2nd Annual Potomac Snakehead Tournament!

The 2nd Annual Potomac Snakehead Tournament will soon be here! The 2012 Potomac Snakehead Tournament is open to anyone with a valid Maryland or Virginia Fishing license. Participants can win cash and prizes for the heaviest fish and overall total weight. Participants can fish, hook and line or bow fishing, beginning June 2, 2011, at 6 p.m. until June 3, 2012, at 12:30 p.m., anywhere on the tidal Potomac in Maryland or Virginia. Cost to enter is $50 online registration by June 1, 2012, or $60 day of the tournament. 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. The Tournament is presented by Whackfactor Outdoors, LLC, with sponsorship from Profish, Alewife Baltimore, Flying Dog Brewery, and Swann Construction Inc.

Official tournament events will take place at Smallwood State Park, 2750 Sweden Point Road, Marbury, MD 20658. All participants are strongly encouraged attend the pre-tournament conference at 5 p.m. June 2, 2012. Guest speakers will include Joseph W. Love, Ph.D. Tidal Bass Manager, Maryland Department of Natural Resources; and Joshua J. Newhard, Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Steve Vilnit, Fisheries Marketing Director, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Chad Wells, Executive Chef, Alewife, Baltimore, MD, will prepare and present a snakehead tasting from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on June 3, 2012. Also included in the tasting, blue catfish, provided by ProFish and prepared by the Whackfactor Outdoors Pro-Staff, and a Flying Dog Beer sampling (ages 21+ participants).

Potomac Snakehead Tournament 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 full details on this tournament and to register, please visit the Whackfactor Outdoors website at:http://www.potomacsnakehead.com/

For more information on the tournament sponsors, see http://www.profish.com/,http://www.alewifebaltimore.com/, http://www.flyingdogales.com/,