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more Mercury Trail stories<< BEAR LANDS A 48.60 TO TAKE GJKT BIG KING TITLE
Combs’ C&H Lures Tops Ultra Class Aggregate
by Ian Warner
Jacksonville, Florida - Yulee, Florida’s Captain James “Bear” Croft is no stranger to hanging big kings. Last year he and his team of Rick Dopson and Debbie Portier christened the first annual Captain Hap’s event with a win. At the Greater Jacksonville event in 2005 he scored a big 46.10 to lead the big fish hunt at the end of day one. He was denied the title that year by the Rew Crew, but 2007 turned out to be the Year of the Bear.
So what’s the secret to consistently hanging leaderboard-topping kingfish when you’re competing against a field of 852 boats? Prior preparation. “Well, we did pre-fish for two days,” noted Bear at the awards ceremony Saturday evening. Another key factor was bait, or the lack thereof for teams waiting on a broken down bait man on Thursday morning. The Bear Caught was stocked full of goggle eyes, and when many teams were scrambling through unplanned bait runs, Bear and his crew had their 31’ Mercury powered Yellowfin throttle down and headed towards Fernandina.
Joined for this event by 2002 Angler of the Year and National Champion Ed Mecchella, the Bear Caught set up to fish six miles off of Fernandina in 60 feet of water. The team deployed a spread of goggle eyes, and almost immediately the medium line drew taut and set that reel screaming. With Bear on the rod and Mecchella waiting with the gaff, the team muscled that 48-pounder to the boat in less than 25 minutes. “We had her on ice at 7:30,” Bear happily recounted.
At the scales the Bear Caught’s monster proved to weigh an impressive 48.60 pounds, easily topping the leaderboard. Bear and his team were only threatened by one fish coming to the scales, caught by non-member Ronnie Dick on Thursday, but it proved a pound shy at 47.60 pounds. By the end of Friday’s fishing it was official, Bear Caught was the winner of the Largest Kingfish Category and the proud new owner of the beautiful new Contender 25 Open with twin Yamaha 200 hp engines and a Loadmaster trailer. Back in 2005 Bear and his team actually had a record-setting two-fish aggregate, but as the prize structure was such that second place big king had a greater payout than top aggregate, Bear settled for second. This year there’s no settling, and Bear and his team have the title to go with their new Contender.
In the Division 5 race that huge 48-pounder also serves to push the Bear Caught up from an 11th place 70.74 aggregate to fourth place with 96.98 pounds. It would come as no surprise to many to see Croft and his team catch another Bear-sized king in New Smyrna and take the title, they definitely have the talent.
Captain Chuck Lippiatt and Nick Pilinko paired on Team Earthcare to land a big 44.40 for third place honors. After ten years of fishing with the SKA, Lippiatt sure picked the right moment to land his biggest king to date and secure his best tournament finish, Team Earthcare’s king was worth three grand.
After zeroing out on day one, Team Earthcare headed to a spot just nine miles from the scales, trolling an area 45 feet deep. “We ended up throwing 180 dollars worth of bait away, he hit a ribbonfish,” said Lippiatt. Trolled ten feet off the bottom, the team’s third place king snatched that eel at 8:10, and the fight was on…sort of. “Well, really, it just rolled up dead. I had pulled a hook already and started really thinking we’d lost it. But then he came to the surface belly up,” continued Lippiatt. Taking no chances that the king was playing opossum, Lippiatt put the steel to the 44-pounder and hauled him aboard.
With no fish on the board for day one, Lippiatt and Pilinko knew that their solo fish was good for big king money on Thursday’s board, but would it hold through Friday’s fishing? Weighing in at 3:25 the team had third place big fish, and although Team Carolina Skiff threatened the board with a 41.95-pounder at 4:45, Lippiatt’s king held on strong. Three grand richer, it’s a safe bet that 180 dollars worth of bait is long forgotten.
While the Largest Kingfish Category only paid three places, there were still plenty of big northeastern Florida kings in the top ten. Captain Jim Hammond and his No Doubt team navigated the 27’ Honda powered World Cat to a nice 40.45-pounder, setting the team up for a 12th place finish in the Ultra Class Aggregate tournament. Captain Hammond was joined by Ronald Hall, Tony Testone and Bill Richardson for the event.
