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The Jim Baugh Rockfish Holiday

The Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament Oyster Bash and Pig Pickin.

Annual Tournament Results:

The Jim Baugh Rockfish Holiday Fishing Tournament Dec. 13 2006

1st Place

Billy Seymoure- 52pounds, 14 ounces

Prize, one Suzuki Four Stroke Engine and tackle pak

2nd Pace

Robert Huges- 50 pounds, two ounces

Prize, one Suzuki Four Stroke Engine and tackle pak

3d place

Chesapeake Angler Magazine, Max King Team, 40 pounds

Prize, tackle pak.

The fifth annual Jim Baugh Rockfish Holiday was fortunate to have been blessed with very calm seas. The trade off was 0 visibility. The fog was thick as pea soup, and it lasted all day. Heading up the Chesapeake it cleared some, we have a picture above to show just how much it had cleared up. All you can see is the bottom of the ship, that is about it. I fished the tournament all day, and ran 100% by radar, nothing else. There was just nothing to see except fog. This was one of the more interesting trips for sure. We were landing 34 inch Rockfish and 14 pound Bluefish all the while being surrounded by military and container ships in high traffic areas near the channel, with only our electronics to guide us. Exciting to say the least. Those fog horns sure can sound lound sometimes!

54 boats weathered the fog to try and catch the largest fish for this tournament. The Jim Baugh Rockfish Holiday is a FREE tournament with over $2000.00 in prizes. There is no registration, simply weigh your fish in Hampton before 5pm on tournament day. Afterwards we all hooked up at Marker 20 for a fresh Rockfish and Bluefish dinner and filmed a cooking segment.

The smallest fish weighed in for this event was 18.5 pounds. There were three fish over twenty pounds weighed, and most of the fish were 25 to over 50 pounds. Many anglers had fish in the thirty pound class, however once the top two placements were recorded at over 50 pounds, many did not choose to come back for the official weigh in. The top three fish were just to big!! These were the largest top three winning Rockfish to be weighed in the Chesapeake Bay for a tournament during 2006.

Just awesome catches!! Nov. and Dec. have certainly proved to be excellent times to be fishing out of Hampton VA.

We would like to thank everyone for participating and hope to see everyone again next year. Just log on to this page for further info.

Jim Baugh

Top two placements won a DF 2.5 Suzuki Four Stroke Engine.

Jim Baugh Rockfish Holiday 2006

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Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament

Oyster Bash and Pig Picking

Nov.18, 2006

1st place winners, David Raeford. $3,900 cash, One Suzuki Four HP Four Stroke Engine,

$500 Bass Pro certificate, and a Gold Watch from Goodman and Sons Jewelers

Weight of fish, 37 pounds 12 1\2 ounces

2nd place David Raeford Pay out was $300 plus $500 Bass Pro

certificate. Weight- 34.2 pounds

(David won multiple catorgies including the Calcutta winning his team a total of $6,600.00!!)

3d place. Geoff Sheepers, weight- 31.4pounds. Pay out was $155

4th place, Steve Anderson. Weight-27.2 pounds,

5th place, Micheal Howard, weight-26.9 pounds

6th place, Geoff Sheepers, weight- 26.5 pounds

7th place, Mike Harvey, weight-24.7 1\2 pounds

8th place, Mike Harvey, weight- 19.4 pounds

9th place, Scott Davenport, weight-19.2 pounds

10th place, Scott Davenport-18.15 pounds

Longest Length Fish- goes to Geoff Sheepers with 45 1\4 inches. Wins one Suzuki Four Stroke Engine.

The 2006 event started the week off with a blow of 25 to 30 knots and tornado warnings. The weather had subsided late in the week, then kicked back up to a small craft advisory all day Friday and most of the tourney day. Four to five foot seas held a lot of the small boat entrants from fishing, the Chesapeake was just to rough-AGAIN!!!

With 20 boats entered in the event, the pay out was $8000.00 in cash and prizes. The $30,000 prize for the new state record was eluded once again. The size of this years catch was across the board larger than the 2005 tournament. All placement fish went from 18 to close to 38 pounds.

This year we changed the rules a bit to enable each fishing team to enter two fish, the two largest fish caught that day. This meant that entrants could win in multiple cataorgies increasing the prize structure. We had three teams win in multiple catagories!! One team placed in three catagories, Geoff Sheepers. Geoff's team won in 6th and third place as well as the longest fish division!! Congrads Geoff!!

