Anglers took to the backcountry on Oct. 18 for the twenty fourth annual Casting for Cats match. Strains had been within the water within the early morning and out by late afternoon. The mother-son workforce of Carrie and Reed Tudor gained the match’s co-ed division. Within the girls’s division, Linda Denkert and Carmen Padron had been topped champions. Excessive-point angler within the synthetic division went to Reed Tudor. Camile Vaught was high-point angler within the bait division, whereas Deniser Freihofer was high-point angler within the fly class. Prizes had been handed out throughout an awards dinner on the Islander Resort. A complete of 53 fish had been caught and launched on this 12 months’s match. Organized by resident and Casting for Cats nonprofit founder Sharon Mahoney, the match’s proceeds help the native cat inhabitants by way of spay and neutering companies within the Higher Keys. Go to castingforcats.org for extra data.
Pictures by JACKSON GARCIA/Keys Weekly
