Powder Puff Tournament kicks off June 20

The 25th annual Powder Puff Fishing Tournament will be Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 21.

The women-only tournament has two divisions. In the professional division, more serious anglers fish with a guide. The amateur division is more informal, with no professional guides.

Each angler paying the $75 entry fee will receive a Powder Puff Tshirt. Register by mail by getting a registration form online at www. woodysonline.com, filling out the form and mailing it with the entry fee to Woody's Sports Center, 136 West Cotter, Port Aransas, TX, 78373. Registration must be received by Friday, June 20.

Registration in person will be at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 20, at Roberts Point Park Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion. Late registration will be the next morning at Woody's, until 6:30 a.m. Fishing begins at 6:30 a.m. Saturday.

Deadline for weighing in will be at 3 p.m. Anglers must be inside the pavilion and in line, with their fish, at that time.

An awards presentation will be after the weigh-in. Trophies will be awarded for the overall winner and winners in species categories of redfish, flounder, drum, hardhead, gafftop, sheepshead and speckled trout.

A trophy also will be awarded for best hard-luck story. Stories will be told at the pavilion after weigh-ins.

According to tournament rules, all women on the boats must be registered contestants.

Rules also require that women cast, hook and retrieve their own fish. "Men may run the boat, bait hooks, net fish and serve drinks, but the ladies do the rest," according to the written rules.

Women may fish in teams of one to four people. The team with the heaviest stringer of three eligible species will be the division winner. Ties will be broken by measuring the lengths of the three species.

Anglers may put together their heaviest three species for a stringer to be weighed and a chance at becoming the overall winner.

Other tournament rules and information are on the Woody's Sports Center Web site, www.woodysonline. com or at 749-5252.