St. Augustine, Florida’s Captain Don Combs and the C&H Lures team captured the tenth-largest king, a 39.75-pounder, early Saturday morning. While that 39-pounder was well out of the money in the Largest Kingfish leaderboard, it was just the “two” of a “one-two” combo; Combs and his team had already landed a 24.20-pounder on Thursday. Those two kings totaled 63.95 pounds, and after all the results were tallied and re-tallied, Combs and his team had just topped the Ultra Class Aggregate, winning a Sea Chaser 250LX Bay Runner with Evinrude 250 hp engine and Loadmaster trailer, valued at over $51,000.
As the owner and operator of C&H Lures in Jacksonville and a competitive fisherman for over 30 years, there are few that can measure up to Combs’ time on the water and vast fishing experience. “I had my first real win back in 1973 when I broke the record at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo with a 47-pounder,” recalled Combs at the awards ceremony. For those of us that weren’t following the kingfish circuit back then, Combs more recently won the Ft. Pierce leg of the Yamaha Professional Kingfish Tour in 2004.
Combs and his C&H Lures team started their hunt on Thursday by heading the 38’ Mercury powered Fountain south, eventually heading towards to the Matanzas Bottom. “We caught eight fish there and then made a move to the Moody Wreck where we caught the 24-pounder,” recalled Combs. That king was lured by a ribbonfish halfway down while working an area 80 feet deep.
On Friday the team set out with renewed determination. “We knew we had to have a big fish if we were going to have any chance,” said Combs. With that in mind the team made a 60-mile run down the coast to fish off Flagler Beach. Having netted up pogies near St. Augustine Beach, the team was locked, loaded and ready when their big king snatched a livie on the long line at 9:40. With Combs behind the wheel, Dennis Sergent, Jr. cleared the lines while Dennis Sergent grabbed the rod and Steve Grant readied the gaff. After a surprisingly short fight Grant was placing the nearly 40-pound fish in the box.
Maybe it was the ease of the battle, or perhaps it was that 48-pounder looming on the leaderboard, but Combs and his team just weren’t satisfied and they kept digging. “By 11:00 we had hooked and released four kings, then we made a move to the Southeast Bottom and Shanty Town, but no luck,” related Combs. But all worries were in vain, and he and his C&H Lures team will go down in the record books as the 2007 Ultra Class Champions.
Captain David Beam led the Inside Chance team to two 30-pounders to take second place in the Ultra Class. This is another team that has had recent success in this event, back in 2004 the Inside Chance topped the big king leaderboard with a 46-pounder. Thursday morning found Captain Beam and teammate Chris Teschke ready to hit the water, but they had one big problem.
“We had terrible bait,” reported Beam. “The bait guy had broken down, and we only had seven left from the day before. Luckily Lon Bryan gave us five more, and they did the trick.” Armed with only a dozen bait, Beam headed the 36’ Yamaha powered Yellowfin south. “We were fishing just a little past St. Augustine, about 90 miles from the scale,” said Beam.
With a small selection of less-than-optimal bait, the Inside Chance had a slow day of it. They finally had their number called at one o’clock when a blue runner on the long line was snatched in 55 feet of water. Chris Teschke was first to the rod, and the team soon had a fresh 30-pounder dancing on the deck. At the scales the king posted 30.50 pounds, 13th at the end of day one, setting the Inside Chance up for a good shot at the title.
Armed with fresh bait on Friday, Beam decided to head back to the same spot. This time the fresh livies did their work quickly, and the short line began singing a little before 8 a.m. The team set to work, and Teschke soon had another 30-pounder in the box. Knowing how competitive a field of over 850 boats can be, the team kept digging. “We caught three all day, and one other in the same range as that first one, but just couldn’t beat it,” reported Beam. Weighing in at 32.25 pounds, their second king propelled their aggregate to 62.75 pounds.
Falling just shy of the top spot by 1.20 pounds, Beam and his team still have a lot to be proud of, most notably a Key West 2020CC with Yamaha 150 hp engine and a Loadmaster trailer, valued at over $32,000. “And we had a blast,” said a smiling Beam at the awards ceremony.
