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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Weighing in the only 30+ lb. king mackerel by the 145 boat field, Calabash, NC’s 2 Dogs Fishing Team took home first place and over $16,000 at the 2010 Sneads Ferry Rotary Club King Mackerel Tournament. Todd Dawkins and Welsh Carson, fishing aboard a 23T Contender, returned to a spot they’d fished without success the [...]
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Onslow Bay Open
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
“It was just a very leisurely day on the water,” Capt. Barrett McMullan, of the “Ocean Isle Fishing Center” crew said of winning the 10th annual Onslow Bay Open King Mackerel Tournament. “It was pure luck.”
Pure luck perhaps, but the 40.77 lb. king they landed on August 14 topped the second place fish by over [...]
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CFHBA Fish Tales Tournament
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Featuring competitions for flounder, red drum, speckled trout, and king mackerel, the Cape Fear Home Builder’s Association held their second annual Fish Tales Tournament out of Dockside Marina on August 14th.
Wilmington’s Stone Tippett (age 10) weighed the heaviest fish overall in the event, a 6.3 lb. red drum he hooked while fishing with his brother, [...]
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Mike Martin Memorial Pier Tournament
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Landing a 1.53 lb. speckled trout on the final morning of the tournament, Jacksonville, NC’s Kerry Gibson took home the $1000 bounty on the heaviest speck caught during the Mike Martin Memorial Pier Tournament, held August 14-15 at Surf City Pier.
The yearly event generally has a $500 first place trout prize, but since no specks [...]
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Wild King Classic
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Ryan Clark and Wilmington’s “Neverenuff” fishing team had just enough to take home the top spot at the inaugural Wild King Classic, held August 6-8 out of Seapath Marina and the Wild Wing Cafe, scaling a 33.2 lb. king mackerel to win by half a pound.
Clark and teammates Chad Brown and Doug Richardson, fishing aboard [...]