Anglers Combat Snakehead for Prizes at the 2011 Potomac Snakehead Tournament

August 11, 2011, Washington, DC –

with a valid Maryland or Virginia Fishing license. Participants can win cash and prizes for

the heaviest fish and overall total weight. Participants can fish, hook and line or bow fishing,

beginning September 2, 2011, at 6 p.m. until September 3, 2011, at 12:30 p.m., anywhere on the

tidal Potomac in Maryland or Virginia. Cost to enter is $40 online registration by September 1,

2011, or $50 day of the tournament. A percentage of the tournament profits will be donated to

the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to help fight invasive species in the Potomac

River watershed. The Tournament is presented by Whackfactor Outdoors, LLC, with sponsorship

from Profish and Alewife Baltimore restaurant.

Official tournament events will take place at Smallwood State Park, 2750 Sweden Point Road,

Marbury, MD 20658. All participants must attend the pre-tournament conference at 5 p.m. September

2, 2011. Guest speakers will include Joseph W. Love, Ph.D. Tidal Bass Manager, Maryland

Department of Natural Resources; and Joshua J. Newhard, Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service. Chad Wells, Executive Chef, Alewife Restaurant, Baltimore, MD, will

prepare and present a snakehead tasting from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on September 3, 2011.

The team at Whackfactor Outdoors created the Potomac Snakehead Tournament to achieve the

following goals: