Crosthwait Memorial Fishing Tournament

Crosthwait Memorial Fishing Tournament
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Celebrating our 38th year, we are the oldest multi species tournament on the West coast of Florida. Originating in 1983, the tournament serves a tribute to Colonel Sam Crosthwait, in recognition of his passion for his high moralistic ideals and love for the distinct camaraderie that surrounds the unique sport of angling. The event will take place May 13-15, 2022, at the Bradenton Yacht Club.

Each year in May, hundreds of anglers and thousands of community spectators attend this cherished community event, which is run by a volunteer committee of more than 40 people.

Professional Guides and amateur fisherman may participate! Winning anglers are awarded with trophies, cash, and prizes solely derived from their entry fees. Charitable funds directed back to the local community are derived from sponsors, advertisers, and gifts.

Proudly, the Crosthwait has donated over $150,000 back to the community over the last 10 years. Whether through providing scholarships to support the education of local young anglers, supporting the Marine Mechanics Program at Manatee Technical College and the Fish and Game Association, the Crosthwait Committee is proud of our philanthropic mission and continued support of our local community. The proceeds from the 2022 tournament will be awarded to the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, whose mission is to build partnerships to restore and protect Tampa Bay through implementation of a scientifically sound, community-based management plan. The plan revolves around three program priorities: Clean Waters and Sediments; Thriving Habitats and Abundant Wildlife; and an Informed, Engaged and Responsible Community.


Upcoming Tournaments
Date 05/19/2023
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/20/2023
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/19/2023
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/19/2023
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/20/2023
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Past Tournaments
Date 05/14/2022 to 05/15/2022
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/14/2022 to 05/15/2022
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/13/2022 to 05/15/2022
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/14/2022 to 05/15/2022
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/13/2022 to 05/14/2022
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/15/2021 to 05/16/2021
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/14/2021 to 05/16/2021
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/15/2021 to 05/16/2021
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/15/2021 to 05/16/2021
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/14/2021 to 05/15/2021
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Date 05/14/2021 to 05/15/2021
Bradenton Yacht Club, 13th Street West, Palmetto, FL
Top Anglers
Here are the Stars of this series along with the number of fish they caught in previous tournaments
  Ben McCann
15 Fish
