Captain's Meeting:
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Fishing Days:
February 28 & March 1, 2009
Events Calendar:
Checkout
the list of event times and dates: captain’s meeting, fishing days, awards
ceremony and the Kid’s Fishing Challenge. Click
here
Prizes & Awards:
We paid out over $190,000 in 2008! Checkout this
year’s prize and award divisions: Billfish Division, Fun Fish, The Challenge,
Fort Knox & Pirate’s Chest. Click
here
About Us:
The Capt. Bob Lewis Billfish Challenge is an open event.
Anyone can participate. Read More
Thanks to Pat
Ford for providing many of the images used in our new header.
16th Annual Capt. Bob Lewis
Boat Center / Yamaha
Billfish Challenge
February 26 through March 1, 2009
OVER $650,000 PAID OUT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS!!!
Please see above for photos and video from the 2008 event which was held Saturday November 8th, 2008 at Tropical Park in Miami, FL
Come Join the Fun!
Last year, more than 200 kids, many of whom had never fished, got to learn the ways of
the rod and reel -- and enjoy a picnic lunch -- under a cloudless sky.
We had Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, new faces and old faces all joining the fun. With the help of 28 volunteers, they learned how to cast, tie knots,
bait hooks and reel in fish -- maybe not big ones, but big enough to pull on the
line.
"This is about getting kids fishing" according to Judy Lewis. Her late husband was a South Florida fishing pioneer who developed the fishing
kite -- a mainstay in all South Florida billfish tournaments. Lewis ran the kite-making business after her husband's death in 1997, but recently retired and closed it down. The fishing tournament, scheduled for Feb. 28-March 2, is entering its 14th
year.
