IFC Captain's Cup Sailfish Tournament

2024 IFC Captain's Cup Sailfish Tournament
January 16th kick off
Fishing on Wednesday, January 17th

2024 RESULTS

 

IFC Captain's Cup Dolphin Tournament

2024 IFC Captain's Cup Dolphin Tournament
June 26 & 27, 2024
 

2023 Results

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News & Updates (March 2024)

Thank you to all equity members who voted in this past election. Our current board members have been re-elected and they will continue to do a great job for the club.

Now that it is high season, we strongly recommend that all members make your dinner reservations, as far in advance as possible, or at a minimum of 24 to 48 hours in advance. We will gratefully accept last minute reservations with time and space availability being considered.

I would like to take this opportunity to invite our current members to our Annual Meeting on March 21st at 6:00 pm. This is an opportunity to meet your newly appointed  officers, here the status of the club and have a brief overview of the past year. Immediately following our annual meeting there will be a member appreciation party.

This will be a members only event. Construction progress is continuing as we finish up the underground work, and move into  some block work and building forms for the main level.

Once again Thank you to all our equity members who cast their ballots for our board of directors. The results are in and the current board was re-elected. I look forward to working alongside them to continue our efforts to provide our members with a great temporary location and an exciting future in our new building.

President: Joe Roth
1st Vice President: Ken Gentes
2nd Vice President: Allen Wood
Treasurer: Audra Hill-Wallace
Secretary: Cheryl Culberson
Membership: Tom Bray
Fishing: Steve Leopold & Dave Denkert
       Roger Young, Patti Stanley, Chris Trentine, Pete Pehrson

Sincerely,

Vinnie Feola
General Manager
Islamorada Fishing Club

2024 Captain's Cup Sailfish Tournament Winners!

Trophy Hunter wins Islamorada Fishing Club’s Captains Cup Sailfish Tournament

The Islamorada Fishing Club welcomed 68 anglers fishing on 19 boats for the Islamorada Fishing Club Captain’s Cup Sailfish Tournament on January 17th. Islamorada Fishing Club Member Captain Brian Cone led team Trophy Hunter to first place, also achieving the team’s second win in the three-leg Florida Keys Gold Cup Sailfish Championship.

The Trophy Hunter team released five sailfish between 8:45 and 11:13 a.m. on the contest’s single day of fishing to take and maintain the lead, landing the winner-take-all prize of $19,000. Trophy Hunter angler 13-year-old Andy Cone of Tavernier, FL, released two of the teams’ fish, Club member Mark Mitchell and Kenneth Padgett, both from Charlotte, North Carolina, and Club Member Travis Bennett of Tavernier, Florida, each released one sail, to round out the team’s winning five fish total.

Returning to the dock in second place with three sailfish was Captain Marty Lewis of Marathon, Florida, at the helm of Main One/Main Attraction. The team’s anglers were Mark Busch of Key Colony Beach, Florida; Ben Zdan, Ariel Medero, and Alex Lewis from Marathon; and Danny Lombardo of Islamorada.

In third was Captain Alex Adler of Islamorada and his crew aboard Kalex. The team, including Indiana anglers Chris Chastain, Allen Sutkowski, and Nathan Burns, along with Colby Mason of Islamorada, released two sailfish. 26 sailfish were released in the IFC Sailfish Tournament, which is the second leg of the annual three-event Florida Keys Gold Cup Championship series.

Festivities were held in the club’s temporary location while their gorgeous new building was being built. The Islamorada Fishing Clubs Captains Cup Dolphin tournament will be held on June 27th, 2024.