Archive for December, 2004
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Thursday, December 9th, 2004Ocean Isle Fishing Center hosted their second Thanksgiving Flounder and Trout Classic the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and Capt. Ricky Kellum came out on top out of a field of 31 boats.
Kellum, from Sneads Ferry, caught the tournament’s heaviest trout at 6.45 lbs. It was caught on live shrimp at the Little River rock jetties. The 6 lb. class trout was one of 5 citation-size trout he caught that day, with the others weighing 6.1, 4.12, 4.6, and 5.6 lbs. Kellum also took top honors in the overall-heaviest one trout and one flounder. His wife, Becky, landed a 2.05 lb. flounder, recording the heaviest two fish total.
Capt. Grady Gordon came in second place in both the trout and the two-fish overall division, with a 4.25 lb. trout and a 1.45 lb. flounder. Both were caught at the Sunset Beach Bridge.
Mark Stacy, of Ocean Isle, had the third heaviest trout caught at the Little River jetties. His 3.25 lb. trout, added to a 1.45 lb. flounder was good enough for third place overall.
The heaviest flounder of the tournament was brought in by Will King, of Durham. His 2.40 lb. flounder was caught in the Ocean Isle canal on live bait. Jim Heine, of Ocean Isle, took second with a 2.00 lb. flounder (the Kellums were only eligible for one primary prize). Wyatt Pegram, of Ocean Isle, took third with a 1.90 lb. flounder caught in Davis Canal.
Capt. Stan Gurganus, this year’s tournament director, noted that the tournament showed a 25% increase in participants this year. Gurganus added, “It’s growing, and we’ll do it bigger and better next year.” The tournament was sponsored by Ranger Boats, Sea Tow, and Shallow Water Boat Sales.
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Friendly City Speckled Trout Tournament 2004
Thursday, December 9th, 2004The 13th Annual Friendly City Speckled Trout Tournament took place on November 13th in some very raw conditions. Weigh-in took place at Caspers Marina in Swansboro, and most anglers coming in looked relieved to be back at the dock.
The team of Capt. Mike Taylor, Capt. Jeff Cronk, and John Willard Dudley used live shrimp, [...]
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Wrightsville Beach KMT 2004
Thursday, December 9th, 2004Bolivia native Jeff Crouch lands record king to win the Wrightsville Beach KMT.
October 28, 2004, marked the make-up date for the 23rd annual Wrightsville Beach KMT. At 7:15 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, 162 boats left Wrightsville Beach Marina. Several teams hauled their boats north to put out in Morehead, and several more [...]
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Topsail Winter 2004
Thursday, December 9th, 2004Chris, of East Coast Sports, reports that a few bluefin tuna have been caught at the Knuckle Buoy (34.26.82 N x 76.28.20 W), and most have been hooked in the dark. Bluefin reports have also come in from the Trawler Buoy out of Beaufort Inlet (34.33.29 N x 76.36.25 W) and Christmas Rock out [...]
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Wrightsville Beach Winter 2004
Thursday, December 9th, 2004Tex, of Tex’s Tackle, reports a good king mackerel bite on cigar minnows in early November from the 10 mile areas off Wrightsville Beach and Topsail. The Cabbage Patch area was also hot at this time. Offshore, the grouper bite has been good around the 23 mile rock, with an 18 lb. grouper [...]