Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association Inc.

Blacktip shark at the Willie Krause Memorial Reef.

Red Grouper and pink sponges on a reef ball site

Blue Angelfish and pink sponges on a reef ball

Warty Dorid, one of the rarest nudibranchs in the world, but sometimes common in our area.

2010 Kingfish Tournament News:

We had a great turn out even with the unfavorable weather forecast. Approximately 140 boats entered the tournament and the winners are:

Kingfish Category:

First Place Kingfish, 40.35 lbs for $3,000

Chris Diehl, Russell Stewart**, Miss Kingfish Katie Prince, Larry Lemieux*

Boat: Gag Reflex

2010 Second Place Kingfish
Second Place Kingfish, 38.6 lbs for $2,000

Back Row: Andy Williams, Monty Farrell

Front Row: Shawn Cooper*, Cres Farrell, Miss Kingfish Katie Prince, Zack Farrell**, Doug Lake

Boat: Just One More

Third Place Kingfish, 37.1 lbs for $1,000

Bob Cox**, Miss Kingfish Katie Prince, Jimmy Stephens*

Boat: BobCat

Largest Wahoo Category:

2010 Wahoo

Wahoo, 44.2 lbs for $1,000

Miss Kingfish Katie Prince, Scott Conyers, Jason Hines*, Tony Davis, Josh Conyers**

Boat: Salt Crusher

Spanish Category:

Spanish Mackerel, 5.25 lbs for $500

Miss Kingfish Katie Prince, Robbie Barkley, Michael Reddick, Bobbie Barkley, Ricky Rice, John Salter*, Guy Williams**

Boat: High Interest

*Caught Fish

**Boat Captain

The MBARA Kingfish Tournament wrapped up the Panhandle Kingfish Slam competition and the winner was Green Banana winning over $5,000 in cash and prizes from Blue Water Outriggers, Marquardt's Marina and MBARA.

All proceeds from the MBARA tournament will be used for building new reefs in the near future. Also, we received $1,250 in proceeds from the Bluewater Charity Classic Tournament from George Duren of Bluewater Outriggers to help us build more reefs.

Please mark your calendars and join us at our 2011 Kingfish Tournament on 26 & 27 August.