Kids & Family
Charlestown Teen Wins Big at Youth Fishing Tournament
18-year-old Marco Savage won the boys division by landing a 40-inch bass.
The fourth annual Fan Pier Celebrity Youth Fishing Tournament on Thursday brought 40 teens together to raise money for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, a non-profit working to protect harbors.
Marco Savage, 18 of Charlestown won the boys division for biggest fish by landing a 40-inch striped bass, according to a release.
The Tournament saw teens fishing on 12 charter boats, whose captains had volunteered their services for the occasion.
“It was great to have so many celebrities on hand for the tournament,” said Bruce Berman of Save the Harbor Save the Bay in the release. “Thanks to Jackie Bradley Jr. and Will Middlebrooks from the Red Sox, Jenny Dell, from CBS Sports, Dave Marciano, star of Wicked Tuna, boxers Rodney Toney and Tommy McInerney, as well as former Patriots Steve King and Tim Fox for helping to make the day so much fun for everyone.”
This year’s tournament raised more than $10,000 to support Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s free youth environmental education programs, which will connect more than 15,000 underserved youth and teens to Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands this summer, according to the release.
Other big winners this year included:
- Angela Ruiz, 13, of Chelsea, fishing with Captain Charlie Gibbons on the Belle and Roza Wineh, 16, from Roxbury, fishing on the Outer Limits 2 with Captain Frank Duggan, tied for first place in the girls division with a matched pair of 28 inch striped bass.
- Candido Barros, 19 of Jamaica Plain won the prize for most fish caught, catching 5 black sea bass and flounder aboard the Belle with Capt. Charlie Gibbons.
- Jazeel Mendez, 17 of Dorchester, fishing on the Dive Inn with Captain Steve Sacco came in second, catching three fish including a 25 -inch codfish.
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