SWEETHEART COUPLES TOURNAMENT

Sweetheart Couples Tournament  May 21 at Laishley Crab House

The third annual Sweetheart Couples Tournament was once again a great success.  Billed as a fun, friendly weekend of fishing with your sweetheart, the couples tournament lived up to the goal.  62 couples kicked off the event with a special welcome dinner at the Laishley Crab House. During the dinner couples received their gift bags, a custom canvas boat & beach bag with the Sweetheart Couples logo.  They also recieved limited edition T shirts, pink for the ladies, white for the guys,  also included was a logoed fishing towel provided by Rapid Graphix.  The highlight of the evening was the his & hers raffle with a table full of great prizes for the ladies, and a table for the guys too.

Saturday morning, couples were treated to coffee, juice, and donuts in the morning before the 7am start. All of our couples took off in search of 1 trout and 1 redfish to see who would become this year's Sweetheart Couples Tournament Champions.  As the scales opened plenty of couples had at least of of the two required fish. In total,39 couples entered a trout, 36 couples entered a redfish, with 30 teams entering both fish. 

Part of the fun of the Couples tournament is the fact that in addition to awarding prizes for the top 10 places, Prizes are also awarded to several random places such as 15th, 20th, and 25th places. Fun awards such as Ladies Heaviest Redfish and Ladies Heaviest Trout and the infamous Couple with the Lightest Weight all add to the fun atmoshere of the event.

After the Weigh-In was complete, all of the couples gathered in the Laishley Park Community Room for an afternoon buffet and Awards Ceremony.  But as in any fishing tournament it all comes down to who catches the best fish.  This year the title of Sweetheart Couples Tournament Champions go to Brandon Tanksley and Jesse Daughtry who weighed in a combined weight of 9.81 lbs. highlighted by Jesse's 7.86 lb. redfish.

2011 Sweetheart Couples Tournament Final Results

2011 Sweetheart Couples Tournament Photo Gallery