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Update: June 16, 2008: The Results are in! Congratulations to all
participants and winners! Check out the gallery for new additions...
The 10th annual Boston Harbor Striper Shootout takes place Saturday, June
14. This charitable fishing tournament raises money for The Soldiers'
Home in Chelsea, a multifaceted health care facility providing quality
personal health care services to Massachusetts Veterans.
The Shootout is a spring tradition for local striper fishermen. Running
from 5 am to 5 pm and limiting fishing from Cape Ann to Situate, the Shootout
attracts over 50 boats whose crews compete for the $5,000 first place
cash prize and nine top finisher prizes. Last year there were 30 stripers
caught measuring longer than 40 inches, Team Osprey, with their 46-inch
stripe bass walked away, for the second year in a row, with the top prize
money.
Always an exciting tournament, it kicks off 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 tournament 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 salt water editor and writer,
Barry Gibson on Chuck DeStefano's Skip-A-Dory and Dave Sloan, On the Hook,
filmed segments for his television show.
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