The event, benefitting Wolfson Children’s patients, returns May 18-20, 2023, at the City Docks in Palatka, Fla.

This year’s highlights:

· More than $48,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to competitors from across the Southeast.

· For $20, anyone may enter a drawing for a chance to win a 21’ 2023 Bullet Boat model 21XRS with a trailer, courtesy of Bullet Boats, valued at $78,000 (motor to be included). All proceeds from the drawing will help fund new technology for the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Heart Institute at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. To enter the bass boat drawing, visit wolfsonbasstournament.com. Ticket sales close Friday, June 2, 2023, at 12:00 pm · This year’s bass boat drawing will be broadcast on Facebook Live on Saturday, June 3, at 11 am.

· The Wolfson Children’s Bass Tournament is one of the largest bass fishing tournaments in Florida, and one of the longest-running, now in its 34th year.

· Since the first tournament in 1989, the event has raised more than $6 million for Wolfson Children’s and the patients treated there.

Featured events:

· Thursday, May 18: Lads & Lasses Tournament (one male, one female boater). Palatka City Docks.

· Friday, May 19: VIP & Friends Tournament (sponsor boats pre-fish). Palatka City Docks.

· Saturday, May 20: 34th Annual Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament. Palatka City Docks. Register online any time before noon Tuesday, May 16, 2023. In-person registrations will take place at the Palatka City Docks from 4 am to safe light the morning of May 18 and May 19 and from 3 am to safe light the morning of Saturday’s tournament. Boats launch at safe light. The Palatka City Docks are located at 309 River Street, Palatka, Fla. 32177.

Tournament schedule:

· Thursday, May 18: Weigh-in begins at 3 pm. Lads & Lasses winners announced.

· Friday, May 19: Weigh-in begins at 3 pm. VIP & Friends winners announced.

· Saturday, May 20: Weigh-in begins at 3 pm.

o Weigh-ins continue in 15-minute increments, staggered by boat number.

o After weigh-in, winners are brought to stage for awards and cash prizes.

Visuals and interview opportunities:

· Anglers participating in and bystanders enjoying three bass fishing events.

· Tournament weigh-ins for participating anglers.

· Interviews with Sam Dean and Brian Seay, co-chairs of the Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass Tournament Committee.

· Interviews with tournament winners, once announced.

Tournament history:

In 1989, the Plant Facilities Department of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville along with several others organized the Bass Tournament as a way to fund capital improvements and purchase the latest medical technology for Wolfson Children’s, the only children’s hospital in Northeast Florida.

To register for the Wolfson Children’s Hospital Bass tournament, enter the bass boat drawing or donate to the hospital’s mission, visit wolfsonbasstournament.com.