Place – Tide1on (Steve) with a 23.5 inch redfish. Steve is now wearing a Paddle-Fishing.com shirt.
3rd Place – Dirksfishing (Derrick) with a 22 inch redfish. Derrick is the proud recipient of the PFTS Perpetual Jug Trophy and a Hook1 shirt.
Snook Division:
1st Place – Todd with a 26.5 inch snook. Todd will be shopping with his gift certificate from Holy Mackeral Tackle.
2nd Place – Native1 with a 24.5 inch snook. Native 1 got a gift certificate from Hook 1
3rd Place: Brunz (Bruno) with a 20.25 inch snook. Bruno is now sporting a Paddle-Fishing.com hat.
