Fish on!
Those words are music to an angler's ear, and summer fishing tournaments offer plenty of opportunites to listen to screaming reels.

The Redfish Bay Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association sponsors the Take a Kid Fishing Tournament the first Saturday in June. The goal is to pair parents and kids for a day of quality time on the water.

Port Aransas is about fishing, and during the summer, anglers can find a tournament just about every weekend.

The fishing competitions cater to adults, kids and women anglers. Tournaments range from longstanding local fundraising tournaments, as well as fundraisers for off-island causes and boat brand names.

Following is a listing, subject to change, so call for confirmation, of tournaments on this summer's calendar.

Island tournaments

• The 25th annual Coastal Conservation Association's (CCA) Take a Kid Fishing Tournament is set for June 6 and 7.

Kids through age 16 can fish for fun and prizes in a tournament designed to teach them the skill and pleasure of fishing.

Awards are presented on Woody's Sports Center's back porch, and contestants are reminded to come to the awards presentation whether they caught any fish or not, because everyone wins something in this tournament.

Anglers who make their way to fertile fishing grounds via outboard-powered boats have a tournament just for them, the Fire Auxiliary's Outboard Fishing Tournament. If features bay and offshore divisions.

For more information contact Glenn Martin at Woody's at 749-5252 or Charlie Zahn at 749-6687.

• The 25th annual Woody's Powderpuff Fishing Tournament is on for June 20-21.

The tournament for women only features two divisions. A professional division includes anglers who fish with a guide, and an amateur division is for anglers who "go it alone."

The tournament requires women to do everything except run the boats, net fish and serve drinks. Anglers will be fishing for redfish, gafftop, sheepshead, hardhead, speckled trout, flounder and black drum.

Call Woody's Sports Center at 749-5252 for more details, or go online to www.gulfcoastfishing.com

• The Port Aransas Masters' Tournament-Fred Rhodes Memorial Tournament will be held June 26-29.

The storied Deep Sea Roundup, the oldest and largest fishing tournament on the Texas Gulf coast, offers fun for everyone -- well, almost everyone. Sometimes kids get a little impatient waiting for a fish to bite in the Piggy Perch Contest held especially for the small fry. The tournament features adult and junior divisons for offshore, bay-surf and fly fishing contestants.

Call Pete Fox at 749-4870 for details, or go online to www.foxyachtsales.com.

• The 73rd annual Deep Sea Roundup will be July 3-6. The oldest tournament on the Texas Gulf coast includes offshore and bay-surf divisions for both adult and junior anglers as well as a bay fly-fishing division will be featured. As always, a Piggy Perch Contest entertains the younger set.

Call the Port Aransas Boatmen, Inc., which sponsors the tournament, at 749-6339 for details, or go online to www.paboatmen.org.

• The 34th Outboard Fishing Tournament is slated for July 12-13. The Ladies Fire Auxiliary sponsors the tournament to benefit the Port Aransas Volunteer Fire Department. It is for boats powered exclusively by outboard motors.

Offshore anglers revel in serious competition for the best the Gulf has to offer in the Port Aransas Masters Fred Rhodes Memorial Fishing Tournament. In additon to prized billfish, the tournament offers prizes for other species, such as dolphin fish (dorado).

First and second place trophies will be awarded for the two largest fish in each category. Also, trophies will be awarded for hard luck, good sportsmanship and most unusual fish.

Call Kim Hill at 749-6211 for more information.

• The Hope Devlin Kids' Fishing Tournament is set for Aug. 8-9. Proceeds from the tournament sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Port Aransas will go to provide scholarships for Port Aransas High School graduates.

Winners will receive bicycles that will be presented in three age categories for the largest fish by weight. Age categories are 0-5 years, 6 to 10 years, and 11 to 16 years. Awards for participation also are presented.

For more information, call Elvia Tamayo at 749-4096 or (361) 816-5282.

The women-only Woody's Powderpuff Fishing Tournament features amateur and pro divisions fishing the bays for popular species such as trout, redfish and flounder.

• The Texas Grand Slam Billfish Tournament is slated for Aug. 16. It is sponsored by the Corpus Christi Big Game Fishing Club that homeports in Port Aransas. Go to www.ccbgfc.org/index.shtml for more information.

• The Texas Women Angler's Tournament is on the calendar for Aug. 22-24. This is a tag and release tournament only, and each catch must be documented according to tournament rules. The tournament also offers tuna, wahoo and dolphin divisions. To register or find out additional information, contact Sharon Miller at (361) 882-6000 or check out the tournament's Web site at www.gofishtx.com.

Fundraisers for off-island causes

• The Kasting For Kids Tournament will be held June 13-14. Call Eddie Gammill at (210) 341-8861 for more information.

• The 13th annual Fishing Break tournament benefiting The Austin Firefighters Relief and Outreach Fund will be held June 27-29. Contact Todd Purcell, (512) 750-0700 or go online to www.annualfisingbreak.com

The Deep Sea Roundup is all about kids. Junior anglers have a division of their own. Entry fees and other proceeds from the tournament go toward scholarships for graduating seniors as well as other youth programs.

• The Hooked on Youth Tournament, sponsored by OINK, Inc., raises funds to purchase livestock from youth entered in the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. It is scheduled for July 25-26. Call Matt Burkholder at (210) 414-7967 for more information.

Boat-brand tourneys

• The Blue Wave owners tournament, July 18-19. For more information, call Shawn Pipkins at (918) 473-6768 or go online to www.bluewaveboats.com.

• The Kenner Owner's Fishing Tournament is scheduled for Sept. 26-27.Contact Clint Ebey at (417) 848-7071 or go to www.trackermarine.com/owners/.

Tournament dates and details are subject to change. Call the numbers provided and watch the South Jetty for updates.