BAY TEAM TOURNAMENT, I: We're looking for a few good anglers 
to help collect fish for our coastal fisheries ... details ahead on 
Passport to Texas ... 

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

The Gulf Coast Roundup was an annual series of five fishing tournaments 
hosted by Texas Parks and Wildlife, and open to anglers of all skill levels. 

For the Gulf Coast Roundup, everybody was vying for points for the 
day, then for the end of the year. 

Those points translated to prizes at the end of the five tournaments. 
Robert Adami, a coastal fisheries biologist, says the Gulf Coast Round 
Up has been replaced with the Coastal Fisheries Bay Team Tournament.

At each event, we're going to have thirty, two-person teams, versus a 
whole slew of people like we've had before. And target just the fish 
we need for the hatchery program. 

Including the spotted sea trout and southern flounder. Adami says the 
tournament is open to experienced anglers, twenty-one years old and 
older.

A lot of them seem to know where the fish are. So the experienced in 
finding the fish, handling the fish, and getting the fish back to the weigh-in. 
This is a live fish tournament, so we always want to get our fish in, in good 
condition so that we can use them for the hatchery. And generally, 
people that have been fishing a little longer, who are a little bit more 
experienced, contribute a little bit more.

The next tournament to reel in Southern Flounder is set for October 29th, 
at the S.A.L.T. club in Sabine. We'll have more about the tournament 
on tomorrow's show.

That's our show. Made possible by the Sport Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Program ... for Texas Parks and Wildlife ... 
I'm Cecilia Nasti.