The 1st JP Griffon Memorial Fishing Tournament was held in Port Mansfield only a few months after we tragically lost JP in 1988. The tournament started with 7 boats and 29 anglers made up of JP's close friends and family. The first Tournament spawned enough cash to award one $500 scholarship and the JP Griffon Memorial Foundation (a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization) was soon formed to manage the scholarship goals of the Tournament. Today the Tournament has grown to near 400 annual participants, in 3 Divisions and now awards approximately $20,000.00 annually in college scholarships to deserving Friendswood area students. The Tournament is proud to be a "Bragging Rights and Trophies" only tournament with a great group of anglers and hometown Friendswood area sponsors, partnered up with the local Port Mansfield businesses, fishing guides and the PM Chamber of Commerce to put on one of the largest private in-shore tournaments on the Texas Gulf Coast. Welcome and HAVE FUN!
To see a great video tribute and remember (or learn a little) about JP Griffon, click here. Thanks to Scott Jeffress for his talents on this video production!
WHERE: Port Mansfield, Texas
WHEN: Mixer/Shrimp Boil - Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Captain’s Meeting - Thursday, May 14, 2015
Tournament Fishing- Friday & Saturday, May 15 & 16, 2015
Banquet, Awards and Fundraiser Sat Night, May 16, 7:30 pm
Leave - Sunday, May 17, 2015
Every angler will receive a tournament cap and T-shirt, a pre-tournament meal prepared by Big John’s BB-Q, Doug Granger and Nick’s Kitchen & Beach Bar and the post-tournament banquet and awards ceremony.
This year we have made several changes to the rules and tournament stringers, so please check the Official Tournament Rules and the Guided Division Supplemental Rules. Conservation is a goal of our Tournament. Our daily tournament stringers harvest less than one Texas angler's daily legal limit of gamefish, for a team composed of four fishermen! Anglers are encouraged to release all fish not required for their daily competition stringer.
*The tournament stringers cannot contain more than two speckled trout 25 inches long or longer per day. *
Fisherman may enter the Guided Division (artificial lures only *see rules for exception), the regular Open Division (no guides and no croaker) or the Hardware Division (no guides with artificial lures only).
*****Attention All Anglers*****
The tournament fishing hours are
6:15a.m. - 4:00p.m. Friday and Saturday
We have made a few rule changes to the Open and the Guided Division.
Please check the revised tournament rules and the guided division rules supplement.
The Weigh Station is open from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm each day.
!! A Team Member must be in-line with the Team's fish by 5:00 pm !!
Don’t be late to the Weigh-In!
The J.P. Griffon Memorial Fishing Tournament wishes to thank our 2014 and 2015 tournament sponsors. Their continued support and contributions make this event better each year. Please support these area businesses as they help support your tournament.
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In the event of severe thunderstorm warnings or dangerous weather conditions prior to the start of the tournament, the day’s fishing will be delayed or postponed. Tournament directors will fly red flags at the Port Mansfield Pavilion. When the flags are lowered, the tournament will resume. If inclement weather conditions occur during the tournament, it is the entrant’s responsibility to seek safety until safe conditions prevail.
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