(* Denotes a Class of 23 Team)

Maverick Team Beats the Heat, Wins Final Event at Teakwood
Cole and Kennedy Repeat as Division 8 Winners, Millenium Falcon Tops Class of 23
Sam White, Southern Kingfish Association
September 4, 2000

Tiki Island, TX—As the thermometers soared past triple digits, nearly sixty teams took to the water in search of a kingfish big enough to win the Texas Marine Kingfish Classic at Teakwood Marina. At stake was a new Yamaha-powered Contender boat and McLain aluminum trailer.

Texas kingfishing veterans Steve Cole and David Kennedy returned to the docks with a good fish aboard their Contender 31, the Maverick. "He's nice, but I'm not sure if he's a winner or not," Cole said in his soft-spoken manner. When the digital scales settled on 40.6 pounds, it was his event now to win or lose. And when the scales finally closed for good at 3:30, he realized the event's top prize was his, along with their second divisional win in as many years.

Mike Dittlinger's Misbehavin' team had some minor problems with their 30-foot Marlin, so they substituted a HydraCat for the weekend. They appeared at the dock with a fat 35 pounder aboard that would be good for second place.

The Gardner boys on the Category 5 found a 31.5 pounder that would be good enough for third in the event. They would also qualify handily for the SKA National Championships as well.

Shawn Zapalac and Jim Dedmon won the tournament's Class of 23 honors and sixth place overall with a 26.4 pounder.

Texas continues to grow in membership, now ranking fourth behind Florida, North Carolina and Georgia. This state shows no signs of slowing down, either. Good luck to all those teams qualified for the National Championship, we will see you there!

Final Standings

1. MAVERICK............................40.6 Contender/Yamaha Steve Cole David Kennedy 2. MISBEHAVIN’...............................35.0 HydraCat/Evinrude Mike Dittlinger Lloyd Thornton Dean Dittlinger Lou Forristall Kim Dittlinger 3. CATEGORY 5................................31.5 Contender/Yamaha Gary Gardner John Gardner Brad Gardner Jack Gardner 4. BIG BITE........................................29.3 Contender/Johnson Glenn Cook Greg Cruthirds David Harris 5. TNT SPECIAL...............................27.4 Contender/Yamaha Mark Machala Steve Meyer Charlie Armstrong Paul Roe 6. *MILLENIUM FALCON.......................26.4 Boston Whaler/Yamaha Shawn Zapalac Jim Dedmon 7. *MEGAHURTS......................25.8 Sea Pro/Mercury Carl Howard Tim Murnane Wendy Murnane	8. JODEE LYNN.............................25.2 Wahoo/Mercury Rick Clark Jim Cannon Ricky Clark, Jr. 9. SHOCKWAVE..................................25.1 Contender/Yamaha Mark Lee Greg Horacefield Paul Horacefield David Horacefield 10. CASEY II...................................24.3 World Cat/Mercury John Boice 11. FULLY LOADED...........................23.9 Pursuit/Johnson John Walker Dana Walker Billy Wright, Jr. Bryan Cassey 12. *BITE IT...............................23.1 Sea Ray/Mercury Clifford McCrummen Jerry Trembeth Allen Rosser Betty Hooper Jason Long Jennifer Long 13. *JOHNNY B...........................22.8 Aquasport/Johnson John Benkenstein Thomas Benkenstein John Benkenstein, Jr. 14. MAMA’S LINCOLN..........................21.1 Sea Ray/Mercury Chris Vanos 15. SKEEZER.......................20.8 Cobia/Yamaha Tony Dugue Anthony Dugue Chris Dugue Eric Cullen

Linda's Tournament Turns Into Reel Screamer
Sam White, Southern Kingfish Association
August 21, 2000

CONDITIONS:
South-southwest winds at 10 kts., 3 foot seas, sunny and hot!

Sargent, TX—In an area known primarily for its outstanding trout and redfishing, 63 teams came to town looking for big king mackerel. While the end of the full moon signaled slower-than-normal fishing offshore, many boats were still able to catch very respectable fish during the Linda's End of Season tournament in Sargent.

Larry White and Mark Zapalac bested the field with a 39.6 pounder caught on Day Two. White eased the Yamaha-powered Century Reel Screamer to the weigh in dock hoping their fish would be large enough to hold up for the win. "What an incredible morning of fishing we had," he reported. "We headed out with just three live hardtails left over from yesterday. Mark and I stopped to jig baits for only about fifteen minutes without any luck, so we said 'Let's go.' It was an early bite and we weren't taking any chances on missing it." They ran 60 miles from the checkout to fish an area of rocks in 180 feet of water.

