| 1st Place | $3000 |
| 2nd Place | $1500 |
| 3rd Place | $1000 |
| 4th Place | $800 |
| 5th Place | $700 |
| 6th Place | $600 |
| 7th Place | $500 |
| 8th Place | $400 |
| 9th Place | $300 |
| 10th Place | $200 |
| Big Trout | $500 |
| Big Redfish | $500 |
By Mike Readling
When H2Outdoors kicked off its inaugural RedTrout Shootout last year, tournament organizers wanted the event to be about much more than just catching a few fish and throwing a cool party.
H2Outdoors president Brian Hurley hooked up with Beau Turner, founder of the Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center, and worked out a deal where funds from the RedTrout Shootout would benefit outdoor-oriented youth in the area. H2Outdoors used the RedTrout as a platform to raise money in order to send kids to the summer camps the BTYCC holds during the summer. The camps are one week long and Turner will host eight of them this summer.
Each camp gives 25 children the opportunity to learn about hunting, fishing, archery, hunting safety and a variety of other outdoor sports. The camps cost $100 per child for the week, but it is H2Outdoors goal to make sure every child who wants to learn more about the outdoors get the opportunity, free of charge.
“We’ve been buying up as many spots as we can so it’s free to all the kids,” Hurley said. “We’ve already bought up one week, but our ultimate goal is to buy up all 8 weeks so it’s free for everybody.”
H2Outdoors raised the money to buy those spots though a pre-tournament banquet. Prior to April’s RedTrout Shootout, Hurley hopes to raise even more money through a banquet at the Cross Creek Golf Course on April 15.
The RedTrout Shootout and Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center partnership is a natural pairing. The fishing tournament relies on a wide age range of anglers, responsible management of the environment and the proper handling of fish. A major portion of the BTYCC camps is teaching children at a young age the importance of those latter two points, while instilling in them a love for the outdoors that, hopefully, lasts a lifetime.
“One of the reasons why I started this is so kids could have a strong connection to the outdoors,” Turner said. “How in the world are you going to want to protect our natural resources without having some sort of connection to them? I’m just trying to get kids outdoors to get involved like I have been involved my whole life to protect our natural resources.
When H2Outdoors kicked off its inaugural RedTrout Shootout last year, tournament organizers wanted the event to be about much more than just catching a few fish and throwing a cool party.
H2Outdoors president Brian Hurley hooked up with Beau Turner, founder of the Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center, and worked out a deal where funds from the RedTrout Shootout would benefit outdoor-oriented youth in the area. H2Outdoors used the RedTrout as a platform to raise money in order to send kids to the summer camps the BTYCC holds during the summer. The camps are one week long and Turner will host eight of them this summer.
Each camp gives 25 children the opportunity to learn about hunting, fishing, archery, hunting safety and a variety of other outdoor sports. The camps cost $100 per child for the week, but it is H2Outdoors goal to make sure every child who wants to learn more about the outdoors get the opportunity, free of charge.
“We’ve been buying up as many spots as we can so it’s free to all the kids,” Hurley said. “We’ve already bought up one week, but our ultimate goal is to buy up all 8 weeks so it’s free for everybody.”
H2Outdoors raised the money to buy those spots though a pre-tournament banquet. Prior to April’s RedTrout Shootout, Hurley hopes to raise even more money through a banquet at the Cross Creek Golf Course on April 15.
The RedTrout Shootout and Beau Turner Youth Conservation Center partnership is a natural pairing. The fishing tournament relies on a wide age range of anglers, responsible management of the environment and the proper handling of fish. A major portion of the BTYCC camps is teaching children at a young age the importance of those latter two points, while instilling in them a love for the outdoors that, hopefully, lasts a lifetime.
“One of the reasons why I started this is so kids could have a strong connection to the outdoors,” Turner said. “How in the world are you going to want to protect our natural resources without having some sort of connection to them? I’m just trying to get kids outdoors to get involved like I have been involved my whole life to protect our natural resources.