Points 885.00
Tournaments 2
  Logan Reiber
6 Fish
Points 717.00
Tournaments 1
  David Sandhoff
12 Fish
Points 688.00
Tournaments 2
  Brian Turner
12 Fish
Points 670.00
Tournaments 2
  Matt Mathews
12 Fish
Points 598.00
Tournaments 2
  Peter Smith
12 Fish
Points 557.00
Tournaments 3
  Justin Laurie
11 Fish
Points 542.00
Tournaments 2
  Eli Ameres
11 Fish
Points 527.00
Tournaments 2
  Jay Travis
6 Fish
Points 522
Tournaments 1
  Daniel Loggins
13 Fish
Points 521.00
Tournaments 2
  Lee Blenker
6 Fish
Points 518.00
Tournaments 1
  Josh Bibler
10 Fish
Points 515.00
Tournaments 2
  Trevor Hoff
10 Fish
Points 497.00
Tournaments 2
  BRETT RAMSDEN
14 Fish
Points 476.00
Tournaments 2
Brian Bower
6 Fish
Points 465
Tournaments 2
  Cody Pearman
12 Fish
Points 445.00
Tournaments 2
  John Pendergrast
23 Fish
Points 433
Tournaments 1
  Scott Wilson
11 Fish
Points 429.00
Tournaments 2
Mike Warren
6 Fish
Points 422.00
Tournaments 1
Dion Davis
6 Fish
Points 422.00
Tournaments 1
  Joe Medred
8 Fish
Points 420.00
Tournaments 1
  James Burton
7 Fish
Points 403.00
Tournaments 2
  Moses Marquez
6 Fish
Points 399.00
Tournaments 2
Cooper Duquette
10 Fish
Points 394.00
Tournaments 2
  Ryan Denton
9 Fish
Points 382.00
Tournaments 2
Brian Londeree
6 Fish
Points 379.00
Tournaments 1
  Trey Burton
6 Fish
Points 374.00
Tournaments 1
  Bradley Mayer
8 Fish
Points 368.00
Tournaments 2
  TJ Stewart
6 Fish
Points 366.00
Tournaments 1
  Paul Christie
6 Fish
Points 362.00
Tournaments 1
  William Bystrom
6 Fish
Points 358.00
Tournaments 1
  Nick Cardieri
6 Fish
Points 347.00
Tournaments 2
  Keith Stonestreet
6 Fish
Points 344.00
Tournaments 2
Derrick Adams
6 Fish
Points 339.00
Tournaments 1
Brian Londeree
6 Fish
Points 331.00
Tournaments 1
Mitchell Warner
6 Fish
Points 327.00
Tournaments 1
  Stephen Brownlee
7 Fish
Points 327.00
Tournaments 2
Cierra Shannon
5 Fish
Points 325.00
Tournaments 1
  Casey Neels
6 Fish
Points 313.00
Tournaments 1
  Terry Calderon
5 Fish
Points 305.00
Tournaments 2
  Tommy Kanatzar
6 Fish
Points 304.00
Tournaments 1
  Carson Allison
6 Fish
Points 304.00
Tournaments 2
  Captain Justin Lambeth
5 Fish
Points 298.00
Tournaments 1
  Andres Gomez
6 Fish
Points 290.00
Tournaments 1
  Joseph Caputo
5 Fish
Points 286.00
Tournaments 1
  Michael Stowe
6 Fish
Points 286.00
Tournaments 1
  Cade Cannon
8 Fish
Points 282.00
Tournaments 1
  Testangler Testangler
5 Fish
Points 273.00
Tournaments 4
  David Simpkins
11 Fish
Points 273.00
Tournaments 1
  Cade Bonnett
8 Fish
Points 268.00
Tournaments 1
  Donald Tharpe
6 Fish
Points 267.00
Tournaments 2
  Devin Calderon
6 Fish
Points 266.00
Tournaments 2
  Jimmy Ference
6 Fish
Points 265.00
Tournaments 1
  Troy Snyder
9 Fish
Points 262.00
Tournaments 1
Zach Benghuzzi
9 Fish
Points 257.00
Tournaments 1
  Adam Robson
6 Fish
Points 255.00
Tournaments 1
  Brian Harris
6 Fish
Points 252.00
Tournaments 1
  James Zornan
6 Fish
Points 251.00
Tournaments 1
  Jeff Gentner
4 Fish
Points 250.00
Tournaments 2
  Chris Circharo
8 Fish
Points 245.00
Tournaments 1
  Jackson Stewart
7 Fish
Points 242.00
Tournaments 2
Michael Ikemeier
9 Fish
Points 240.00
Tournaments 1
  Chris Perkins
6 Fish