Sponsored by PVA.org, a non-profit charity with the mission of helping paralyzed veterans, Captain James Rachael’s Mad Dog team is on fire this year in Division 5. They started off the Division with a big 46.85-pound win at the Kingbuster 400 and then took eighth with a 35-pounder at the Ancient City event. In spite of all this success, the team decided they needed a ringer for this event. “We brought Jaryd Hurst along with us this time, he won the Junior tournament here back in 2005,” said SKA charter member Mike Hurst. Whatever this team is doing it sure is working; the Mad Dog scored 61.90 pounds with a 29.25 and a 32.65, good for third in the Ultra Class.
“We got both of those kings in the same spot,” confided Rachael. “In fact, we got them on the first bite of the day both times.” You’ve got to love a good 30-pounder early to take that pressure off. Rachael had run his 36’ Yamaha powered Contender 120 miles south both days, where the team concentrated their efforts approximately five miles off Cape Canaveral beach. Like more than a few teams the Mad Dog had problems securing bait, but as it turned out a ribbon fish was all they needed. At 9:00 an eel 25 feet down in 40 feet of water was snatched, and Joe Pacetti took up angling duties while A.J. Simonetta waited with the gaff. The team reported a quick battle, and while they hooked and released four more kings throughout the day, they couldn’t beat that first 29-pounder.
“On Friday there was a lot of bait on the beach, and lots of Spanish, too,” reported Captain Rachael. This time, armed with live hardtails, the team repeated their successful routine and scored a big 32.65-pounder. “When you’re catching fish with your best friends, it doesn’t get any better than that,” said a jubilant Mike Hurst at the awards ceremony. How about when you’re catching fish with your friends and you walk away with a Mercury 135 hp engine and $7,850 kingfish prize package with an estimated total value of $19,500?
Actually, it gets even better than that. The Mad Dog’s second king, the 32.65-pounder, was the second largest caught with a SKA Junior aboard, awarding Jaryd Hurst second place Junior Angler honors to go with his big win two years ago. Finally, that king adds to Mad Dog’s already impressive Division 5 aggregate, placing Rachael’s team in the Open Class lead by over three pounds. With one event to go things are really going to heat up at the final event in New Smyrna, Bobby Haspel’s Reel Panic isn’t trailing by much, and he has a 28-pound drop-fish to improve upon. Captain Trip Fletcher’s No Limit is looking strong in third as well. Sitting less then ten pounds out of first, Fletcher has a good 23-pound drop-fish he can upgrade. New Smyrna will be the final test!
Non-members Pursuit and Clean Sweep took the fourth and fifth places with a 60.80-pound and a 59.35-pound aggregate, respectively. Captain Eddie McGowan and Team Carolina Skiff landed one of the largest kings of the weekend, a 41.95-pounder, on Thursday. Paired with a 17.20, McGowan’s 59.35 aggregate was good for sixth place, but unfortunately the team wasn’t fishing for SKA points in this event.
SKA Charter Members Captain Richard Thomason and Robert Thomason fished the Crackin Dude into seventh place with a 58.80 aggregate. The Thomasons have been fishing the Greater Jacksonville event since its inception 27 years ago. “It’s one of our best finishes to date,” related Thomason, who noted that they just tied their seventh place finish from years past.
The Crackin Dude team concentrated its efforts off the Ponce Inlet on Thursday. “It was a pretty average day, nothing out of the ordinary, except we lost a huge smoker,” said Captain Thomason. The duo made up for it at 11:00, however, when a 27-pounder hit a ribbon fish 15 feet down while trolling in 40 feet of water. With Bob on the rod and Rick on standby with the gaff the Crackin Dude had their king in the boat in short order.
Repeating the strategy off of the Matanzas Inlet on Friday, the Thomasons caught their big king on another ribbon fish trolled exactly the same way. Heading their 23’ Mercury powered Donzi back to the docks, that second king weighed in at 31.05 pounds, securing a $3,000 payday. “I just have to thank Schultz Roofing Company,” said the happy Captain Thomason at under the tent at Saturday’s awards. “They’ve been our sponsor since day one, over 27 years!”
Captain Rob Hammer and the Gameday team round out the SKA top five with a 57-pound two-fish aggregate. Captain Hammer was joined by Ryan and W.D. Rodeffer for the event, and the team headed to what would become a very productive spot on Thursday. “We were fishing right next to Bear, about 13 miles towards Fernandina,” reported W.D. “Having a big boat that goes 70 mph sure made a difference,” he continued, raving about the performance of Hammer’s 36’ Mercury powered Invincible sub-boat. The team capitalized on the speed, reaching their spot in time to catch the early bite.
