The Final Mercury / IGFA Junior Angler

World Championship Was Held

June 17-19, 2007

Click here for Results and Pictures!!

The Mercury / IGFA Junior Angler World Championship (JAWC) is an invitational fishing tournament. Winners from domestic and international qualifying events are awarded invitations to fish in this prestigious tournament. If the 1st place winner can not participate, the second place winner will be invited. Tournaments submit an application to become a qualifying event and are approved by a steering committee.

2007 marked the fifth annual Junior Angler World Championship. 37 anglers participants and their families traveled to Key West, Florida Keys to enjoy this fun event. Anglers are paired up and an adult accompanies each angler on the boat. Anglers fish for two days from center console boats for a variety of fish. Points are awarded based on the species they catch.

A great deal of publicity has been generated because this competition represents junior winners of tournaments from all over the world that have competed in a tournament promoted by IGFA. This invitational competition is a prestigious event for both the qualifying tournaments and anglers because of its unique nature and IGFA’s global reputation. This is the second in a series of world class events that include the ROLEX/IGFA Offshore Championship Tournament, which is held May in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and the ROLEX/IGFA Inshore Championship, which is held in July in the Florida Keys.

This was the final year of the junior angler championship as the IGFA expands its junior angler program with more fun and educational fishing clinics and events reaching out to more youngsters in more areas of the world.

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