"Ladies Day" Tarpon Tournament

"Ladies Day" Tarpon Tournament Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament Janet's only requirement was that Ladies Day remained a release tournament. Let the Tarpon Season Begin!

At the beginning of the tarpon season, a group of island women decided to go tarpon fishing before their captains would be too busy. Thanks to Janet "Italiano" Gillespie, the idea to share a day of fun, fishing and releasing with their friends became an annual event. By 1991 this no harm fishing sport became such a large event that Janet decided to turn the responsibility over to the Boca Grande A

rea Chamber of Commerce. To this day Ladies Day has been a successful event with an average field of 40 boats, full of participants who treat Ladies Day as an annual tradition. Seasoned & new participants all come together to kick off the fishing season with the original spirit of Ladies Day- to have fun and release. For more information:

Contact the Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce at 941-964-0568, email us at [email protected] or visit our website at http://www.bocagrandechamber.com/ for more information.

05/19/2023

It’s "Ladies Day" Tarpon Tournament (aka Mother’s Day) weekend. Wishing all moms get to spend the day doing whatever it is that they want to do! And to our anglers, the Garlic Nauts, wishing you lots of “fishon!”

You, ladies, rocked the pass last weekend. 33 fish total caught. Congratulations to our Winner.1st Native with Captain F...
05/18/2023

You, ladies, rocked the pass last weekend. 33 fish total caught. Congratulations to our Winner.

1st Native with Captain Frank Davis

2nd Pass Time with Captain Charlie Coleman

3rd All Knight Long with Captain Eric White

Photo Credit: Island TV and Island Photo for Boca Grande

Here is the schedule for Ladies Day this weekend. The Captain's party is for Anglers, Captains, and Sponsors. You can jo...
05/11/2023

Here is the schedule for Ladies Day this weekend. The Captain's party is for Anglers, Captains, and Sponsors. You can join us Saturday night for the award ceremony at Millers Dockside.

We are excited to announce this year's Ladies Day Theme: Tarpon and Toga. Let your inner Greek goddess shine through, an...
05/01/2023

We are excited to announce this year's Ladies Day Theme: Tarpon and Toga. Let your inner Greek goddess shine through, and lets TOGA, TOGA, TOGA!!

05/01/2022

We have a couple teams looking for a Captain. Send us a message if you are available for the Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament May 7th.

We are excited to share this years Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament art work. Below is the artist inspiration for this work....
04/20/2022

We are excited to share this years Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament art work. Below is the artist inspiration for this work.

"When the Chamber approached me about the 2022 LDTT, I knew instantly what I wanted to paint. I chose the symbols deliberately to represent the Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament. We have many amazing lady anglers that call our fishery home. We are strong women, talented in our sport, and passionate about this magical little stretch of deep water. To represent us, I chose Elsie Bracken.

I first met an image of Elsie Bracken many years ago when browsing for historic tarpon photos. At the time, I thought it fascinating that back in the 1960s there was this petite bikini-clad lady angler catching huge tarpon here in Boca Grande. Later I learned that in just one year, 1972, she caught 224 tarpon!

Here in southwest Florida, we call the Royal Poinciana the Tarpon Tree. It's beautiful red-orange flame flowers bloom right at the start of our tarpon season in Boca Grande Pass. Legend says that when the trees bloom full and bright that the fish will be full in the Pass.

Each of the other flowers represent our qualities: Hibiscus (for friendship and our tropical island), plumeria (also called frangipani, for aloha and the strength to withstand tough challenges), and orchids (for rare beauty, respect and unity).

I chose the sea green color background for the color of the water in the Pass. Coincidentally it is also the color of luck and health. Iridescent pass crabs, Gulf pink shrimp and that juicy pinfish round out the bottom of this tribute to women anglers of Boca Grande. These are some of the most common baits used in the tournament.⁠

This piece is unique because it marries portraiture with marine life and floral still life techniques. I love to put a surreal spin on classically painted subjects.⁠ I hope you agree with me that it represents strong lady anglers with a dash of elegance and femininity for the 2022 Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament."

Kelly Reark,

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