“Our fish hit at the same time as Bear’s! We were side-by-side fighting them just past seven o’clock,” continued W.D. With Ryan on the rod and Captain Hammer acting as gaff man, the team ended the battle with a 31.25-pounder on ice. “All the excitement of the day was watching Bear bring that big one in,” said a humble W.D. A 31-pounder is nothing to sneeze at, especially when you can go out and back it up with a good 25-pound king. The Gameday team did just that, fishing the Shipping Channel at St. Simons Island. A pogy on the long line was the bait of choice, and the Gameday’s final 57-pound aggregate was good to earn $2,500. In addition, that 31-pounder places Gameday in the tenth spot in Division 5’s Open Class, look for Hammer and the Rodeffers to fish hard in New Smyrna.
The Foul Hooker rounds out the SKA teams in the Ultra Class top ten. Captain Richard Iwaniki, David Tennyson and Keadie Higginbotham fished the 34’ Mercury powered Yellowfin to two good high-20s, a 28.20 on Thursday and a 26.30 on Friday, to amass a 54.50-pound aggregate. Non-member Double J took the tenth spot with a 54.05 total.
The “23’ Class” boats are up next, with Captain Richard Geiger’s Wave Buster leading the SKA pack in fourth place. These standings were unusually light on SKA teams, with only one in the top ten, and only five total in the top twenty. With the GJKT “23’ Class” requirements, many of our Class of 23’ teams found themselves bumped up to the Ultra Class competition.
Of course, even though he fishes a 19-footer, you could have bumped Geiger’s Wave Buster up to the Ultra Class and he wouldn’t have batted an eye. He’s already proven he can compete with the big boys; he won the 2005 GJKT aggregate competition with a big 69.85-pound total. Captain Geiger and teammate Angel Delgoto pointed the Mercury powered Pro-Line south, heading approximately 25 miles to fish off of Ponte Vedra. “We caught our big one, that 31-pounder, at about 10:30,” recalled Geiger. A ribbon fish 40 feet down while trolling in 65 feet of water was the target of choice, and after Geiger initially grabbed the rod he passed it off to Delgoto to bring the king in. After a short 15 minute fight Geiger put the steel to the girl, and at the scale their first king tipped the scale to 31.65 pounds.
Sitting in ninth place headed out Friday morning, Geiger and Delgoto decided to fish the same spot 25 miles south. The team reported a productive day, hooking and releasing over a half-dozen fish, but the duo could only scrape up a 19.35-pounder. The Wave Buster’s 50.90 total earned Geiger a Key West 152CC with Yamaha 150 hp engine and Loadmaster trailer valued at almost 15 grand.
It’s a veritable drought for the SKA for the next 11 places. Captain Lon Bryan and the Southbound team fish a Contender 23 Open, and unlike their counterparts in Contender’s 23T, Bryan’s boat fit the strict 23-foot classification. That meant that Southbound’s 41.15-pound aggregate was good for 16th overall and $1,200. Bryan was joined by Ryan Keith, Andy Miska and Tyler Eichholz, and they caught their biggest king, a 24.95-pounder, fishing on Friday.
The Plumb Fun was the third SKA team in the money, scoring 41.10 pounds of king for 18th place. Captain Michael E. Crabtree, Michael P. Crabtree, Charles Cooler, Sean Henner and Colt Lewis fish a 22’ Yamaha powered Pro Sport, and the team found their biggest king while fishing on Friday, a 28.50. That 28-pounder moved the Plumb Fun up to seventh in the Division 5 standings, with a 15-pound drop fish Crabtree and his team look like they’re headed to Biloxi.
Also of note in the Class of 23’ race was the king brought in by Captain Carl Pecora and the All In team, a 33.30. A great fish, it firmly positions the All In team in second place, less than eight pounds out of first. Class leader Dr. Hook has a solid 101.07 three-fish aggregate, so Pecora and his team will have to dig deep in New Smyrna if they want to pull up another good 30-pounder to threaten McRae’s hold on the Class.
