Whether you admire or adore him, Alberto has been a trailblazer in the saltwater fishing community for decades, his expertise and enthusiasm only deepened with time, fueling his widespread popularity. Through countless seminars, gatherings, online group chats, and discussions, Al has generously shared his wisdom with so many of us... Now, it's our turn to give back and support him in every way we can.
“Crazy” Alberto Knie
Charity Events
Charity Bass Tournament
When you pay for your entry please make sure your contact info is current and up to date as this is the way you will be contacted
Entry fee is 25.00 per angler and all proceeds will go to Crazy Alberto
Location - ANYWHERE on the east coast
This is a catch and release striped bass tournament
Leader board positions are determined by overall length of your fish
Start time Friday October 3rd at 6pm and ending Sunday October 6th at 11:59 pm
Upon catching a fish you wish to submit as an entry, you will need to measure and take a picture of the entire fish with ID card and show length from tip of head to longest part of the lower or upper part of the tail, with ruler placed next to fish and showing 0” starting at the head. We all have measured fish before and know what to do.
Entire fish, ruler and ID card must be in picture in order to be valid
Fish photos must show entire fish
Ruler next to or if needed laying on top of fish
Ruler must be legible and fully visible with no bends or bows
Hand written ID card must be in picture showing anglers name and code
Pics must be clear and not blurry (take a bunch if needed and submit the clearest)
If there is a tie in lengths the tie breaker win will to first submitted pic (doesn’t matter what time you caught the fish, fish is scored from the time your submitted pic is received)
• Prizes 1st place - Engraved Trophy + Shirt
• 2nd place - Shirt
• 3rd place - Shirt
• Random entries will be selected to win a shirt
This is a merit based benefit tournament, please keep that in mind, this is for fun and more importantly it’s for a cause, But the 1st place trophy is a 1 off and of course will bring some bragging rights.
Some pictures will be posted to the event page, so take some decent action shots and forward along
Friday October 3rd we will be posting the code you need to write on the ID cards and phone number provided to text your fish entry pics
ID cards - Simple way to do them is a large index card or half sheet of printer paper with hand written anglers name and code in sharpie, you can put clear packing tape over the writing to protect it from water smearing, Make a couple cards to take along.
Charity Raffle
When you pay for a raffle please make sure your contact info is current and up to date as this is the way you will be contacted
20.00 per entry, with all proceeds going to Crazy Alberto
Item lots (multiple grouped items) will be displayed individually with item descriptions and be numbered starting at Lot 1
Each entry gets you 1 raffle ticket, (buy 3 entries (30.00) get 3 raffle tickets, buy 6 entries (60.00) get 6 raffle tickets and so on)
1 ticket from the entire pool of tickets will be randomly drawn for each lot
Drawing dates for each lot will be announced
Please keep in mind being this a benefit raffle if you win a rod, please try and have a way to pick it up on Long Island. All other items are shippable if needed
When you pay for your entry please make sure your contact info is current and up to date as this is the way you will be contacted
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