2012 Light Tackle Tournament Results

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It was a great tournament, just needed more fish.  Seas were mostly calm and temperatures mild.  Well, sailfish prefer that anglers get cold, soaked, and bounced around.

Owners, captains, mates, and guests had a good time.  For a write-up, click on Ed Killer's article from the Stuart News above.  For more tournament details, including the real-time results, go to our home page.  For an album of a couple of hundred pictures, go to Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures from our home page.  Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures.

Summary of Winners:

2012 LTT FINAL AWARDS

OPEN DIVISION

DAILY AWARDS

1.                      DAILY -  Off The Chain

2.                      TOP MALE ANGLER – Eric Fawcett

3.                      OVERALL AWARD – Off the Chain

4.                      TOP BOAT – Off the Chain (3 releases)

 

TRADITIONAL DIVISION

DAILY AWARDS

1^ST DAY-3^RD PLACE- Miller Time

1^ST  DAY-2^ND PLACE – Chasin Tail

1^ST DAY -1^ST PLACE -  J-Hook

 

2^ND  DAY- 3^RD PLACE – Big Oh

2^ND DAY -2^ND PLACE – Outlaw

2^ND DAY -1^ST PLACE – Showtime!

 

3^RD  Day – 3^rd PLACE – Summer Girl

3^RD DAY- 2^ND PLACE – Showtime!

3^RD DAY -1^ST PLACE  - Bone Shaker

 

TOP MALE ANGLER -  Fred Hardwick (9 releases)

TOP FEMALE ANGLER - None

TOP MEMBER – Fred Hardwick (9 releases)

THIRD PLACE OVERALL & 3^RD PLACE CREW – Big Oh – (10 releases)

SECOND PLACE OVERALL & 2^ND PLACE CREW – Outlaw (11 releases)

1^ST PLACE CREW – Showtime! (15 releases)

TOP MATE - Marshall Busha and Cookie Murray

TOP CAPT – Wink Doerzbacher

 

FIRST PLACE OVERALL & TOP BOAT – Showtime! (15 releases)

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!

MY OTHER HONEY ENTERTAINS OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS

L-R Ken, Terry, Nick, Mate Tony Ettari, Capt. Peter, and SSC Member, Dave Mills

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Capt. Peter Morello generously donated his boat, My Other Honey, for auction for a half day fishing trip to benefit the SSC college scholarship program.  The fortunate recipients included Ken from St. Louis, Terry from Carlyle, PA, and Nick from Reston, VA.

Yesterday, Peter took them out...and...he found fish.  They caught 11 dolphin, jumped off a sail, and boated a wahoo.  Lost a wahoo at the boat trying to flip in a gaffer, and released a weehoo…all by 10:00A.  Ended up with 14 dolphin, and came in at 1:00p.

One of the guys asked, "Not having fished here before, we don't have anyway to gauge this...is this a normal day, a slow day, or a good day?"

Capt. Peter's reply, "on My Other Honey, it's about normal."  Mate Tony's (under his breath) reply,"Right!"

Whatever kind of day it was, it was terrific!

RED FISH FISHING AT CAPTIVA

Erika Long and George Federka report that fishing was good last week on the west coast.  Ericka reports that they caught and released 60 (and a few trout) and kept four.  "We had a great guide", she said.

2ND ANNUAL CHARTER MANIA 2012

 

 

 

Another good one!  Six SSC Member Charter Captains opened up their boats for interested people to tour and learn about their trips.  Then each offered a charter for a drawing and auctioning.  Proceeds benefit our High School/College scholarship program for students who will be studying for professions in the marine industry.

Boat Captains are James Ewing (boneshakercharters.com), Jim Hardee (challengesportfishing.com), Patrick Price (daymakerfishinig.com), VJ Bell (seacheckcharters.com), Peter Morello (stuartflsportfishing.com), and John Millroy (Hobe Sound Island Charters).  These guys represent some of the best known and most successful captains in the southeast US.  See our Charters page on our web site for information and links to these great fishing opportunities.

And there was something for everyone, face painting, vendor booths, food, music, raffles, and an auction.  Daymaker Charters even brought in a bounce house for the kids, and a bar for the adults.  If you made it this year, you had a good time.  If you didn't make it this year, you won't want to miss it next year.  See Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures from our home page for about 50 pictures of fun. 

 Many thanks to our boat captains and owners who generously donate their time, fuel, bait, and boats for this fun and worthwhile event.  And thanks to co-chairs Char Griggs, Dave Powell and their many volunteers for making this fun event a success.