Clay to boost tourism by offering unique 15-month bass tournament

By Don Coble
don@claytodayonline.com

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – To attract more people to the county, officials with the tourism department and Airstream Ventures announced a plan Monday to highlight Clay’s greatest attraction – waterways.

The Kayak Bass Fishing Tournament soon will be offered as part of the strategic plan from the convention, sports and leisure committee.

“This one is not your average tournament,” said Airstream’s Kennedy Grayson. “It’s a 15-month-long marketing campaign, basically. And so what that means is for 15, really 14 months, they will be marketing Clay County as they have competitors to qualify for the tournament in Clay County.

“They have to come here and catch a fish to qualify, and then in November of 2023 – we haven’t set the final date, sometime in November, December or January of 2023 or 24. We will have a fun tournament that everyone will be qualifying for and that will be the other time that they…