Captain Ray Green and the team on the Free Spoolin’ landed a 35.40-pounder, and while he was grinning from ear to ear with his $20,000 VIP Kingfish Tournament check, he admitted he wouldn’t have minded the fish three days later. “If we can catch another one like this one in the regular tournament, we’ll be looking good! Biloxi is our favorite place,” said Green.
Green’s team of Mike Pepper and Bob Sanders fished the Red Tops on Monday, approximately 12 miles from the scales. “We caught all kinds of fish that day, seven fish all day long, and all of them hit a ribbon fish on the downrigger,” reported Green. But their biggest king was the first bite. “We caught him at 7 a.m. on the nose,” continued Green, who readied the gaff while Sanders fought the king.
It was a 15 to 20 minute battle for Sanders, but the fish finally appeared tired enough for a clean gaff shot, and Green dropped the hook. “Ray gaffed him in the head,” said Sanders, “and then he shot straight under the boat.” The king apparently had a little fight left, and he wanted to go! “I only had one foot of the gaff left sticking out of the water,” said Green, but Peppers jumped from behind the wheel and together the two got the frisky king over the side.
“We’d heard over the radio about two other fish in the 30s,” recalled the Captain, who admitted they were a little anxious, but they were too busy catching fish to really care. “It was just a great day. It was everything you want as an angler,” continued Green, who noted that they also hooked up a healthy 34-pounder at one o’clock at the Chum Hole. A great day indeed, that $20,000 payday is the Free Spoolin’s best finish to date.
The Tall Tail, Captain Scott Pope’s team, landed a 33.75-pounder to take second in the VIP event. Hailing from Statesboro, Georgia, Pope and his crew took home $12,000. Jacksonville’s Randy Nader led the Exterminader team to a third place finish with a 32.30-pound king. “We got that king about 33 miles offshore of St. Augustine right around noon,” reported Nader, who earned $8,000 for their catch.
While the AT&T Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament is a very smoothly-run and well organized tournament, this event cannot seem to escape the stigma of controversy. After last year’s objections to the pay structure the GJKT committee altered this year’s prize format to general acceptance, with prizes more evenly distributed and less of a winner-take-all format in the VIP. However, this year’s problems with the Class of 23’ classifications and the many teams that felt unjustly placed in the Ultra Class were another black eye on this event. With luck, the 2008 GJKT will see nothing but big smiles and bigger kingfish.
Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament
Jacksonville, Florida
Division 5
Final Standings: |
Largest Kingfish: |
| 1. |
BEAR CAUGHT ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
48.60 |
| Yellowfin/Mercury
James Croft
Rick Dopson
Debra Portier
Ed Mecchella
|
| 2. |
Dicking Around•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 47.60 |
| 3. |
TEAM EARTHCARE•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
44.40 |
| Contender/Mercury
Chuck Lippiatt
Nick Pilinko
|
Ultra Class Aggregate: |
| 1. |
C&H Lures•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
63.95 |
| Fountain/Mercury
Don Combs
Dennis Sergent
Steve Grant
Dennis Sergent, Jr.
|
| 2. |
INSIDE CHANCE••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
62.75 |
| Yellowfin/Yamaha
David Beam
Chris Teschke
|
| 3. |
MAD DOG••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
61.90 |
| Contender/Yamaha
James Rachael
Mike Hurst
Joe Pacetti
A.J. Simonetta
Jaryd Hurst
|
| 4. |
Pursuit•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 60.80 |
| 5. |
Clean Sweep••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 59.35 |
| 6. |
Team Carolina Skiff••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 59.15 |
| 7. |
CRACKIN DUDE•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
58.80 |
| Donzi/Mercury
Richard Thomason
Robert Thomason
|
| 8. |
GAMEDAY••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
57.00 |
| Invincible/Mercury
Rob Hammer
W.D. Rodeffer
Ryan Rodeffer
|
| 9. |
FOUL HOOKER••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
54.50 |
| Yellowfin/Mercury
Richard Iwaniki
David Tennyson
Keadie Higginbotham
|
| 10. |
Double J ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 54.05 |
| 11. |
Channel Master•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 53.75 |
| 12. |
NO DOUBT ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
53.40 |
| World Cat/Honda
Jim Hammond
Ronald Hall
Tony Testone
Bill Richardson
|
| 13. |
RIVER MARINE •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
52.35 |
| Fountain/Mercury
Charlie Lyons
Bill Lange
|
| 14. |
REEL SHADY•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
51.60 |
| Fountain/Mercury
James A. Bryant
James Bryant, Jr.
