Last Year’s Tournament – June 2012
Click here to download this year’s 2012 Potomac Snakehead Tournament Flyer
Click here to download the Snakehead Wanted Poster
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Open to Hook and line and Bow Fishing. Participants can fish anywhere on the tidal Potomac in Maryland and/or Virginia.
The tournament is open to anyone with a valid Maryland or Virginia Fishing license.
A percentage of the tournament profits will be donated to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to help fight invasive species in the Potomac River watershed.
CASH AND PRIZES
The Potomac Snakehead Tournament will award $1,500 to the 1st place team with the heaviest total harvest of Snakeheads. A second cash prize will be awarded for the heaviest single snakehead. Remaining cash prizes will depend on the number of entries for the event. A generous raffle will be held for tournament participants and a percentage of tournament profits will be donated to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to help fight invasive species in the Potomac River watershed.
All participants must read and agree to the Tournament Rules and Regulations and sign the Liability Release.
TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEE
$50.00 per person for advanced on-line registration on or before June 1, 2012 (SAVE $10!)
$60.00 for walk-up registration on June 2, 2012, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. (Cash Only)
EVENT SCHEDULE
View the full Schedule of Events
LOCATION
Smallwood State Park
2750 Sweden Point Road
Marbury, Maryland 20658
GUEST SPEAKERS
Joseph W. Love, Ph.D. Tidal Bass Manager, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Joshua J. Newhard, Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Steve Vilnit, Fisheries Marketing Director, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
GUEST CHEF
Chad Wells, Executive Chef, Alewife, Baltimore, MD
Chef Wells is an avid angler and has been known for his creative utilization of Snakeheads to help educate the dining audience on its great flavor. He believes that eating Snakeheads is a commercially viable plan to fight this invasive species. Chef Wells will prepare a tasting for our tournament participants, so don’t miss this awesome treat!
TOURNAMENT GOALS
The team at Whackfactor Outdoors created the Potomac Snakehead Tournament to achieve the following goals:
- Promote the sport fishing of snakeheads to reduce the population of these fish in the Potomac and its tributaries.
- Raise public awareness of snakeheads as a high quality, commercially viable, food source.
- Support the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in its efforts to combat invasive species throughout the Potomac River watershed.
For more information about Whackfactor Outdoors, please visit our website at: www.WhackfactorOutdoors.com. For questions about the tournament, please contact Austin Murphy (austin.murphy@potomacsnakehead.com), Tournament Director, Potomac Snakehead Tournament.
Snakehead Tournament September 2011
Read the Official 2011 Tournament Press Release (PDF)
Download the 2011 Tournament Flyer (PDF)
LOCATION
Smallwood State Park
2750 Sweden Point Road
Marbury, Maryland 20658
GUEST SPEAKERS
Joseph W. Love, Ph.D. Tidal Bass Manager, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Joshua J. Newhard, Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
GUEST CHEF
Chad Wells, Executive Chef, Alewife, Baltimore, MD
Chef Wells is an avid angler and has been known for his creative utilization of Snakeheads to help educate the dining audience on its great flavor. He believes that eating Snakeheads is a commercially viable plan to fight this invasive species. Chef Wells will prepare a tasting for our tournament participants, so don’t miss this awesome treat!
TOURNAMENT GOALS
The team at Whackfactor Outdoors created the Potomac Snakehead Tournament to achieve the following goals:
- Promote the sport fishing of snakeheads to reduce the population of these fish in the Potomac and its tributaries.
- Raise public awareness of snakeheads as a high quality, commercially viable, food source.
- Support the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in its efforts to combat invasive species throughout the Potomac River watershed.