The South Carolina Saltwater Sportfishing Association will kick off the year with a cookout at Ripley Light Yacht Club on Friday April 19th starting at 6:00 pm. The club will provide food and soft drinks. Please bring your own beer.
Tournaments will be run a little differently than in the past. The Early Bird will be fished from April 27 until May 25. You may fish any two days, Captains Choice. Just notify a board member or the tournament director by the day prior to fishing. Fish must be weighed in on a Trident certified scale. The club scale is certified.
The Summer Oceanic will be fished from June 1st until June 22nd. You may fish any two days, again Captains Choice.
The Sailfish Tournament will still be a one day shootout on August 10th. Rules and information will be at the cookout this Friday. We will have things posted on the club site soon. www.scssa.info.
You may call Laird Staley @ 843-906-5523 if you have questions.
Update: Food will be provided by Jamie Westendorf. There will also be a guaranteed $1000.00 prize for the biggest king weighed in during the tournaments this year.
You should get a lot more boats fishing with this format, but it doesn’t seem much like a tournament atmosphere when you pick your days. I like the way it was in the past with a set date and cancelle on SCA. I like showing up to way weigh in and having bragging rights or not on that one day. Just my thought.
Yes. We thought we would try something new this time. We had several complaints from smaller boats about not wanting to go deep when it was rough but not bad enough for a small craft. Most of them just did not register. We are hoping that this will open the club up to them. We will still have a weigh in on Saturdays with the club scale like we have in the past. I guess the only real difference would be if someone brought in a big fish during the week. We will never be able to be all things to all people, but we will try to keep the information posted as soon as possible. The sailfish tournament to wrap up the year will still be a one day shootout just like in the past.