Sports
Venice Man Wins Marina del Rey Halibut Derby
Tim Sheridan took first place with his 33.5 pound fish over the June 8 and 9 weekend.
Venice resident Tim Sheridan took first place in the 38th Annual Marina del Rey Halibut Derby put on by the Marina del Rey Anglers on June 8 and 9.
Sheridan reeled in a 33.5 pound fish and for his efforts won a trip to the Sitka Point Lodge in Alaska.
All funds raised from the event go to the Marina del Rey Youth Fishing Program and the White Sea Bass Grow-Out Program, which takes hundreds of disadvantaged youth fishing and release thousands of juvenile White Sea Bass into the wild every year.
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