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By RODNEY PAGE, Times Staff Writer
Published November 10, 2007

Kids' fishing day offered at camp

Mary's Fish Camp in Hernando County will host a kids' fishing day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday. Any kids ages 6-16 are eligible. Admission is $15. Kids will learn to fish for mullet. Campers must bring fishing poles and tackle, but lunch is provided. It is suggested that extra drinks and a cooler are brought to take home the catch. For information, call (352) 754-4031.

Two local anglers finish in third

The FLW Redfish Series championship was held Oct. 26-28 in Orange Beach, Ala., and two local anglers finished third. Kris Walter of Hudson and Danny Winters of Tampa weighed in a three-day total of 33 pounds, 1 ounce to earn $5,760. They were the first team to qualify for the season-ending tournament two straight years. Walter and Winters stayed near the launch spot to catch their fish, which worked for the second straight season. "That was our plan from the beginning," Winters told FLWOutdoors.com. "We finished second in last year's championship by fishing close, and we chose that strategy again, hoping bad weather would keep guys from making those long runs." The tournament will air tape-delayed at 11 a.m. Dec. 23 on Fox Sports Net.

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