8th Annual Catfish Festival Sponsored by the Lake Tawakoni Regional Chamber of Commerce
and City of West Tawakoni will be held on May 17, 2008 in West Tawakoni City Park.
Events and Activities include: Vendors, Arts & Crafts, Kid’s Fish, Catfish Cook-Off, Cabela’s
King Kat Trail Tournament, Miss Lake Tawakoni Pageant, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo and Giant Bounce
House and Slide.
The Catfish Cook-Off starts at 10:30 a.m. Entry fee is $25 with First Place prize of $500.
Miss Lake Tawakoni Pageants entry fee is $25 and includes Pee Wee Miss Lake Tawakoni – 1 to 4 years,
Little Miss Lake Tawakoni – 5 to 8 years, Pre-Teen Miss Lake Tawakoni 9 to 12 years.
There will be a Free Pet Show. Bring your Pet at 2:00 p.m.
You can enter Cabela’s King Kat Tournament Trail online at www.kingkatusa.com or call
270-395-6774. There will be $5,000 in prizes to top 15% of Field.
For more information about the Catfish Festival or to reserve a booth, call Cindy Johnson at 903-447-3020.
Email your local event or fund raiser to Lake Tawakoni Online.
The Cabela's King Kat tournament trail will be held on Lake Tawakoni
May 17th, 2008. This is the opportunity for local and regional catfish
anglers to compete for cash, prizes and a chance to advance to the
Cabela's King Kat Classic to be held at Henderson, Kentucky September
26 & 27, 2008. (Guaranteed payback of $5,000.00 to the top 15% of
the field)
The Cabela's King Kat Tournament Trail is the opportunity for catfish
anglers and clubs to advance to a new level with a major payback
and recognition for their abilities. The trail is a team event.
Teams will consist of one or two persons with one exception. A third
person may accompany the team provided the third person is under
16 years of age or over 65 years of age. Entry fees for these qualifier
tournaments are $200.00 per team.
The tournament weigh-in will be held at the West Tawakoni City Park.
Tournament hours are 6:30 AM until 3:00 PM. All anglers must be
in weigh-in line by 4:00 PM with a 5 fish limit per team. To help
preserve the sport only live fish will be weighed in and all fish
will be released after the tournament. For a complete list of rules
phone or visit our
website.
Participants may enter by mail or at the late registration to be
held at the West Tawakoni City Park from 5:00-7:00pm or at the mandatory
meeting at 5:30am tournament morning at the weigh-in site. Deadline
for mail in entries is 14 days prior to the event. All entries after
that date will pay a $25.00 late fee. The top 20 teams at each qualifying
event will qualify for the Cabela's King Kat Classic. Also at each
qualifying event field test products from national sponsors will
be drawn for following the tournament weigh-in.
Catfish clubs and organizations may register with the King Kat Tournament
Trail and qualify your top 2 teams from each event to fish in the
Cabela's King Kat Classic for their support in promoting the tournament
trail. To register call 270-395-6774 or
email us.
Email your local event or fund raiser to Lake Tawakoni Online.
The Lone Star Texas Roundup PVA Bass Tournament hosted by Lone Star
PVA will be held June, 13-15, 2008 at Lake Ray Hubbard in Garland.
May 13th is the entry deadline for disabled anglers only. Register
early. Absolutely no late registrations will be accepted for the
open competition.
The tournament will be held at Chandler’s Landing, One Harbor View
Drive in Rockwall. Registration will be from 4:30pm to 7pm, partner
pairing starts at 7:30pm.
The tournament contact is Glen Bentley. His phone number is 800-583-5252
or
email him.
The Tawakoni South Volunteer Fire Department meetings will be
held the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7pm at the Fire
Station on FM 429 @ 751. For more information call Chief Kyle
Harris 903-560-7114.
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