Striper King Classic 2

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The Wounded Warriors had a huge presence at the SKC2 festivities. For those of you who didn't attend, I wanted to show a few shots of our Wounded Warriors joining us in our event. It was an honor having the Warriors being part of the Striper King Classic 2.

A very excited Warrior with his striper. He didn't win the tournament, but in his own way he won.


Ben Maple, Wounded Warrior coordinator and Warrior with nice striper.


Wounded Warrior pontoon group standing ready for fishing "combat".


Ben Maple addressing crowd and bringing awareness of the Wounded Warrior Project.


Warrior winning one of their many "Super Raffle" prizes.


Warrior winning the Diamond Valley Lake annual launching pass, valued at $450.00


Warrior winning a Coleman portable stove, alongside Ben Maple presenting.


Ben Maple, Pete Marino from BPS and Warrior winning nice rod and reel setup.


Kenny Baldwin and Warrior winning a hot swimbait lure


David Leak presenting a trolling fly set to Ben Maple. These guys win a lot of raffle prizes!


Ben Maple presenting one of the Warriors with a nice reel.

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The Striper King Classic 2 could not have been organized without our dedicated volunteers. I've put together some great shots of our volunteers in action and some "winning" shots. The tournament is not just about the biggest fish, sometimes the prize is in the eyes of the beholders!


Volunteer Wounded Warrior coordinator Ben Maples of Camp Pendleton addressing the crowd as the festivities are about to begin. Ben assisted in getting all of the Warriors on their respective boats from 4:00am as they came up from Camp Pendleton.


These were the "heart and soul" of our tremendous volunteers. From left to right: Katie Thompson, Hiroko Ogawa, Elizabeth Thompson and Greg Worthington of Valley-Wide Recreation & Parks District. This was the second year for all of them. As a volunteer, Greg came up Friday morning to assist in setting up everything. On Saturday, he coordinated the boat checks from 5:00am, worked the entire event and help breakdown everything leaving at 5:00pm. A huge thanks to Greg!


Greg Worthington assisted by Katie from one of our sponsors. This was Katie's second year also. She represented one of our sponsors with stores in Temecula and Menifee. Katie has a super attitude and is always great during our Super Raffle.


FNN member Bruce Watson winning another raffle prize, presented by Rachell Rheault from our sunglasses sponsor. Bruce needed a shopping cart for all of the raffle prizes that he won at the SKC2. Bruce and Chris have the right touch when buying their raffle tickets!


One of our youngsters winning a couple of raffle prizes from Katie. It didn't matter to this little one if he caught the biggest fish, he just wanted to win one of our raffle prizes! His smile tells the whole story doesn't it?


Our Grand Super Raffle prize winner with all of her prizes. Zach Meredith presents his fantastic fish finder, along with her tackle box organizer filled with sponsor prizes that included swimbaits, lures and plenty of line. This prize package was valued at over $700.00!


Champion Jack Barton from Crestline (on left) and Scott Graham from Cathedral City. Jack's striper weighed in at 19.63lbs and Scott's came in at a respectable 15.68lbs. Congratulations to both of them for an outstanding job!


Last year's Striper King Classic Champ Gary Wiederspan presenting this year's SKC2 Champ Jack Barton with the beautiful winner's striper trophy. This is now a tradition where the previous year's winner does the presenting of the winner's trophy. The ironic thing is that Jack and Gary are both friends and fishing partners! Birds of a feather...........

[TroutOnly]

I'm sorry but the more i look at the runner up fish it looked like it had been in an ice chest for two days,it just loks worked compared to all the other stripers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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haha.

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It was one of our goals to have every kid that attends the Striper King Classic 2 to win something. Our fabulous sponsors made sure that we had raffle prizes geared towards the kids. Here's some shots of our "Little Winners" during the Super Raffle.

You can't find a happier kid in the Inland Empire! This guy's reaction was just priceless.


This little one wins the portable outdoor chair. He's saying, "Hurry up and take my picture, this thing weighs a ton!".


For this guy, he won one of our grab bags full of fishing lures, line and hats. He's just happy that he won something.



This little one is really happy, winning his first tackle box. You'd think he won the grand prize!



For this little one, it didn't matter if he won the Grand Prize, he was just happy to win something. Check out this guy's face and hat, he looks exactly like the print on his shirt!


This mother was so happy for her son winning this nice rod. The rod is about 3 times taller than he is. Maybe someday, he'll even get to use it!