The first pair of baits in the water yielded a double-header of nice kings. "We saw the first fish," Zapalac said later. "He was about a 25 pounder. But the other had hit a jumbo hardtail, probably a three-pounder, so we knew he was a lot bigger. I cut mine off and we went after Larry's king." The fish made one long smoking run before heading deep to dog it out well below the surface. Forty minutes later, White and Zapalac had their fish aboard. "We looked at the one remaining hardtail left in the well and decided it was time to go home. We left the spot at 10:30 to head in."

The Reel Screamer was the first boat to the dock once the scales opened at 1 PM on Day Two, and they would not relinquish their lead throughout the remainder of the day giving them yet another Texas win. "Mark and I had prefished that spot prior to the tournament," Larry related. "So we knew the big fish were there. It was kind of a beam sea going out, and the Century just eats up a beam sea. We got there fast and dry, while most of the other guys looked like they had gotten a morning shower."

Second place fell to Pat Thomas and his junior angler team on the Katie Lynn, the real story of the tournament. Thomas' regular team backed out on him right at the last minute, so he decided to take his two daughters Katie Lynn and Lori fishing with him during the first day of the Linda's tournament. The calm seas allowed Thomas to venture 40 miles out to the rigs in 125 feet of water in his 22-foot Boston Whaler before putting the lines out. "It was just about impossible to jig for baits since I only had the girls with me, so I put out a ribbonfish deep and that's the line the fish hit," Thomas said. "He never really ran all that hard, and when we got to the boat I saw he was hog tied with the line around his fins and tail. But he was a big king! I passed Katie the rod so I could grab the gaff and put him in the boat."

Thomas' fish weighed 36 pounds even, and was leading throughout the first day of fishing. "The girls were both really excited," Pat said. "Katie has always wanted to win an SKA junior angler award, so I hope this one holds up for them at least." Lori and Katie Lynn would indeed hold onto the Top Junior Angler lead for the SKA, receiving their first place plaques at the awards for their participation during the weekend. Thomas was also first in the SKA's Class of 23 in the tournament.

Klint Calogne and the Mariah team finished third at Linda's with a 35.7 pound kingfish, also boated on the second day of fishing. They elected to run the big Ocean Master over 40 miles out to 130 feet of water before deploying the baits. Shortly after 8:15 in the morning, their big fish nailed a ribbonfish pulled deep at 60 feet. The team's designated lady angler, Morgan Baumgartner, immediately grabbed the rod. According to Calogne, she fought the fish for just over 25 minutes before it came to the boat and gaff. As the regional representative for Ocean Master, he had high praise for the ride and fishability of the boat.

Lon and Deanna Hebert and Billy Double put the Heberts' ProLine, Stormy, into fourth place overall in the tournament. Deanna Hebert was able to bag a 35.3 pounder to finish just four-tenths of a pound behind the Mariah. They were followed by the Gardners on Category Five in fifth place. They caught their 33 pounder on a blue runner pulled at 50 feet with the aid of their Cannon downriggers in 160 feet of water. The team had a heartbreaking first day, losing a fish estimated at over 40 pounds to an enormous hammerhead shark. The second strike, a double-header, crossed in mid-run parting both lines. "We knew the fish were there, so we just went right back today," angler Gary Gardner said. The team is sponsored by Texas Marine, Cannon, and Breakwater electronics.

The staff of Linda's Bait Camp really went out of their way to accomodate the fishermen of the SKA during the weekend, from preparing an early breakfast and cold cut sandwiches to providing dinner and live entertainment nightly. The awards kicked off promptly at 4 PM, right on schedule, allowing the teams to still get on the road in short order. As a result, nearly one hundred fishermen and spectators turned out for the awards. Linda, Bill, Henry, Pam, Chris, and all the rest deserve a hearty job well done for their efforts in making this a successful weekend of fishing.

