Welcome to the Stop #5 of the 2026 Season! We are headed back to the Harris Chain! This will be a super tournament combined with Florida North! All fish must be released back to the main waters! You are allowed to enter both tournaments.

Please ensure that you have your membership before signing up. We are honored to have you!

To get your membership online click here: Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail (fomntt.com) 

• TOURNAMENTSITE: Buzzard Beach Boat Ramp- 12423 Us Highway 441, Tavares, FL 32778

• TOURNAMENT HOSTS: City of Tavares

• TOURNAMENT DATE: June 13th 2026

• TOURNAMENT MEETING DATE: June 12th, 2026 at location First Baptist Church of Tavares

• OFFICIAL PRACTICE: None, however all the tournament waters will be off limits from 5:30 pm Friday until the Saturday morning blast-off. 

• OFFICIAL ENTRY: USE THE LINK BELOW TO SIGN UP!

Pay: Fishers of Men - Florida Central Division

• EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE: June 5th, 2026. Every boat entered by this date will be entered into the early bird boat draw (boat numbers 1- however many enter by the deadline) 

• ENTRY DEADLINE: June 12th, 2026. No sign-ups at the ramp! Last chance to sign up will be at the pre-tournament meeting by 6:30pm

• PERMITTED FISHING AREAS: All public waters accessible by boat from the tournament launch site, with the exception of the area within 100 yards of the boat ramp at Buzzard Beach Boat Ramp

• LAUNCH/WEIGH-IN SITE: Buzzard Beach Boat Ramp

Livewell Checks at 0530 Weigh-in at 3PM (Determined by number of entries)

Flight assignments and times will be given at the Friday Tournament meeting. 

The Pre-Tournament Meeting will be Friday night the 12th of June 2026. Location for the meeting is: First Baptist Church of Tabares 124 N Joanna Ave, Tavares, FL 32778

The gracious hosts for the meeting is First Baptist Church Tavares. Our guest speaker for this event is Chaplain Brock Reeves. The meeting is a family-friendly event and is worth 50 season points and is the central focus to what Fishers of Men is all about. There will be a free meal for you and your family, door prizes, and raffles after the inspirational speaker. We loook forward to seeing you there! God bless!

We would like to thank our local sponsors, First Baptist Church Tavares for hosting this event, 91.3 Hope FM where Hope is found, Trinity Baptist Church Palatka, Trinity Baptist Church Keystone Heights, Orange Lake Baptist, First Baptist Church Lake Panasoffkee, South Putnam Church, First Baptist Church of Weirsdale, MadeinUSA.com, Artic Air Palatka, Rare Creative Expressions, River of Life Osteopathic, JMS Building Corporation, Nelson’s Tent and Events, E&S Tire and Auto Palatka, Reeves Heating and Air, MW Landscaping, On Track Land Mangement, Hi-Way Mart, Ray’s Roofing, Chiller Medic, Fish 4.19 performance eyewear, as well as a couple anonymous partners. 

We would like to thank all of our national sponsors, Falcon Boats, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Mercury, Realtree Fishing, Fenwick, Firefly Marine, Power-Pole, TH Marine, Frogg Toggs