Toes up Tops the Field at East Coast Got-Em-On!

By Don Ewing

Carolina Beach, North Carolina — A beautiful 44.45 king mackerel caught by Richard Boles and Doug Robson on the Toes Up was the only king in the forties, giving them a big win at the East Coast Got-Em-On.

“We were fishing with our children, Richard J. Boles and Jordan Robson, 60 miles south at the Myrtle Beach Rock,” said Boles.  “It was an early bite, 8:50 to be exact. We were fishing in 57 feet of water when she ate a live pogy on the surface. It was certainly the biggest king we’ve ever scaled.”

The team put the fish in the boat at 9:55 then had to wait till 2:30 to come to the scales. “We knew she was a good fish but it was a real thrill when the event was over and we were the winners,” added Boles. “We’ve been fishing SKA for three years and finally got a good win.”

Toes Up is now in the points race lead for the Class of 23. The two juniors, Richard and Jordan, were the event’s Top Junior Anglers.

Second place went to the Reely Miss Behavin with a 38.35. Ricky Holden, Richard Clark, Steve Smith, and Marisa Game caught this king after moving from the beach in the morning. “We weren’t doing nothing so we thought we better move,” said Holden. “We found a good spot and hooked up three times. The first one went 18 pounds, the second one we lost, but the third was the mother lode.”

The team was fishing 30 miles from the weigh-in site.  Richard caught the fish while Ricky did the gaff.

“Richard was putting out a line when the pogy we were fishing came right back to the props,” explained Ricky. “Richard jerked the rod back and it back lashed. That’s when she hit. It made one long run then came right back to the boat. When she came in the boat we were on our way to the scales.”

The Reely Miss-Behavin is a Yamaha powered Cape Horn. They are fifth in the Open Class Division 9 standings. Marisa was the event's Top Lady Angler.

Third place went to a non-member.

The Screamin Deacon earned fourth with a 34.20 plus first in the Classs of 23. The Dennings, Larry, Allen, Hampton, Mark, and Marcus, a very good and focused team, fished between Kura Pier and Fort Fisher. “There was a lot of bait on the beach and the Pier area produced some good kings on Saturday,” said Larry after scaling their king. “Marcus enticed the king to eat a surface trolled pogy about 10:15. He had her to my waiting gaff in a short 15 minutes.”

This team has been fishing with SKA since ’96 and has won and placed in many events. Last year they won first place in Class of 23 three times. They are third in Class of 23 standings now after two events. They fish a Yamaha powered SportCraft.

Charles Randy Smith, Richard Williams, and Brad Fields caught a 34.10 fishing their Yamaha powered Contender, Got-Tu. “We were 40 miles from the scale,” said team Captain Charles Randy Smith. “Richard hooked up at 9:15 after eating a pogy we had caught off the downrigger set 45 feet deep. We were at the Shark Hole because experience said we should be there. Guess that was right.” The 34-pound king earned them fifth place.

The Got-Tu is a very professional team scoring wins at Atlantic Beach and the U.S. Open events.

Seventh place went to the Hydra Sports team Black Gold. Jordan Williamson, Don Williamson,  Lawrence Bullard, and Mike McDuffie fished at the Hammer, 50 miles from the scales. “We had nothing but good reports earlier in the week from this area,” Jordan reported.

The team let Jordan do the honors while Mike was responsible for getting the 32.15 to the boat. “It was an early bite,” said Jordan. “We had her in the boat a little after nine.”

The Black Gold is now in second place in the Open Class in the Division 9 standings.

Miss Janelle’s 31.00 earned Chris Dawson and Brad High eighth.  Fishing a Sea Hunt, powered by Yamaha, the team moved to seventh in the Class of 23.

The Miss Janelle was one of two teams with a Class of 23 boat to earn a top ten finish plus they earned second in Class of 23.

Trick C scaled a 30.75 to earn ninth.  Jeff York, Craig Drye, Wesley Ross, Sonny York, and Arthur Dennis Hall, fished the Yamaha powered Contender.

The 2004 Angler of the Year, Dean Spatholt, earned tenth place fishing the Fish Meister. He scaled a 30-pound king. They are now in third in the Division standings.

The Got-Em-On is a big event in North Carolina attracting over 200 competitive teams each year. Congratulations to them for another great year.

East Coast Got-Em-On Classic

Open Class 44.451. TOES' UP Contender / Yamaha Richard Boles Doug Robson Richie Boles Jordan Robson 38.352. REELY MISS-BEHAVIN Cape Horn / Yamaha Richard Clark Steve Smith Marisa Game 37.053. Reel Pleasure 34.204. SCREAMIN' DEACON Sportcraft / Yamaha Larry Denning Allen Denning Mark Denning Marcus Denning Hampton Denning 34.105. GOT-TU Contender / Yamaha Charles Randy Smith Richard Williams Brad Fields 32.556. BlueByU 32.157. BLACK GOLD Hydra Sports / Yamaha Jordan Williamson Don WIlliamson Lawrence Bullard Mike McDuffie 31.008. MISS JANELLE Sea Hunt / Yamaha Chris Dawson Brad High 30.759. TRICK C Contender / Yamaha Jeff York Craig Drye Wesley Ross Sonny York Arthur Dennis Hall 30.0010. FISH MEISTER Yellowfin / Yamaha Dean Spatholt 29.3011. Carolina Rays 29.1012. TIDELINE Wellcraft / Yamaha Dieter Cardwell Kevin Alley Mike Lundy 28.9013. BLACK CAT Triton / Mercury James Stewart Carlette Stewart 28.4014. Fly Boys 28.2515. Jus Rite 27.8516. Tadpole 27.3017. LAID BACK ProKat / Suzuki Gary Waters Ted Kalnen E.B. Evans 26.8018. SIMPLY STORAGE Yellowfin / Yamaha Michael Kennedy Mark Kennedy 26.5519. TWO DOGS Century / Yamaha Richard Cooke Dur Thomason 26.1020. COON DOG Yellowfin / Mercury Samuel Cernugel Chris Nealon Jeremy Padgett

Class of 23 34.201. SCREAMIN DEACON Sportcraft / Yamaha Larry Denning Allen Denning Mark Denning Marcus Denning Hampton Denning 31.002. MISS JANELLE Sea Hunt / Yamaha Chris Dawson Brad High Top Lady Angler 38.35Marisa Game REELY MISS-BEHAVIN Top Junior Angler 44.45Richie Boles and Jordan Robson TOES' UP SKA Top Junior Anglers sponsored by Ocean Isle Fishing Center 44.451. Richie Boles TOES' UP 34.202. Hampton Denning SCREAMIN DEACON 22.553. Charlie Permenter MINING MY BIDNESS Mercury Marine Junior Angler Scholarship Winner Charlie Permenter MINING MY BIDNESS