Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - December 2019

TEAMADAMS/ADAMSWINS IFA REDFISHTOUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT VENICE, LOUISIANA

Jimmy Adams and Angela Adams, both of Sarasota, Flor- ida, weighed four redfish that totaled 34.36 pounds to win the 2019 championship event for the IFA Redfish Tour pre- sented by Cabela’s on October 19 at Venice, Louisiana. The teamwon a fully rigged Ranger 2260 Ranger Bay Boat prize package powered by a 150-horsepower Mercury outboard valued at $47,620 for first place. The team stayed close to the takeoff each day, only run- ning 20 minutes to find their spot. Day one brought rain and wind with the second day being dry but cloudy with winds. “We had to slow down and cast a lot on day one,” said Jim- my Adams. “The water was dirty the second day, but we just kept casting.”

The duo finished the first day with 17.24 pounds and the lead going into day two. Both days, the anglers fished Berk- ley Gulp! 4-inch shrimp under a popping cork, targeting redfish located around the hydrilla. “We had a plan and stuck to it,” said Jimmy Adams. “It paid off with good team work. We had a lot of fun out there.” Second-place finishers Kristian Robert, of Pearl River, Louisiana, and Fred Peterman, of New Orleans, Louisiana, weighed a two-day total of 34.12 pounds to win a Ranger RB190 with a 90-horsepower Mercury outboard. The anglers sight-fished soft plastics in the Venice area and also ran into unexpected high winds.