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Thursday, August 30th, 2007Team “Hot Rod,” headed by Brett Barnes of Wilmington, NC, caught a kingfish weighing 30 lbs. 12 oz. on Saturday, August 25, to win the Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series North Carolina Division event in Southport, NC, and $21,000 cash.
Barnes, along with his son Alan Barnes, was fishing about 40 miles from the take-off site, slow-trolling live menhaden around a live bottom area that they had found in practice prior to the event.
“We are really happy to win this,” Barnes said. “It’s really awesome to win one of these with your son. We have been fishing tournaments together since he was probably nine. He is 17 now, and we probably fish 18 to 20 tournaments a year.”
“Today started off great,” Barnes added. “We got our bait before take-off and were able to go right to our first spot. We probably caught 10 fish throughout the day. We had the downriggers set at 60 and 30 feet, but the one we kept came off a bait trolled on the surface.”
In second place was Team “Not Today” captained by Jimmy Turlington of Wilmington, NC. They landed a 30 lb. 8 oz. king good for $8,820. Team “Wrench Head” captained by Kevin Lawson of Ramseur, NC, weighed in a 26 lb. 14 oz. king to take third place and $3,360.
Team “Jackpot” captained by Tat Fearing of Morehead City, NC, came in fourth with a king weighing 24 lbs. 11 oz. to take home $5,250. And rounding out the top five was Team “Miss Mercy” captained by Walter Geise of Jacksonville, NC, with a 23 lb. 9 oz. king that brought them $2,940.
The award for highest finishing woman went to Monica Cheshire of Rocky Point, NC, who placed 17th with a 19 lb. 10 oz. kingfish as a member of Team “Much 2 Reel.”
The award for the highest finishing angler 16 years-of-age and under was Cole Edens of Hampstead, NC, who placed sixth with a king weighing 23 lbs. 7 oz. as a member of Team “East Coast Sports.”
The next North Carolina Division event will be held Sept. 15 in Atlantic Beach, NC.
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Gregory Poole Strike It Rich KMT 2007
Thursday, August 30th, 2007The members of the Morehead City-based “Jackpot” crew couldn’t have come up with a more appropriate name for their fishing team regarding this year’s Gregory Poole Strike It Rich King Mackerel Tournament. After catching the 37.75 lb. king that earned them the guaranteed $50,000 first place prize money in the event, held August 24-25 on [...]
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Oak Island Open Youth Pier Tournament 2007
Thursday, August 30th, 2007The 1st annual Oak Island Open “Youth” Pier Tournament was held on Saturday, August 18, at Ocean Crest Pier. It was sponsored by the Oak Island Parks & Recreation Department, Ocean Crest Pier, and the State Port Pilot.
The event attracted 58 young anglers from ages 18 and under, and they fished from 6:00 am [...]
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Wrightsville Beach August 30, 2007
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Chris, of Tex’s Tackle, reports that fishing is continuing in a typical summer pattern. Fishing for most species is best very early and late in the day (when it is slightly cooler).
Red drum and flounder are looking for meals in the creeks and near the inlets. Carolina-rigged finger mullet and peanut pogies will attract attention [...]
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Topsail August 30, 2007
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Chris, of East Coast Sports, reports that kings are feeding right off the beaches. The largest kings, however, are further off the beach. Some sailfish are mixed in as close to the beach as Honeymoon Rock. Live baits should attract attention from both the kings and sails.
Boats are still finding a few dolphin around Christmas [...]