b"2024 S ookS owdownn h(2 fish aggregate)Wholesome Win for Father & SonT he annual Snook Showdown continues to get the WPBFCproud of this kid, he spent out on the water with family & friends.This tournamentthe whole day on the water is free for club members to register, and it brings new membersand loved every minute. He into the club each year.The Showdown is held strategically inhelped pack and plan the mid-September so anglers can fish during snook season,trip, named our team, helped 1st Place:with the early phases of the mullet runwith everything on the boat,Team Mullet Muncher Masters Mullet Munchergoing on.This often means theres plentylearned so much, caught us bait,highlights a catch by Pee Wee of bait to throw a net on, and ensuresjumped his first tarpon, and Masters were not targeting fish spawning in thelanded his first snook! Grover Weiss, one of several snook inlets for the sake of the tournament.Every team that caught acaught during the Showdown.2nd Place:Participants had to submit video ofsnook was eligible for the Lucky Snook Bonus.The prize was a Thumpers the fish on top of their measuringloaded box of high-quality Yo-Zuri lures and leader.Robert 3rd Place:device, with a pinched tail.Carlson and team Snack ThumpWinners were decided by aTime won the prize pack by Junkies teams best 2 fish aggregaterandom draw.length.Its important for the Club Teams were eligible to fish either Saturday or Sunday of theto produce programming of Snook Showdown.Matt & Kim Siegert and Dan Miller of teaminterest to the inshore seg-Knot My Problem submitted the first snook of the tournament justment of the membership. after 2 am that Saturday.This was also the single biggest fish ofWe always want there to be the Showdown, measuring 42 inches.Knot My Problem fishedan activity tailored toward all day, submitting their last fish at 10:26 pm.each member so they can be Fishing inshore is a nice change of pace for anglers like Mattinvolved.The simplicity of Bower, who had fished offshore in the club's Wahoo Series thethe Showdown makes for aThump Junkie, Matt Bower fights a snook Saturday before.Matt fished solo as team Thump Junkies fromfun day of fishing. from atop a Lake Worth Lagoon bridge.local bridges.Snook are accessible from the beach, out on the boat, from a kayak, or from structures like piers & bridges; the Showdown is very inclusive this way.Thump Junkies finished 3rd overall with a 38.5 & 33 snook for a 71.5 inch aggregate.Both of Matts fish were caught and released on an artificial lure.An-drew Schumacher and team Thumpers were on the water bright and early Saturday morning.They entered a 36 Andrewfish by 8am, and upd their game to a 38 fish come Schumacher,noontime. Thumpers held the lead almost all Teamday Saturday, but would finish 2nd place Thumpers overall with a 74 inch aggregate.The winning team got it done in exemplarily WPBFC fashion, with some father & son family fishing.PeeWee member Grover Weiss and his father Charlie won the 2024 Showdown as team Mullet Muncher Masters with a 75 inch ag-gregate, getting their final snook at 11:19 pm that Saturday to pass Thumpers for the lead by just one inch.Charlie commented, Im so"