NATHAN RAYCROFT WINS IFA KAYAK EVENT AT SAVANNAH, GA.

NATHAN RAYCROFT WINS IFA KAYAK Event AT SAVANNAH, GA.
Atlantic Division win nets angler Hobie Mirage Pro-Angler kayak

LIZELLA, Ga. (March 15, 2011) – Nathan Raycroft, of Swansboro, N.C., caught a redfish that measured 34 inches in length to win the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Introduced by Hobie Fishing occasion on March 12 in Savannah, Ga. The occasion, which operated out of Coffee Bluff Marina, was the normal-time opener for the IFA Kayak Tour’s Atlantic Division.

In his first trip to fish in Savannah, Raycroft netted the very first-area prize of a Hobie Mirage Pro-Angler Kayak valued at $ two,399, as effectively as a $ a hundred prize for the Berkley Gulp! Large Redfish Award and a $ one hundred Cabela’s gift card from Berkley for using Berkley Gulp! to catch his Redfish. Nathan also received the EGO Nets award of $ 25 for utilizing his EGO Net to land the Big Redfish. In addition to the over prizes, Raycroft discovered a lot about the area.

“I learned it was challenging discovering fish,” mentioned Raycroft, who, like all but two rivals in the tournament, did not catch a speckled sea trout for the duration of the opposition. “I chased fish in some water that was quite obvious. It looked like it was outstanding h2o for redfish and trout each, but all I identified was other fish.”

Second-place finisher Robby Freeman, of Athens, Ga., measured a 29-inch redfish, securing the $ one,000 2nd-location prize. 3rd-location finisher, Justin Carter of Mount Pleasant, S.C., measured a 28.5-inche redfish to win $ 500.

Ninth-place finisher, Stephen Yurkevicius of Jacksonville, Fla., measured a 19.375-inch trout to win the $ a hundred Berkley Gulp! Massive Trout Award and simply because he caught the Large Trout making use of Berkley Gulp! he received an extra $ 100 Cabela’s gift card from Berkley.

Every of the Cabela’s IFA Redfish Tour 18 regular-period occasions will commence on Saturday with the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Offered by Hobie Fishing contested the following day (Sundays). In its 2nd season, the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Offered by Hobie will function 18 regular-period, catch-photograph-release occasions across six various division (mirroring the IFA Redfish Tour format, spot and scheduling) as effectively as incredibly profitable payouts and expanded fishing opportunities for non-motorized fishing crafts.

The redfish/trout tournament will pay out 20 places (based mostly on a 100-boat field) plus Big Redfish, Big Trout and Junior Angler Awards. The winner will consider residence a Hobie Mirage Pro-Angler valued at $ two,399, 2nd location prize will be a $ 1,000 Hobie cash and 3rd area $ 500 Hobie dollars. New for 2011, kayak anglers can consider advantage of the Angler’s Advantage program. Anglers who take part in the plan can pay an extra $ 25 entry payment, which is paid back at a hundred % to participants, based mostly on location of end. Profitable contingency packages added for 2011 contain $ fifty prize to the team claiming the huge fish award in an IFA Redfish Tour event if the fish is landed with an EGO Net, $ 25 prize for each the large redfish and huge trout in IFA Kayak Tour occasions $ 250 prize to a qualifying winning staff which competes from a boat outfitted with OPTIMA Batteries PENN reels for tournament-winning anglers who compete with PENN reels.

The IFA Redfish and IFA Kayak Tours continues to draw redfish anglers from Texas to the Carolinas and past, supplying anglers the option to compete in six various divisions, each and every providing a 3-celebration normal season. Low entry service fees for the 1-day, normal-season tournaments permits anglers to fish shut to home and decrease costs, while nevertheless currently being a component of a premier inshore, catch-and-release redfish tournament organization. Teams fishing any three of the IFA’s 18 standard-period activities are instantly competent for a no-entry-charge championship celebration, pitting qualifiers from each and every of the 6 divisions for money and prize packages, as nicely as a shot at the coveted Total Divisional Team of the Year Award for the 6 standard-time division winners.

For more data or to become a member of the IFA, the fastest-developing inshore fishing tournament series in the United States, go online to www.redfishtour.com or www.ifakayakfishingtour.com. To uncover more about kayaking and Hobie Fishing go to www.hobiefishing.com.

IFA events are made possible by way of the sponsorship and continued help of the fishing industry’s most respected brands: Ranger Boats, Hobie Fishing, Cabela’s, Berkley, Gulp!, PENN reels, Yamaha Outboards, Columbia Sportswear, Minn Kota, Humminbird, OPTIMA Batteries, Energy-Pole, Wrap This, Charter Lakes Marine Insurance, Blue Point Fabrication, EGO Nets, Bob’s Device Shop, 321fish.com, Kayak Angler Magazine, Loadmaster, Powertex Group, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, and Coffee Bluff Marina.

IFA Atlantic Division
Savannah, Ga. (Top rated ten)
one. Nathan Raycroft – 34 inches

2. Robby Freeman – 29 inches

three. Justin Carter – 28.five inches

4. Dave Jaskiewicz – 27.25 inches

5. Dolphin Hamilton – 26.five inches

six. Trey Leggett – 26.five inches

7. Larry Hancock – 22.875 inches

8. Christopher Chappell – 21.five inches

9. Stephen Yurkevicius – 19.375 inches

10. John Chapman – 19.25 inches

$ one hundred Berkley Gulp! Massive Redfish Award + $ one hundred Cabela’s present card: Nathan Raycroft (34 inches)

$ one hundred Berkley Gulp! Big Trout Award + $ 100 Cabela’s present card: Stephen Yurkevicius (19.375 inches)

$ a hundred Junior Angler Prize: Max Lenk (16.5-inch trout)

$ 25 EGO Nets Award: Nathan Raycroft