The tournament party was open to the public and held on Queens Way in downtown Hampton complete with a huge Oyster Bash, Pig Picken, Beer Truck, Fire barrels, and the Freeborn Blues Band! A great time was had by all!.

We Would Like To Thank !!!!!!!!

Big thanks to our major sponsors, Hampton CVB (Sallye, Mary, Ryan, everyone at HCVB for making this event possible) And Suzuki Marine. A special thanks to our vendors, Whalens Marine, BlueGreen Resort, Bass Pro, Chesapeake Angler Magazine, and WVEC ch 13. We would also like to thank Karen Benson at Cox Cable and the Hot Ticket TV Show, Freeborn Blues Band, Temple Catering, Budwiser, Beverly at Ch 47, Sue Bates at the Radisson Hotel, Art Thatcher Hampton Parks and Recs,Thanks also to Scott at Celebrations by the Bay and the VA Air and Space Center, a great job at setting up the block party!! Also a special thanks to Chris our Hampton weigh master, Sunset Boating Center, and Steve & Connie at Long Bay Point Bait and Tackle, Scott Marshall with Berkley Trilene, Pyrate Pete Photography, Videographer Scean Finnegan and Ben Baugh for his stage assistance. Would also like to acknowledge Tina Turner for her special on stage appearance. Ruff Ruff.

We will have the 2007 registration up during September of 2007 here on this site. The 2007 event will have extended hours for the Oyster Bash, check back for details.

See everyone next year!!!!

Jim Baugh

Tournament Director

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The Jim Baugh Rockfish Holiday Fishing Tournament 2005

Wed. Dec.14th. Hampton Virginia

This was the third annual Jim Baugh Rockfish Holiday held at Sunset Boating

Center in Hampton Virginia. This is a FREE tournament with no entry fee that is

open to all Chesapeake Bay fisherman, boats can leave from any location and even fish

the ocean off of NC. This years prizes were two Suzuki Four Stroke 4 hp outboard engines,

and Abu Garcia fishing Reel, and a dinner gift certificate from The Waterman's Restaurant.

Here are the winners and the story.

1st place

Darek Dabbs. 33 pound Rockfish caught on a dead Eel.

Prize, Suzuki Engine, Waterman's Restaurant Certificate.

2nd place

Captain Lee Shuler, 30 pound Rockfish with a length of 46 inches

Prize, Suzuki Engine, & one Abu Garcia fishing reel

It was a photo finish. Captain Lee made it to the weigh in at 3:57, with only two minutes to spare.

Those two minutes won Capt Lee a brand new Suzuki engine and an Abu Garcia fishing reel. The weather was

snotty, a small craft advisory most of the week with NE winds. A choppy day that produced some really nice fish.

The winning fish was caught on a dead Eel, and the second place fish was caught on an umbrella rig. Capt. Lee fished Five

Umbrella rigs all day, had a nice cooler of Rockfish to show for it.

Thanks to the City of Hampton and Suzuki Marine for making this tournament possible, and special thanks to Cindy at Sunset Boating Center and Ryan at Hampton River Bait and Tackle for once again being weighmaster.

See everyone next year, and happy Holiday!!

Jim Baugh

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Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament

Oyster Bash and Pig Picking

2005

Saturday Nov. 19 4:30 am, close to $42,000 was up for grabs and the

Total payout for the 2005 Tournament was

$11,681.00, These were some happy Rockfisherman!!

1st place winners David Mitchell, fishing the Hampton CVB Team. Pay out was $3,500, a $1000

Bass Pro certificate, and a Gold Watch from Goodman and Sons Jewelers Weight of fish, 34 1\2 pounds

2nd place Mike Harvey (above) Pay out was $1,071 plus $275 Bass Pro

certificate. Weight- 34 1\2\ pounds

3d place. Bryan Hannum, weight- 31 pounds. Pay out was $485 plus $225 Bass Pro Certificate.

