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Old 07-19-2022, 04:19 PM   #4
Joe Wegmann
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Re: 2022 Louisiana Freedive Championships

We would like to thank all of our Sponsors and Divers for coming together this year to make the 2022 Louisiana State Freedive Championships a great success!!!! Despite some awful forecasts we ended up having an awesome 3 days of diving some great weather and hanging out at Hurricane Hole Marina for the weigh in and festivities!! Saturday night we had some impressive fish come in, the band was jamming, and the energy in the crowd was electric!!
Huge Congratulations to Louisiana bad ass Tracy Palmisano for taking king Skin Diver with an impressive pending IUSA world record 40.6lb trippletail, 18.3 lb Red Snapper, 25.7 lb African Pompano and 23.4 lb Black Drum. We had a 2 way tie for 2nd place with Brandon Creamer taking the lead with a 42.6lb Cobia, and Chris Nance taking 3rd with a 32.7lbs black Drum
Lucy Cardet took Queen and second place Mangrove snapper 10.1lbs
The coveted Best Boat went to Tracy Palmisanos boat "4 Sale" !!
Thank You to our Loyal Sponsors listed below and please remember to support those companies who actively support us!!
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Congratulations to this years winners, they had some tough competition and dive conditions but overall some incredible fish were shot!!
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