Points 239.00
Tournaments 1
  Alan Valadie
5 Fish
Points 235.00
Tournaments 1
Patrick Blenker
6 Fish
Points 233.00
Tournaments 1
Kasey Nelson
4 Fish
Points 231.00
Tournaments 1
  Finley Duncan
7 Fish
Points 230.00
Tournaments 2
Jaye Ynocencio
4 Fish
Points 228.00
Tournaments 2
  Chris Perkins
5 Fish
Points 226.00
Tournaments 1
  Marcus Carlberg
4 Fish
Points 223.00
Tournaments 1
  Hayden Popp
6 Fish
Points 220.00
Tournaments 2
  Shannon Thieme
4 Fish
Points 217.00
Tournaments 2
  Ian Shannon
6 Fish
Points 216.00
Tournaments 1
Blake Younce
6 Fish
Points 213.00
Tournaments 2
Nicholas Cook
6 Fish
Points 211.00
Tournaments 2
  Ben Hoffner
5 Fish
Points 209.00
Tournaments 2
  Rich Linkenhoker
5 Fish
Points 204.00
Tournaments 1
Tyson Londeree
7 Fish
Points 201.00
Tournaments 1
  Jay Stinson
6 Fish
Points 196.00
Tournaments 1
Sami Benghuzzi
5 Fish
Points 196.00
Tournaments 2
  Garrett Brewer
6 Fish
Points 194.00
Tournaments 1
  Zachary Quattlebaum
5 Fish
Points 191.00
Tournaments 1
Ronald Naile
7 Fish
Points 186.00
Tournaments 1
Gary Gilileo
7 Fish
Points 186.00
Tournaments 1
  Michael Rain
5 Fish
Points 185.00
Tournaments 1
Guy Marquis
5 Fish
Points 181.00
Tournaments 1
  Patrick Blenker
4 Fish
Points 174.00
Tournaments 1
Larry Cavalluzzi
4 Fish
Points 172.00
Tournaments 1
  Roman Langley
3 Fish
Points 172.00
Tournaments 1
  Ryan Shannon
3 Fish
Points 170.00
Tournaments 2
  Billy Alstrom
3 Fish
Points 169.00
Tournaments 1
David May
7 Fish
Points 167.00
Tournaments 1
  KEVIN VOBROUCEK
8 Fish
Points 165.00
Tournaments 1
Dalton Johnson
4 Fish
Points 161.00
Tournaments 2
  Ethan Cuahonte
4 Fish
Points 158.00
Tournaments 2
  Bradley McDonald
4 Fish
Points 157.00
Tournaments 1
  Kaleb Falcone
4 Fish
Points 152.00
Tournaments 2
  Chandler Brown
6 Fish
Points 151.00
Tournaments 1
  JP Davis
20 Fish
Points 149
Tournaments 1
  Ryan Cliburn
4 Fish
Points 148.00
Tournaments 1
Jordan Moss
3 Fish
Points 148.00
Tournaments 2
Mike Alderson
3 Fish
Points 146.00
Tournaments 1
Darius Kirschner
3 Fish
Points 146.00
Tournaments 1
  Chris Lockhart
2 Fish
Points 146.00
Tournaments 1
  Matthew Garrott
3 Fish
Points 143.00
Tournaments 1
  Greg Thayer
5 Fish
Points 140.00
Tournaments 1
  Josh Brown
3 Fish
Points 138.00
Tournaments 2
  Randy Dugger
5 Fish
Points 138.00
Tournaments 2
  Chris Circharo
3 Fish
Points 137.00
Tournaments 1
  Carmelo Scalone
7 Fish
Points 132.00
Tournaments 2
  Ethan Spence
6 Fish
Points 131.00
Tournaments 1
  Will Bouziane
3 Fish
Points 128.00
Tournaments 1
Chris McClintock
3 Fish
Points 126.00
Tournaments 1
  James McElroy
4 Fish
Points 125.00
Tournaments 2
Beau Bell
3 Fish
Points 118
Tournaments 2
Mike Purdy
2 Fish
Points 116.00
Tournaments 2
Seth Walter
3 Fish
Points 114.00
Tournaments 1
  Nicholas Graham
3 Fish
Points 112.00
Tournaments 1
Colby Quattlebaum
3 Fish
Points 112.00
Tournaments 1
  Greg Buffkin
5 Fish
Points 110.00
Tournaments 1
  Elizabeth Morse
3 Fish
Points 107.00
Tournaments 2
Avery Bouquin
3 Fish
Points 106.00
Tournaments 1
  Michael Chesley
4 Fish
Points 106.00
Tournaments 1
Kyle Freier
3 Fish
Points 103.00
Tournaments 2
Timothy Crowley
2 Fish
Points 98.00
Tournaments 1
  Randy Langley