Bryan also won longest length fish (44inches) winning Bryan a new Suzuki

four stroke 4hp engine. Bryan also won the Calcutta worth $2250

4th place, Richard Backus. Weight-27 pounds, pay out was $200

5th place, Jerry Harris, weight-24 pounds, pay out was $175

6th place, David Raeford, weight- 23 1\2 pounds, pay out was $150

7th place, Scott Davenporth, weight-22 1\2 pounds, pay out was $125

8th place, Leo Joyal, weight- 21 pounds, pay out was $100

9th place, Joe Ellis, weight-19 pounds, pay out was $75

10th place, Keith Condrey, weight-18 1\2 pounds, pay out was $50

Forty teams fished for a total pay out of close to $42,000.

This included a $30,000 prize for the new Virginia state record Rockfish. Only two weeks prior to the event two fish came close to breaking the record, both caught in the upper Bay.

The first fish to be weighed was a beautiful 27 pound Rockfish caught by Richard Backus. At 3:15 in the afternoon, The Hampton CVB fishing team led by David Mitchell weighed in a whopping 34 1\2 pound Rockfish. Sixty minutes later, Mike Harvey weighed in yet another, 34 1\2 pound Rockfish!!!! Tournament rules stipulate that in the event of a tie, the first fish to be weighed will be determined the winner. Both were amazing catches. All top ten placements were quality fish between 18 to over 34 pounds, all excellent catches.

The tournament awards presentation was held in downtown Hampton on Queens Way. The Oyster Bash and Pig picking party started at 4pm, with live music by Don Butcher. Headling for the evening was the Freeborn Blues Band, which played to a packed crowed that was enjoying all you can eat oysters, fixed anyway you want them. We also had a large smoked pig that was completely eaten, only enough left for one barbecue sandwich for the tournament director. The catering was presented by Tempe Farms Catering, and they did a fantastic job!!! Also on hand was a beer truck, and many sponsored booths including Hampton CVB, Sunset Boating Center, Berkley, Johnson Family Boating and Century Boats, Bass Pro, WVEC ch 13, the US Coast Guard, and the Chesapeake Angler Magazine, Suzuki and Whalens Marine. The tournament party lasted until 9:30pm.

This was the first year that we had good weather for the tournament. Light winds only 5-10 knots kept everyone happy. This tournament was the largest group of Rockfish to be weighed for 2005. Most of the top placement were using live Eels for bait and fished the high rise section of the Bay Bridge Tunnel.

The Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament Oyster Bash and Pig Picking would not be possible with out it's strong sponsor support. We would like to greatly acknowledge and thank all of those who supported our event this year.

First and foremost,

Hampton CVB and the City of Hampton,

Sunset Boating Center, Johnson Family Boating and Century Boats, Suzuki Marine, Bass Pro, WVEC ch 13, The Chesapeake Angler Magazine, Goodman and Sons Jewelers, The Radisson Hotel, and Saddle Ridge

I would also like to especially thank

Sally, Mary, and Ryan at Hampton CVB. Carlyle Bland from Marker 20 and Eventmakers, Jerry Aycock\Eventmakers, Dennis Nate\Eventmakers, Sean Finnegan, Randy Temple, Reany Martin Hampton Public Piers, US Coast Guard Aux., Don Butcher, Danny and everyone with the Freeborn Blues Band, Art Thatcher Hampton Parks and Rec., Captain Bill Parkerson, Ryan Waynewright Hampton River Bait and Tackle, & The Ocean Eagle.

We look forward to seeing everyone next year, any questions about this years even feel free to e mail me at jbp100@comcast.net

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Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament and Oyster Bash

2004

Winner 1st place

Mike Miller \ 19 pound Rockfish

Prize \ $400.00 Cash + $1000.00 BPS certificate

2nd place

Jim Pitsillides \16 1\2 pound Rockfish

Prize $100.00 cash + $200.00 BPS certificate

3d place

Mark McIlwean \ 9.14 Pound Rockfish

Prize $50.00 cash + $200 BPS certificate

Longest Length Rockfish 35 3\4 inches caught by Jim Pitsillides

Prize One Susuki four HP four stroke engine

Combined Weight Prize 25.7 pounds \Jim Pitsillides

Prize $100.00 Cash plus one Suzuki four HP four stroke engine

Ladies Prize went to Ms. Pitsillides, prize $250.00 cash, sponsored by the Sportsman's Magazine

Oyster bash Pics

The 2004 tourney Oyster Bash held Saturday night featured all you can eat oysters, NC barbecue, hamburgers & Hot dogs, a beer truck, fire barrel and music by the Don Butch experience. A good time was had by all, and the Oysters were fantastic.

