ENSENADA TOURNEY IS BACK!—
The tournament July 22-23 is back after a three-year absence and has a new format, longer fishing hours, nine optional jackpots in three divisions, great hotel rates, and better summer dates for offshore fishing. As always we will be holding the event at the Hotel Coral, which is a self contained marina and hotel complex just north of Ensenada, less than an hours easy toll road drive south of the US border. The summer saltwater season is just now heating up with tuna starting to show, and Ensenada is the perfect mini-vacation fishing trip for you and your fishing buddies,




The cost is $100 per team member, and that allows you and your teammates to fish all three bass, tuna and yellowtail divisions. Yamaha Paydowns are first through third ($1,000, $500, $300) in all three divisions.



Based on 150 anglers, a low estimate, there is $5400 in payouts, plus a $1,000 team championship check and prize package of four Reactor Gravitron 2 watches.



Those amounts for first through third double with 300 anglers. There’s free drawings, a great venue at the Hotel Coral and Marina, sunny days and fantastic fishing await. Read more here, on the Coral event blog and in the pages of Western Outdoor News.




There are also options, which can be paid in cash on site, or you can call Ashley at WON to make other arrangements to pay your options in advance by check at Ashley@wonews.com

or (940) 366-0030 ext 38. Teams can add anglers in Ensenada, and pay in more options, but we will take cash only on site and you need to sign up in adva

It is advisable to make your hotel reservations immediately, as room are running out, Make sure to tell them you are booking for the WON tournament. It is necessary to have a passport for all travelers, fishing licenses for all anglers. Remember, all people on the boat must be registered team members at $100, including charter captains. The marina office will have all the ice, fishing licenses, snacks and Tecate beer on sale for your fishing. This is going to be the THE tournament of the summer and great fun in close-by Mexican waters at a first-rate hotel and marina.



PLAN NOW: HERE’S THE SCHEDULE/CONTACTS




Date: Friday and Saturday, July 22-23







Schedule: Check-in Friday, July 22, noon to 5:30 p.m., Seaguar Captains’ Meeting 5 to 7 p.m., teams released at end of captains meeting, weigh-in Saturday from 3-6, p.m., Yamaha awards Party and casual carne asada taco buffet, prizes, drawings at 7 p.m. or as soon as results are tabulated.








Format: Three divisions (bass, yellowtail, tuna). Top weight of three fish. Paydowns to third in each division. Optionals are $100, $200 and $300, cash only. Nine optionals total. 80 percent payback. Overall Team title based on points for each divisions (first is 50, second is 49 points and so on.)



Entry fee: $100 a person, two-man teams and larger. All boat passengers must be a team member. No exceptions.



Contacts: Pat McDonell, Director (949) 366-0030, ext 33 or pat@wonews.com. For signups, speak to Ashley at

Ashley@wonews.com

or (9400) 366-0030, ext. 38. Download entry forms here at www.wonews.com and mail in, or sign up here online via credit card. Optional pay-ins are by check via mail, or cash only at check-in. For hotel reservations, call the Hotel Coral 1 800 862 9020, the marina at 1 866-302 0066; from Mexico, call 01-800-026-3100. Website is

www.hotelcoral.com



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Hope to see you in Ensenada,




Pat McDonell

WON Editor and Ensenada Tournament Director