OCC FISHING TOURNAMENT
Winner, Winner, Fish Dinner!
Par cipants of the 13th Annual OCC Fishing Tournament were fornate enough to spend a day together on the water doing what they love. The overall winner of the Wahine category, 12-year-old Kennedy Chilcoat, caught a 37-inch mahi, one of the larg- est fish of the day. Poet Gentry and Jason Michino caught 33 invasive fish, while Ti¦s Salter and his partner Rodrigo caught 23 invasives. All par cipants in the spearfishing category went for overall invasives so congra¦la ons to this year’s first compe tors in that category, and mahalo for cleaning up the reef! “This tournament has always been about the keiki. We want to spread knowledge, safe¤ and teach youth to fish pono so that our fure and the fure of our precious ecosystems can thrive,” says tournament director Jennifer Fratzke. Motorized: 1st: Burt Moritz, Justen Chilcoat, Gavin Klein and Kennedy Chilcoat 2nd: Bill Johnson, Tristen Ballew, Eric Ballew, Gary Johnson 3rd: Jerry Meredith, James Michino, Jason Michino
Wahine Kennedy Chilcoat
Human Powered: 1st: Jennifer Fratzke 2nd: Steve Harris Spear: No winner (merged with invasive) Shore 11 and up: 1st: Luke Barnes 2nd: Candes Gentry 3rd: Nora Me²ide-Gentry
Invasive 1st: Jason Michino and Poet Gentry 2nd: Ti¦s Salter and Rodrigo
Fratzke (le¨) and Salter (right) showing o their catch.
Shore 10 and under Poet Gentry
september / october 2023 | AMA 23
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