Filipino-Canadian Anglers Association of Manitoba

The FAAM Catfish Showdown is our annual ‘open to all’ catfish tournament. Teams of two hit the Red River in search of their best stringer of 10 channel catfish. Catch, photo, video release format powered by Kickerfish. Cash prizes paid out to the Top 5 teams and prize packages from 6th to 10th place (based on 30 teams).

2-person teams – 10 best channel catfish – Minimum 32″ to score

Boat only competition held on the Red River at Selkirk Park, MB

2024 Tournament RECAP

This year’s tournament had 14 teams compete. There were well over 100 Master Angler channel catfish scored! The winning team of Dave Piott and Jomar Sarmiento caught an incredible 26 with their 10 best scoring at 362.5 inches. They took home the first place prize of $2000 plus the Most MAs award of $250 sponsored by DarrenWojcik of Deputy Electric.

2nd place went to Corey and Glenn Pasichnyk who were only half an inch behind at 362″ with 25 MAs. They won $1000

3rd place was won by Eric and Nash Labaupa. They scored 358″ with 18 MAs in the boat. They won $500 and Top Youth $100 sponsored by Mike Dotoli of 2 Rivers Boat Works.