Final Standings

1. REELSCREAMER.......................39.6 Century/Yamaha Larry White Mark Zapalac 2. *KATIE LYNN.........................36.0 Boston Whaler/Evinrude Pat Thomas Katie Lynn Thomas Lori Thomas 3. MARIAH............................35.7 Ocean Master/Yamaha Klint Calogne Rick Baumgartner Morgan Baumgartner Brad Hale Craig Bundron 4. STORMY...............................35.3 ProLine/Evinrude Lon Hebert Deanna Hebert Billy Double 5. CATEGORY 5..........................33.0 Contender/Yamaha Gary Gardner John Gardner Hayden Gardner Jack Gardner Brad Gardner 6. BIGBITE..................................30.5 Contender/Johnson Glenn Cook Greg Cruthiuds David Harris 7. MCMAIN ATTRACTION..................28.7 Wellcraft/Mercury Todd McMain Doug Brookshire Tom Maydian Kirk Dippel	8. TOOTH AND NAIL........................26.7 Mako/Yamaha Leaf Potter Carl Potter Heather Potter Doug Seagell Paul Kelley 9. Whiskey Talk..................................25.8 10. MAVERICK..........................25.4 Contender/Yamaha Steve Cole David Kennedy Keith Ellenson 11. Bull Run......................................25.2 12. CON ROCKER.........................24.7 Midnight Express/Johnson Brian Wilson Pat Wilson 13. CASEY II.................................24.3 World Cat/Mercury John Boice Brian Naple Paul Durham 14. GAMBLER II.................................23.5 Boston Whaler/OMC Emil Krejci Gayle Krejci Terry Gilmer Mike Evans David Mala 15. Texas Gambler............................23.3

Maverick Team Takes South Texas Win
Soft Serve Has Top Honors in Class of 23
Sam White, Southern Kingfish Association
August 14, 2000

Port Aransas, TX—Steve Cole, David Kennedy and Ken Yarbrough found quick success on the SKA Tournament Trail last year in Texas, winning the division’s overall class. This year, the team has picked up a sponsored ride through Contender boats and have again proven themselves to be worthy competitors. They were the only team able to land a king mackerel over the magic 40 pound mark during the two days of fishing in the South Texas Kingfish Classic, held out of Port Aransas, Texas, just a scant 150 miles north of the Mexican border.

“We had never fished in this area before,” Cole said at the awards. “Never even run out of the jetties down here, so it was really more luck than anything.” The team began their day at a likely-looking rig that harbored large schools of hardtails, one of the preferred baits all along the Gulf coast. “We jigged up some hardtails and decided to run out a couple baits and bam, there he was,” he reported. Ten short minutes later, angler Yarbrough had the kingfish alongside the Yamaha-powered Contender. “Just one long run out and then another one back toward the boat. We lightened up our normal rigs to #4 wire since we were fishing in clear blue water and that seemed to help,” Cole reported. The team landed another fish slightly smaller than the first and released yet another over 35 pounds before the morning bite shut down. Look for the Maverick team to continue their winning ways in this division.

The real story of the tournament, however, was told by Mark Hubbard. Fishing aboard his 22-foot Robalo, Soft Serve, Hubbard went hunting for a nice kingfish and would return to the dock with not only the second-largest fish of the event, but also tops in both the Class of 23 and Junior Angler honors for his young stepson, nine year old Corbin Plumlee. The team headed south 16 miles after clearing the jetties to begin their search. “We found a good-looking rip loaded with grass that we felt was the place to start,” Hubbard said. “Chip and I barely had a full spread of baits in the water when the fish struck.”

However, the 39.2 pound kingfish apparently didn’t know how to act once it was hooked. Hubbard said, ”The fish hit a hardtail on the surface but never really ran at all, just kind of rolled up at the boat. Corbin was on the rod the whole time. It only took maybe two minutes to get him in.” He also reported a hot bite in progress, saying the team caught and released nearly 60 kings in the two days of the tournament, including four well over the 25 pound mark. Hubbard owns the local Dairy Queen in Port Aransas but also had never fished for kings in that area before. However, the mark of a good fisherman is the ability to go into unknown areas and locate the fish, an ability this team certainly showed during the weekend.

The Wild Thing, crewed by Davey Wright and Leonard Gonzales, was the first boat to the scales waiting to weigh in. Fishing from a Grady-White walkaround powered by a single OMC SeaDrive outboard, the team only ran eight miles to find their 39.1 pound kingfish. They would lead most of the first day, but would have to settle for third overall. Wright said the fish hit around 9:30 in the morning, falling for a small ribbonfish on top. Gonzales grabbed the rod as the fish made several very strong runs. Twenty minutes later, the fish was aboard. The pair also reported losing several other large fish in the area due to pulled hooks, so they were in the right place at almost the right time.

