The ‘Just for the Halibut’ Fishing tournament fundraiser recently crowned this year’s winners. In first place was Billy Katkov, who hauled in a 19.78 lb. halibut. Jeffrey McElroy took second with a 14.78 lb. catch and Nathan Lins was third with a 9.84 pounder.
The event was started 35 years ago by Steve Bray, but this was the 31st installment of the angler tournament, after a four-year hiatus that started due to covid. But organizers decided it was time to bring it back. The response was more than organizers had hoped for.
“We could not have been more pleased,” Cinde Cassidy, Co-captain of the organizer group, said.
The event raised $10,000 that will be distributed to youth organizations on in Avalon and the Two Harbors area. Organizers are asking any youth group that would like to apply for funds, to email jfth.catalina@gmail.com and give a short synopsis of what the group does and how the funds would be used.