2 Fish
Points 98.00
Tournaments 1
Cyle Lowe
2 Fish
Points 97.00
Tournaments 1
  John Jasper
4 Fish
Points 96.00
Tournaments 2
Billy Alstrom
2 Fish
Points 95.00
Tournaments 1
  Elizabeth Young
9 Fish
Points 92.00
Tournaments 2
Caleb Bennett
4 Fish
Points 89
Tournaments 1
Noah Benghuzzi
2 Fish
Points 89.00
Tournaments 2
Patty Reese
2 Fish
Points 88.00
Tournaments 1
  Lawrence Diehl
7 Fish
Points 86.00
Tournaments 2
  Drew King
3 Fish
Points 84.00
Tournaments 1
  Nathan Costello
4 Fish
Points 82.00
Tournaments 1
Jordan. Miller
2 Fish
Points 81.00
Tournaments 1
  Ethan Dakin
2 Fish
Points 78.00
Tournaments 2
Ryan Duncan
2 Fish
Points 77.00
Tournaments 1
Grant Gaul
2 Fish
Points 77.00
Tournaments 1
  Adam Fernandez
2 Fish
Points 77.00
Tournaments 1
Gabe Hartmann
2 Fish
Points 76.00
Tournaments 1
Max Gazzo
1 Fish
Points 75.00
Tournaments 2
Kevin Kunze
1 Fish
Points 75.00
Tournaments 1
  Nolan Smith
4 Fish
Points 73.00
Tournaments 1
Dustin Newman
2 Fish
Points 72.00
Tournaments 1
LJ Young
3 Fish
Points 64.00
Tournaments 1
Josh Maugherman
2 Fish
Points 61.00
Tournaments 2
  Garrett Dakin
1 Fish
Points 61.00
Tournaments 2
  Stephen Samson
2 Fish
Points 60.00
Tournaments 1
Dylan Scalone
2 Fish
Points 56.00
Tournaments 1
Cyle Lowe
1 Fish
Points 55.00
Tournaments 1
  Joshua Strahorn
1 Fish
Points 55.00
Tournaments 1
Cody Hunter
2 Fish
Points 53.00
Tournaments 1
Keith Jaudon
1 Fish
Points 51.00
Tournaments 1
Brian Kendzior
2 Fish
Points 50.00
Tournaments 1
  Mike Bouchard
1 Fish
Points 49.00
Tournaments 2
Tyler Robinson
1 Fish
Points 47.00
Tournaments 1
Bryan Burkhart
2 Fish
Points 46.00
Tournaments 1
Chris Hogan
1 Fish
Points 45.00
Tournaments 1
Grant Dakin
1 Fish
Points 44.00
Tournaments 1
Jack Maugherman
1 Fish
Points 43.00
Tournaments 1
Keith Marquis
1 Fish
Points 41.00
Tournaments 1
Jay McClintock
1 Fish
Points 41.00
Tournaments 1
Jeremy Gilmore
1 Fish
Points 41.00
Tournaments 1
  Tripp Pearce
1 Fish
Points 40.00
Tournaments 1
Casey Catlett
1 Fish
Points 40.00
Tournaments 1
Paul Morris
1 Fish
Points 39.00
Tournaments 1
Tim Wilkinson
1 Fish
Points 39.00
Tournaments 1
Mike O'Connor
1 Fish
Points 37.00
Tournaments 1
  Julie Burkhart
2 Fish
Points 35.00
Tournaments 1
  Layla Turner
1 Fish
Points 35.00
Tournaments 1
  Kevin Jordan
1 Fish
Points 35.00
Tournaments 1
Kurt Maynard
1 Fish
Points 33.00
Tournaments 1
  Matt Dandy
1 Fish
Points 33.00
Tournaments 1
  Jessica Lowe
1 Fish
Points 32.00
Tournaments 1
Tom Venable
1 Fish
Points 31.00
Tournaments 1
Keith Vanostenbridge
1 Fish
Points 27.00
Tournaments 1
Brendon Bock
1 Fish
Points 24.00
Tournaments 1
Joey Thiel
1 Fish
Points 24.00
Tournaments 1
Troy Wooten
1 Fish
Points 24.00
Tournaments 1
Caroline Turner
1 Fish
Points 24.00
Tournaments 1
Dave McClintock
1 Fish
Points 24.00
Tournaments 2
Troy Dozeman
2 Fish
Points 23.00
Tournaments 1
Jack Maugherman
1 Fish
Points 21.00
Tournaments 1
Carl Jones
6 Fish
Points 20.00
Tournaments 1
Braxton Strayer
2 Fish
Points 18.00
Tournaments 1
Carter Young
0 Fish
Points 0.00
Tournaments 1
Mason King
0 Fish
Points 0.00
Tournaments 2
Austin Edgar
0 Fish
Points 0.00
Tournaments 1
  Kyle Parker
0 Fish
Points 0.00
Tournaments 1