20th Anniversary Bastille Day Kingfish Tournament

20th ANNIVERSARY BASTILLE DAY KINGFISH TOURNAMENT SET FOR JULY 13, 2008

Calling all anglers! Mark your calendars now for Sunday July 13th. This is when the 20TH Anniversary Bastille Day Kingfish Tournament - the one-day inshore fishing tournament that offers the best prizes and attracts more participants that any other of its kind in the Virgin Islands - will take place at Hull Bay Hideaway, St. Thomas.

First organized by the Northside Sportfishing Club in 1987, the tournament last year attracted 243 anglers, including 34 junior anglers, aboard 63 boats.

Last year, Nikolas Murdjeff, aboard a Waters Edge Sports boat, reeled in the whopping Largest Kingfish, a 32.54-pounder and took home prizes that included $2,000 in cash. Murdjeff won in only one of over a dozen prize categories. Award categories also include Best Boat, Best Captain, lady anglers, junior anglers and other fish species like jack, bonito, tuna, mackerel and dolphin.

Fishing starts at 5:30 a.m. and ends at 12 noon, sharp, when the beach side party then begins at Hull Bay Hideaway, with food, music and fun lasting right up until the times for the awards ceremony.

The Annual Bastille Day Kingfish Tournament is one of many activities that celebrate French Heritage Week in July.

As well as being a fun-pack day for the whole family, the Annual Bastille Day Kingfish Tournament benefits the Joseph Sibilly School, St. Thomas Rescue, The American Red Cross and The Family Resource Center, as well as provides college scholarships for students of French descent.

For more information, contact tournament director Monica Lester, 340-774-5206.