The Irv Fenton Memorial Rockfish Tournament concluded on December 31. This event was sponsored by Wilcox Bait and Tackle. Winners were determined by weight of the single heaviest fish.
Some impressive fish were weighed in. Fishing with live eels at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and along the Eastern Shore side of the bay produced most of the larger fish.
The winners:
1st: Ken Neill: 55 pounds
2nd: Wes Blow: 52 pounds 5 ounces
3rd: Tabb Bridges: 47 pounds 7 ounces
4th: Jerald Abraham: 45 pounds 4 ounces
5th: Kelsey Bridges: 45 pounds
6th: Rick Wineman: 43 pounds 5 ounces
7th: Charles Southall: 42 pounds 2 ounces
