Beech Tree News Network

The Tackle the Green River Fishing Tournament took place this past weekend with a record-breaking 24 tagged fish caught! The weekend was an exciting one, made even more so by the promise of additional winnings, courtesy of Camping World, who sponsored numerous prizes for several drawings. Prizes were awarded for simply entering the Green River to fish, including $250 for the overall winner and $50 gift cards to Camping World for daily winners. 

Overall Winner: Shawn Elmore 

Sunday: Scott Dennis

Saturday: Cindy Cardwell

Friday: Scotty Simmons 

Prizes were also awarded for the largest fish caught. These were broken down into categories for veterans, youth and adults and were awarded for each day.

Veterans-each winning a $100 gift card to Camping World

Friday - Randy Woodcock 

Saturday - Ken Flewallen

Sunday - Jerry York

Youth-each winning a $50 gift card to Camping World 

Friday and Saturday-Julian Kimmel

Sunday-Cohyn Peach

Adult-1^st Place-$200, 2^nd place-$75, 3^rd place-$50

Friday 

1st - Randy Woodcock

2nd - Chad Cox 

3rd - Julian Kimmel

Saturday 

1st - Scotty Simmons 

2nd - Wayne Embry 

3rd - Vick Coots

Sunday

1st - Billy Brown 

2nd - Jerry York 

3rd - Eric Salmons 

Big fish weren’t the only one’s worth talking about. The smallest fish caught daily meant a $100 gift card to Camping World to the fisherman who caught it.

Winners  were: 

Friday - Jayden Jenkins

Saturday - Wick Hall 

Sunday - Phillip Lloyd

For those who came away without catching a tagged fish, there was still an opportunity to be a winner in the Goose Egg drawing. Daily winners received a $50 gift card to Camping World while the overall winner got $500! 

Overall Goose Egg - Garrett Embry

Sunday Goose Egg - Larry Dockery 

Saturday goose egg - Laura French 

Friday goose egg - Marsha Flewallen

The worth of the 24 tagged fish that were caught during the tournament will be revealed at closing ceremonies on Monday, July 4^th at 5:00 pm. Until then, the following fishermen will anxiously wait, wondering how much prize money their tagged fish will afford them.