MEMBER'S TOURNAMENT RESULTS

James Robinson receives trophy for 1st Place Billfish Release

Patti Miller and Rob Miller receive trophy for 1st Place Gamefish

James Ewing, Kyle Francis, Lorraine Francis, and Joe Lehner receive trophy for Top Boat

 

(See Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures for an Album of many more pictures.)

Fifteen boats carrying forty-two anglers set out on beautiful seas Nov. 3 for the annual Stuart Sailfish Club Members Tournament.  This is a team tournament open to members only and includes competition for billfish release, kingfish, dolphin, and wahoo.  For meat fish, only fish over 30 inches were weighed.

 

The awards dinner was traditional with hamburgers, hot dogs (chef Dave Powell), and plenty of sides, appetizers, and deserts, many provided by members.  A highlight was deep fried fish caught during the tournament (chef Andy Kubiak) and grilled fish with DaveP’s famous salsa.

Fish were scattered, and anglers ranged between the 40 line and the 200 line.  A dozen sails were released, and meat fish caught included not only tournament fish, but also other tasty options including tuna.

Trophy winners were:

BILLFISH DIVISION:

1^st Place                                3 Releases                           CHALLENGE – 75 Pts.

                Team: Capt. Jim Hardee   Anglers Michael Fogel, James Robinson, Jim Garrity

 

2^nd Place                               2 Releases                           MOJO – 50 Pts.

                Team: Capt. VJ Bell   Anglers Bob Greene, PJ Anson, Phil Anson, Van Wichers

3^rd Place                               2 Releases                           BONE SHAKER – 50 Pts.

                Team: Capt. James Ewing  Anglers Joe Lehner, Larraine Francis, Kimberly Ewing, Kyle Francis 

GAMEFISH DIVISION:

1^st Place                                2 Dolphin                             MILLER TIME - 31.24 Pts.

                Team: Capt. Rob Miller   Anglers Rob Miller, Patti Miller, Brian Schwann, Jason Peer

2^nd Place                               2 Dolphin                             BONE SHAKER – 25.13 Pts.

                Team: Capt. James Ewing   Anglers Joe Lehner, Larraine Francis, Kinberly Ewing, Kyle Francis

3^rd Place                               1 kingfish/2 dolphin        SHOWTIME – 22.24 Pts.

                Team: Capt. Wink Doerzbacher   Anglers Fred Hardwick, Mark Schwartz 

TOP BOAT                           Bone Shaker                      75.13 Pts. 

TOP ANGLER                      Michael Fogel                    3 sailfish releases 

TOP JUNIOR ANGLER     Matt Fredry                        1 sailfish release

                On SOUL TROLLIN, Capt. Scott Dunnuck 

Competition for Top Boat was keen:

Bone Shaker – 75.13 Pts. (2 sails, 2 dolphin)

Challenge – 75.0 Pts. (3 sails)

Mojo – 59.97 Pts. (2 sails, 1 dolphin) 

Many thanks to our sponsors who support the Stuart Sailfish Club and our scholarship programs. 

Special recognition here to our volunteer Club Members who demonstrate their loyalty to the Club by coming out event after event and donating their time, setting up, working, and cleaning up,  Thank you!  And, to Sarah Wichers and Char Griggs who co-chaired/managed this tournament making it a success, great job!