Bad weather Pic

Well, once again our Rockfish tourney was plagued with bad weather. NOAA forecast for Saturday called for a gail warning with six to eight foot seas. The tourney held to the Chesapeake Bay Tournaments Weather Regulations and postponed the tourney until Sunday. The Sunday forecast called for 15 to 20 knot wind in the morning and then the wind would lay down by mid day. The tourney committee took out the JBO show boat on Saturday to the mouth of Hampton Roads in about a 35 mph wind. There were five foot seas near the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. The pic above is all we could shoot, it is the Pursuit leaning heavy to one side in a following sea.

Due to the weather forecast, most small boaters did not enter the tourney, total entries was 18. Down from 50 entries the previous year. Out of the 18 entries, only 13 boats fished.

The key to holding a tournament based out of Hampton is that much of Hampton Roads in a North wind is fishable on the lee side. The fact is that a lot of nice fish were caught in this event, and most of the quality fish came from the Hampton Roads area from the HRBT to the MMBT.

Hats off to Mike Miller and his brave crew of one who did venture out early on Sunday to fish the third island of the CBBT. It took Mike Miller over 2 \1\2 hours to get to the third Island, however it was there where he caught the 19 pound winning Rockfish.

We are all hoping that our forth year, 2005 event, we will be blessed with light south west winds. But as Mike Miller says,

"You are not Rockfishing unless you are on your knees"

Mike has now placed in all three of the Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournaments. Two weeks after the event, he also placed fifth in the Wallaces Rockfish tourney held in Hampton VA.

Weigh In Pics

We would like to thank our sponsors for this year event as well as everyone who participated

Everyone at Hampton CVB (especially Sallye, Mary, Ryan, Chris, & Carolyn), the city of Hampton, Suzuki, Bass Pro Shops (Doug Smith), Wavey tv 10, WSLS TV 13 (Elizabeth, Alisha, and the noon crew) The Sportsman's Magazine,(Jerry Aycock & Sheri Carneal), The Cousteau Society,(Bob Steel) Don Butcher, Tim Steel, Downtown Hampton Development Partnership (John Sandhoffer), Bill Parkinson, Downtown Hampton Public Piers, Kevin Johnson Catering, Customs House Marina, Wayne Baker, The Radisson Hotel Hampton, Berkley (Scott Marshall), Wallaces Marina.

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Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament and Oyster Bash

2003

(CLICK HERE for pictures)

Winners

1st place adult
Jim Freeman \45 inches\29.5 pounds
PRIZE: $1200.00 case + $1200.00 BPS gift certificate + $200.00 Boaters World gift certificate + one new Suzuki four hp four stroke engine. Over $4000.00 in cash and prizes. Jim and his crew will be featured on the DEC. issue of the Sportsman's Mag.

2nd place
Mike Miller \39 inches\23.6 pounds
PRIZE: $400.00 cash + $500.00 BPS gift certificate + $150.00 Boaters World gift certificate.

3d place
Harry Johnson \37 inches\18.9 pounds
PRIZE: $150 cash + $300.00 BPS gift certificate
4th place
Jim Pitsillides \36 inches \15.1 pounds

5th place
Steve Anderson \37 inches\15 pounds
PRIZE: $200 BPS gift certificate

YOUTH DIVISION
1st place
Captain Ken Freeman (charter) 33.1\2 inches \11.7 pounds
PRZE: $75.00 Cash + $250.00 BPS + fishing rod

2nd place
Michael Diggs \23inches \4.9 pounds
PRIZE: $40.00 cash + $100BPS gift certificate + fishing rod

3d place
Taylor Blackwell \20 inches\2 pounds
PRIZE: $50BPS gift certificate + fishing rod

First Fish Weighed In Prize
Robert Atkin \25 1.4 inches \5.3pounds. Weighed in a 7:25am
PRIZE: $350.00 Boaters World gift certificate.

All winners received a trophy and a Hampton gift basket from the Hampton CVB. All entrants were also given two tickets for the Oyster Bash party Saturday night.

50 boats and over 230 anglers fished both the Hampton Roads area and the Chesapeake Bay in search of Rockfish. Big fish came from the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and the third island of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. The wind was heavy with a N to NE wind blowing 15 to 20 knots. The Bay was rough however the cool front and the wind brought the Rockfish in the Bay biting hard. This event truley kicked off the season with a bang. There were other tournaments held the same day and also produced big fish. November and December still prove to be the best time to fish the Chesapeake for big Rockfish.

