Tournament targets exotic, invasive fish

MIAMI -- Steve Papp cleaned up monetarily and ecologically in last week's one-day nonnative fish roundup tournament in the Everglades.

Papp, a landscaper from Plantation, Fla., won $325 for bringing more than 77 pounds of snakeheads, blue and spotted tilapia, Mayan and yellow-bellied cichlids, sailfin catfish and jaguar guapote to the scales on Tamiami Trail east of Krome Ave. Runner-up Jack Gleason weighed 18 snakeheads totaling 29 pounds, 14 ounces -- including the tournament's largest fish at 8 pounds, 6 ounces.

William Bayes finished in third place overall with 21 pounds, 13 ounces of exotic fish.

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