{"id":195024,"date":"2026-03-17T15:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/195024\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:18:08","slug":"registration-open-for-wolfson-childrens-hospital-bass-tournament-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/195024\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration open for Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital Bass Tournament \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">PALATKA, Fla \u2014 One of the longest-running bass fishing tournaments in Florida is returning for another year with a new format. Registration is now open for the 37th annual Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital Bass Tournament. This year, the tournament will debut a new two-day format. The tournament will take place May 15-16 at the Palatka City Docks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The hospital says more than $40,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. Wolfson adds that for a suggest $20 donation, anyone can enter a drawing for a new Bullet Boat with a trailer courtesy of Bullet Boats and Mercury. Proceeds for the drawing will go toward the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfsonchildrens.com\/services\/heart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wolfsonchildrens.com\/services\/heart\">C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Heart Institute<\/a> at Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/TNFJWD7FFVF2VP5RDM33ABU25A.jpg\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">For a suggested $20 donation, anyone can enter a drawing to win a new Bullet Boat with trailer (Wolfson Children&#8217;s Hospital)<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Wolfson says the Friends of Wolfson Children\u2019s Tournament and the Lads and Lasses Tournament will take place on May 15, with the Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital Bass Tournament happening on May 16. Participants can <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.baptistjax.com\/event\/2026-wolfson-childrens-bass-tournament\/e694022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/giving.baptistjax.com\/event\/2026-wolfson-childrens-bass-tournament\/e694022\">register online<\/a> before May 12 at Noon. In-person registration will take place at the Palatka City Docks on May 15 from 4 a.m. to safe light and on May 16 from 3 a.m. to safe light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The boats will launch for Friends of Wolfson Children\u2019s Tournament at about 6:00 a.m. or safe light, with the weigh-in beginning at 3 p.m. Launching for the Lads and Lasses Tournament will be approximately 6:30 a.m. with the weigh-in beginning at 3:30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The launch for the Bass Tournament on May 16 will be approximately 6 a.m. or safe light. Weigh-ins will begin at 3 p.m. in 10-minute increments and staggered by boat number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital says since the first tournament in 1989, the event has raised more than $7 million. You can find more information on the raffle and tournament on <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.baptistjax.com\/event\/2026-wolfson-childrens-bass-tournament\/e694022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/giving.baptistjax.com\/event\/2026-wolfson-childrens-bass-tournament\/e694022\">the tournament\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/on-demand\/morning-news-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/on-demand\/morning-news-podcast\/\">Listen to Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News Interviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/fp\/download-free-wokv-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wokv.com\/fp\/download-free-wokv-app\/\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wokv.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wokv.com\/newsletters\">click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALATKA, Fla \u2014 One of the longest-running bass fishing tournaments in Florida is returning for another year with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-195024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}