Some interesting facts about this years event.

* The winner of this years tourney also placed in the 2002 Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament. The Boaters World certificate they won in the 2002 event they used to purchase some Stretch 25's. The lure that was purchased with last years winning certificate was the lure that the 29.5 winning fish hit on for this 2003 Rockfish tournament and won the event.

* Both the first and second place winners were Custom House Marina Boats. The actual third largest Rockfish caught was a 19 pounder caught on the Sagres. Had the Sagres not weighed in their previous 10 pound catch, the Sagres would have placed third and Custom House Marina vessels would have taken the top three placements.

* While fishing near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, one boat caught a five foot Conger Eel. Now that would be a big Rockfish bait.

* There were no Oysters left at the end of the tournament party. The few bags that were left went for 20 bucks with 250 Oysters in each bag. Now that is a lot of shucking.

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Get Hooked On Hampton Spring Open 2003

WINNERS

* Flounder, five pounds four ounces. Cash prize $700.00. Capt. Frank Belton

* Rockfish, twelve pounds four and one quarter ounces. Cash Prize $250.00 Capt. Jim Wharton

* Croaker, two pounds six ounces. Cash Prize $250.00 Capt. Kathy Odom

* Trout, six pounds five ounces. Cash Prize $200.00. Capt David Wylie

* Oyster Toad, two pounds one half ounce. Cash Prize $50.00. Capt Paul Anderson

LARGEST OVERALL FISH

Rockfish, 12 pounds 4 1\4 ounce, Capt. Jim Wharton

Once again the strong South West winds blew 20 to 25 knots with heavy thunderstorms developing by late afternoon. Six foot seas were reported by anglers who fished the east side of the Bay. Although the wind blew, the fish did turn on and the bite was strong. Several Trout were weighed in the four to five pound class and several boats limited out on Rockfish at the CBBT. All in all a good turn out with some brave and sea worthy captains at the helm. The 2004 Spring Open will be held later in June to hopefully take advantage of better weather.

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Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament 2002

WINNERS

1st place, $1000.00cash & $250 Boaters World gift certificate
Matt Hardison
Hamden-Sydney Virginia
Winning Weight 5.8 1\2 pounds

2d place $200.00cash $ $150.00 Boaters World gift certificate
Bill Tice
Hampton VA
Winning Weight 5.6 1\2 pounds

3d Place $100.00cash & $75.00 Boaters World gift certificate
Jim Freeman
Hampton VA
Winning Weight 5.4 1\2 pounds

4th place Abu Garci Fishing Reel
Mike Miller
Hampton VA
Winning Weight 5.3 pounds

5th place Abu Garcia Fishing Reel
Leonard Gandy
Hampton VA
Winning Weight 4.8 1\2

YOUTH Division
1st place $150.00cash & $150.00 Boaters World gift certificate
Chris Hall
Hampton VA
Winning Weight 5.4 pounds

2nd place $100.00cash & $75.00 Boaters World gift certificate
Tiera Belton
Hampton VA
Winning Weight 2.8 pounds

3d Place $75.00cash & $25.00 Boaters World gift certificate
Isah Belton
Hampton VA
Winning Weight 1 pound

Longest Fish, 26 inches, $200.00 Cash

Chris Hall

All total there were 107 anglers, 20% of which were 16 years of age or younger. Over 40 fish were caught, most of which were schooling fish. Several larger fish in the 30 to 35 inch class were caught, however lost during attempting to land the fish.

The weather was not with us during this event, the wind blew a steady 20 knots, with three to even four foot seas in the Hampton Roads area. A lot of boats called it a day by noon, due to rough water conditions.

The Youth division had a good showing for this first year event, with over 20% of the anglers competing for the Youth Division.

There were many entrants from outside the Hampton VA area. Participants came from area's such as Richmond, Midlothian, Yorktown, Paqosen, Newport News, Powattan, Va Beach, and Chesterfield. However all the Placement winners were from the Hampton VA area.

Jim Baugh Outdoors will feature this event in one of it's new programs for the 2003 season. The program will also be posted on the Jim Baugh Outdoors web site to view all year long.

MANY thanks to Hampton CVB and all the participating sponsors who helped make this first tournament such a success!!