Larry White and Mark Zapalac had a great season last year in Division Eight, and it really paid off for them. This season found them in a new sponsored ride from Century Boats and Yamaha, and they appear to be making the best of their opportunities. They continued to prove their mettle in Port Aransas with a fourth place finish. Day Two saw a definite slowdown in the fishing, but the Reel Screamer team was one of the few to crack the code and locate a good fish that would change the top five standings on the leaderboard. “We fished the Hospital Rocks, 180 feet of water and 35 miles away,” reported White (no relation to the author). “That fish hit the second bait in the water, a jumbo hardtail right on the surface. It seemed to be an early bite, and I’m glad we were the first boat on the spot because it shut down pretty much after that. It was tough fishing today, but we managed to get a good one.” I asked about the performance of his new boat, to which Larry simply replied, “I love it. The Century is a great ride in the ocean and the overall fishability is super.”

The Benkensteins, winners of last year’s Class of 23 in Texas aboard the Force 10, split their forces this season to compete as two separate teams. The Johnny B, captained by John Benkenstein, rounded out the top five in this year’s South Texas tournament, placing second in the SKA Class of 23 standings. Again, it’s a case of someone who’s never fished out of an area before locating good fish. “We relied on some local information that said the fish were all in pretty close,” John said later. “But rig-hopping on the way out wasn’t working for us.” By noon, the team found themselves in 160 feet of “clear blue” water 30 miles southeast of the jetties. They slow trolled a variety of baits in the calm seas with the best bites coming on small ribbonfish. After a few dinks to start the day, a smashing strike and screaming drag announced their first smoker of the weekend. Junior angler Johnny Benkenstein was able to get the fish to the boat in short order, a feat that would win him second place in the SKA junior angler standings for the tournament with his 31.2 pounder.

The South Texas event was a new tournament this year on the SKA Mercury Tournament Trail, and although the local participation was light nearly 50 teams turned out in Port Aransas to compete for a guaranteed first prize of $10,000 in cash. Tournament Director Al Dwarshus worked hard to ensure that the tournament was both well-organized and well-run, and should be commended for doing an excellent job at both. Port A Harbormaster Kurt and his staff bent over backward to make the fishermen feel at home, and he deserves many thanks for his help as well. Many new potential sponsors in the area expressed their desire to climb aboard for next year’s event, so expect bigger and better things to come from this area next year.

Final Standings
Weight of Single Largest Kingfish in Pounds

1. MAVERICK.................................42.0 Contender/Yamaha Steve Cole David Kennedy Ken Yarbroug 2. *SOFT SERVE.............................39.2 Robalo/Mercury Mark Hubbard John “Chip” Hubbard Corbin Plumlee 3. WILD THING............................39.1 Grady-White/Evinrude Davey Wright Leonard Gonzales 4. REEL SCREAMER...................35.5 Century/Yamaha Larry White Mark Zapalac 5. *JOHNNY B.........................31.2 Aquasport/Johnson John Benkenstein John Benkenstein, Jr. Tom Benkenstein 6. SHOCKWAVE......................29.8 Contender/Yamaha Mark Lee Greg Horacefield David Horacefield 7. CATEGORY FIVE................................29.6 Gary Gardner 8. BLACK THUNDER........................29.3 Century/Yamaha Bob Byland Kevin Aston	9. RIPTIDE................................29.0 Ranger/Mercury Terry Haynes Walt Kalinosky Robert Flores 10. TOOTH & NAIL.......................28.5 Mako/Yamaha Leaf Potter Carl Potter Paul Kelly 11. MCMAIN ATTRACTION..................................28.4 Wellcraft/Mercury Todd McMain Doug Brookshire Tom Maydian Kirk Dippe 12. T-N-T SPECIAL...............................28.2 Contender/Yamaha Mark Machala Steve Meyer Charlie Armstrong Paul Roe 13. MISS SHELBY RAE..........................28.1 Cape Horn/Mercury Mike Sanderson Kevin Frank Corey Frank Matt Frank Mike Francis 14. GAMBLER II.........................27.1 Boston Whaler/Evinrude Emil Krecji Royce Gaubatz David Matta 15. REEL TEEZER....................26.8 Wellcraft/Mercury Darrell Hingle Jason Lange Miguel Lopez

Tooth & Nail Tops in Boat Superstore Texas Tournament!
Jack Holmes, Southern Kingfish Association
August 1, 2000

Galveston, TX—Al Dwarshus, tournament director for the Boat Superstore tournament at Teakwood Marina in Galveston, Texas, was generous in his time allotment for the competitors on the first day of the event, 6:15 am till 7 pm. With this generosity most anglers chose to run to the far ends of the Gulf or at least until their fuel gauge said halt. It didn’t pay off. Chris Machacek and Bob Jones on the factory sponsored Trophy named Force 10 slid west in the ditch and eased out of Freeport ending up a scant 8 miles offshore.Using a ribbonfish on the surface, the duo smacked a 41 pounder and led at days end.

