Fishing tournament funds scholarships

By Michael Brooks

Staff Writer

The 6th Annual Barracho De Pescado fishing tournament will be held on March 15-17 at the Brackenridge Main Event Center. The tournament will include catfish, bass, and crappie categories. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Jake Neumann Memorial Scholarship which will then be awarded to students in the form of scholarships.

“The memorial scholarships have been going on for awhile,” tournament president Joey Neumann said. “We started with a fishing tournament with a few buddies, and we had a little money left over, so we donated it to the memorial and the idea for the Barracho De Pescado tournament grew from there.”

Last year the tournament donated $25,000 to the Jake Neumann Memorial Scholarship fund.

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