10th Annual Boston Harbor Striper Shootout
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The 10th Annual Boston Harbor Striper Shootout will be held on Saturday, June 14, 2008.
This charitable event, which raises money for The Chelsea Soldiers Home,
has become a spring tradition for local striper fishermen.
Running from 5 am to 5 pm, with the fishing area extending from Cape Ann to Scituate,
the Shootout attracts over 50 boats each year whose crews compete for the
$5,000 first place cash award plus nine other top-finisher prizes.
Last year there were 30 stripers caught that measured over 40 inches long.
Team Osprey, with their 46-inch striped bass, walked away with the top prize money for the
second year in a row.
Always an exciting tournament, the Shootout starts begins at 6 pm Friday night
at Admiral’s Hill Marina with a captain’s meeting and dinner,
and concludes Saturday night with an awards BBQ.
A joint effort by famed local fisherman Pete Santini and Jim Jadul of Admiral’s Hill Marina, Chelsea,
the event has raised over $3,000 to benefit the 130-bed war veterans hospital in Chelsea.
Last year Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs joined Santini
and fishing magazine editor and writer Barry Gibson on Capt. Chuck DiStefano’s Skip-A-Dory,
and Dave Sloan of “On the Hook” filmed segments for his television show.
Registration and rules are available on line at www.stripershootout.com
or call Pete Santini at (617) 381-1997
or
Jim Jadul of Admiral’s Hill Marina at (617) 889-4002
www.admiralshillmarina.com
The Boston Harbor Striper Shootout is endorsed by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA.)
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