Day two had a shorter time frame, boats had to be in by 3:30, so the captain’s choices were dramatically limited. Word had spread about Machacek’s honey hole so competitors put two and two together and headed west to Freeport. It paid off!

Lon Herbert was one of those. Fishing his 27 foot Pro Line, Stormy, he found Deanna a 43.7. She had started a new job recently and couldn’t get off work for Friday’s action but made great use of her time on Saturday. Using a custom Marsh Rat rod she let a ribbonfish entice the big fish to eat and after a good fight moved past Machacek on the leaderboard

At stake was a ProLine center console boat complete with a Mercury Outboard, Loadmaster trailer, and a Breakwater Electronics package for the prize boat.

On Call, with Sean Welsh at the helm, came in next with a 43 pounder to move into second place and first in the Class of 23, a division for boats 23 feet and under. The 21 foot Mako ran 30 miles south to 65 foot of water and with fishing a silver eel down found their fish at 9:30 am. “We’re just a small boat and with the short time we has to limit our range. It paid off,” said the proud captain.

Killin Time, a 26 foot Wellcraft, came next with a king that replaced all others atop the events leaderboard. “We were only 13 miles east of here,” said Glenn Vann, eying that ProLine prize boat. “Danny Atchison fished his first tournament and caught the 45.8 pounder. We trolled a fresh caught ribbonfish about 10 feet down on a weighted free line.”

Several fish came in with little consequences to the leaderboard. Then the Potter family, fishing their 26 foot Mako, Tooth & Nail, slid up to the dock and held up a 48.8 for the cameras. Leaf, Carl, and Heather had nailed a 30 pounder on the first day and ran back to the same spot 8 miles off Freeport. Sound familiar? “She hit a big hardtail on the surface,” said Captain Leaf. “She ran off 200 yards of line and ended up in the rig. We knew it was a good fish but as line was gained we were fearful we would loose the fish due to heavily frayed line. As Carl stuck her with the gaff, the hooks fell out of her mouth. We were lucky, just real lucky!” Leaf works with All Star Graphite Rods.

No other boat this day would challenge the 48 pounder and Carl and his family would reap the benefits of victory, a beautiful 19’ Proline. Victory was theirs.

Machacek dropped to fifth, On Call earned fourth, while Stormy’s 43.7 earned them third. The Killin Time was runner up.

Two other boats in the Class of 23 finished in the top 10. Clifford McCrummen’s Bite It earned 6th with a 40.7 while Johnny B, with John Benkenstein at the helm, earned eighth with a 39.9. That’s four boats in the top ten that fished in boats 23 foot and under.

The next tournament in the SKA’s Division Eight will be August 10th - 12th in Port Aransas, Texas.

Final Standings

1. TOOTH & NAIL....................48.8 Mako/Yamaha Leaf Potter Carl Potter Heather Potter 2. KILLIN TIME....................45.8 Wellcraft/Mercury Glenn Vann Brian Broadus Barbara Broadus Danny Atchison 3. STORMY....................43.7 ProLine/Evinrude Lon Hebert Deanna Hebert 4. ON CALL....................43.0 Mako/Yamaha Sean Welsh John Parsley Keith Mercer 5. FORCE 10....................41.5 Trophy/Mercury Chris Machacek Bob Jones 6. BITE IT....................40.7 SeaRay/Mercury Clifford McCrummen Jerry Trembath Tre McCrummen Allen Rosser 7. TEXAS CONTENDER....................40.7 Contender/Yamaha Brett Donahoe Brian Gaudin Kyle Rodgers Chris Byrd 8. JOHNNY B....................39.9 Aquasport/Johnson John Benkenstein John Benkenstein Tom Benkenstein	9. MAVERICK....................36.1 Contender/Yamaha Steve Cole 10. RIPTIDE....................35.3 Ranger/Mercury Terry Haynes Billy Love Robert Flores 11. CATEGORY 5....................34.5 Contender/Yamaha Gary Gardner John Gardner Brad Gardner Jack Gardner Hayden Gardner 12. REEL THREEL....................34.4 Stamas/Yamaha Mike Segall Jack Segall Jackie Thomas Ignasio Jr. 13. XSNRG....................32.7 Donzi/Mercury Ralph Frazier Paul Harris Ron Frazier Andrew Harris Mike Eckhardt 14. EXPRESS....................31.7 Intrepid/Yamaha Mike Miller Doug Lawson Jermy Ebert 15. MISBEHAVIN....................30.9 Marlin/OMC Mike Dittlinger Lloyd Thornton Deon Dittlinger Kim Dittlinger
TOP JUNIOR ANGLER John Benkenstein Jr. ..........39.9
TOP LADY ANGLER Deanna Hebert..........43.7