John Bryant
Steve Wilson
John Wilson
|
| 15. |
JEWELIN••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
48.95 |
| Clearwater/Yamaha
James Fedick III
Steve MceVOY
James Fedick, Jr.
Clark Krazit
|
| 16. |
CREWS “N” II OUTBOARDS••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
48.95 |
| Scout/Yamaha
Jim Crews
Jim Tuten
Billy Roberts
|
| 17. |
POSSE•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
48.75 |
| Yellowfin/Mercury
Dan Crowley
Travis Crowley
Chuck Kalbfleisch
Lucas Crowley
Austin Kalbfleisch
|
| 18. |
HIGH COTTON•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
47.15 |
| Contender/Yamaha
Raymond Dixon
Curtis Tumlin
Ray Helmuth
Brantley Bowen
|
| 19. |
Knot A Problem••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 46.75 |
| 20. |
DOUBLE STANDARD•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
46.45 |
| SeeVee/Mercury
Ken Miley
Chad Price
|
The 23’ Class Aggregate:
|
| 1. |
Sea Chaser•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 66.10 |
| 2. |
Indian •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 60.35 |
| 3. |
Katherine Leigh•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 55.25 |
| 4. |
WAVE BUSTER••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
50.90 |
| Pro-Line/Mercury
Richard Geiger
Angel Delgoto
|
| 5. |
Gin Time••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 46.35 |
| 6. |
Game On ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 46.05 |
| 7. |
Team Lee••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 45.65
|
| 8. |
No Rug Rats••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 44.55 |
| 9. |
Captain Kyle Littlejohn •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 44.15 |
| 10. |
O Sea D ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 43.20 |
| 11. |
Bodacious ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 42.95 |
| 12. |
Maysport ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 42.50 |
| 13. |
Reel Patience •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 42.30 |
| 14. |
Gotcha II ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 41.85 |
| 15. |
Aquaholic••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 41.80 |
| 16. |
SOUTHBOUND ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
41.15 |
| Contender/Yamaha
Lon Bryan
Ryan Keith
Andy Miska
Tyler Eichholz
|
| 17. |
Lil Chunk ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 41.15 |
| 18. |
PLUMB FUN••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
41.10 |
| Prosport/Yamaha
Michael E. Crabtree
Michael P. Crabtree
Charles Cooler
Sean Henner
Colt Lewis
|
| 19. |
FOUR B’S••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
40.65 |
| Hydrasport/Johnson
Kevin Bowles
|
| 20. |
FISHOCITY ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
40.60 |
| Sailfish/Yamaha
Joshua Generazio
Tom Hawarah
Tommy Hawarah
|
VIP Tournament: |
| 1. |
FREE SPOOLIN’•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
35.40 |
| Midocean/Mercury
Ray Green
Mike Pepper
Bob Sanders
|
| 2. |
TALL TAIL••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
33.75 |
|
Contender/Yamaha
Scott Pope
Wes Pope
Jason Franklin
Rusty Kennedy
|
| 3. |
EXTERMINADER••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
32.30 |
| Contender/Yamaha
Randy Nader
Ray Nader
Samantha Nader
Lance Cote
Jerry Moulton
Marcus Nelson
|
| 4. |
SALTY STYLES•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
31.85 |
| Yellowfin/Yamaha
Darrell Smith
Styles Smith
|
| 5. |
REEL PANIC•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
26.80 |
| Fountain/Mercury
Bobby Haspel
Bill Haspel
Greg Haspel
John Adkins
|
| 6. |
JOES WAY ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
26.30 |
| Wellcraft/Evinrude
Joe Wheeler
John Hulsey
Richard Coleman
|
| 7. |
Team Salty Dog •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 24.60 |
| 8. |
AT&T THE REAL YELLOW PAGES ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
24.45 |
| Contender/Yamaha
Kenny Crawford
Doreen Fletcher
Bill Walsh
Bill Bazemore
John Giese
|
| 9. |
Ring Leader•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• | 24.40 |
| 10. |
SQUARE & LEVEL ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |
23.90 |
| Contender/Yamaha
Pete Eldridge
Johnny Wildes
Schley Eldridge
Brynn Ballard
|
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