NNK Saltwater Shootout winners are announced

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

Some 1,935 pounds of fish, including 40 cobia and three bluefish, were weighed in at the second NNK Saltwater Shootout fishing tournament on June 29.

Primarily a cobia-targeted tournament, anglers also were vying for a bluefish Calcutta.

The tournament proceeds help fund scholarships for graduating Northumberland High School seniors. The NNK Saltwater Shootout committee, formed in 2023, presented three scholarships to NHS graduates in 2024.

According to tournament director and major sponsor Wes Butler of Butler’s Bait and Tackle in Reedville, the tournament included 68 entries with 27 boats weighing in fish and….

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