 

Reel Screamer Wins Texas Opener!
Jack Holmes, Southern Kingfish Association
July 17, 2000

Matagorda, TX—Larry White, Mark Zopalac, and Jerry Gattis, fishing a new 28’ Century carrying a Marine Max flag from the T-Top, Earned the $10,000 first place check when they scaled a 36.5 on the event's first day. “We ran about 34 miles SE of Matagorda inlet, to get away from the shrimpers and and to a spot we caught fish 2 years ago. We started in 130 feet of nice blue water,” said the proud captain, Larry White. “We hadn’t found a fish in the deeper water so we moved around 11 o’clock. First line out, there she was. Mark grabbed the rod and in short order we had her in the boat.”

The team is sponsored by Century, Yamaha, Loadmaster, Breakwater Electronics, All Star Rods, and Mike Hood Marine Propellers.

Mike Dittlinger found his 35’ Marlin, Misbehavin, on the short end of the scale when he watched the digital readout settle on 36.3. “We were so close,” he exclaimed. They missed first by just two tenths of a pound. With Mike was team members Deon Dittlinger, Lloyd Thornton, and Lou Forristad.

Dennis Rittman found the third place fish on day two. “We thought it was smart to get in and get this one weighed,” said the excited captain. “We had bells going off on one of our engines and the last thing we needed was to have us miss the time slot.” They were the first one to weigh and as they brought the fish out of the box both Rittman and myself thought that it had a chance to take the lead. It missed by just eight tenths of a pound. Fishing on Rittman’s catamaran Canyon Runner was Jack Duke, Amos Slawson, Terry Pooh, and Bill Flynn Jr.

The Dolphin Delight, with Joe Gilleland at the helm, was the leader of the Class of 23 boats and also nailed down fourth with the remaining king caught in the 30 pound range, a 31.4. “We were only out about 16 miles,” Joe explained. “We were drift fishing in 73 feet of water by rig 451 and had just put out a ribbonfish when she hit. John grabbed the rod and the rest was easy.

Brett Donnahou, Brian Gaudin, Kyle Rodgers, and Dave Williams rounded out the top five aboard the Texas Contender, an Evinrude powered Grady White. They bagged a 29.6 pounder.

Terri Zappalac, fishing aboard the Millinium Falcon, won the ladies honors with a 26.3 pounder. She not only caught the fish but helped the team earn 7th place place, and second in the Class of 23.

Final Standings

1. REEL SCREAMER.....................36.5 Century....Yamaha Larry White Mark Zopalac Jerry Gattis 2. MISBEHAVIN.....................36.3 Marlin....Evinrude Mike Dittlinger Lloyd Thornton Deon Dittlinger Lou Forristad 3. CANYON RUNNER.....................35.7 Glacier Bay....Suzuki Dennis Rittiman Jack Duke Amos Slawson Terry Pooh Bill Flynn Jr. 4. DOLPHIN DELIGHT.....................31.4 Pursuit....Evinrude Joe Gilleland 5. TEXAS CONTENDER.....................29.6 Grady White....Evinrude Brett Donnahou Brian Gaudin Kyle Rodgers Dave Williams	6. MAVERICK.....................27.0 Contender....Yamaha Steve Cole David Kennedy 7. MILLINIUM FALCON.....................26.3 Boston Whaler...Yamaha Shawn Zapalac Terri Zapalac Jim Dedmon Louis Baymann 8. REEL FUN-ATIC.....................25.3 ProLine....Johnson Joe Bauhs Ed Harmon Mike Bauhs 9. JODEE LYNN.....................24.4 Wahoo...Mercury Rick Clark Jim Cannon 10. GAMBLER II.....................24.2 Boston Whaler...Evinrude Emil Kregci Jr. Gayle Krejci Grady Gage Buddy Fogle Rex Jenkins