While fishing the outgoing tide along Clearwater Beach Peyton Powers and Jack Vasilaros hooked something bigger than they expected.  "We were fishing with mullet and dead shad when something exploded on a surface bait" said peyton. The two young men faught the fish for over 2 and half hrs before they realized what they had hooked. "When I saw the fish roll over next to the boat I could not believe what I saw and how we boated it with 40lb test" said Jack. Maybe the next time your swiming you will think twice about whats swimming next to you!

 

Today was a beutiful day on the water with the kids from the Children's Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. ChampionAngler.com helped sponor the 1st annual Olivia Lives event for Children with Cancer "because kids should fly kites... not cancer" and that is why Champion Angler and Clearwater Yacht Club helped give a little back to those who matter most.

 

 

The day was filled with pool activities, a barbecue, and boat rides. Here are just a few pics to show how much fun these children had today. May each and everyone of these kids be in our prayers and hearts.

 

 

 

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After four years of competing in the Bahamas Billfish Championship and being denied the title twice,Barry Weshnak’s team Miss Annie won this year’s five tournament series that concluded June 26th. Like the majority of the fleet, team Miss Annie started the season catching predominantly white marlin. Then, during the Harbour Island Championship, the Allenwood, New Jersey team caught and released two blue marlin and six white marlin to handily win the tournament and takeover the lead in the Championship which they never relinquished.

Fishing only their second Bahamas Billfish Championship tournament, Frank Holtham’s Inappropriate tallied 2,400 points with four blue marlin releases to win the Treasure Cay Championship, the final leg of the five tournament series. Veteran BBC captain, Jack Plachter guided the Viking 61 to blue marlin each of the three days and two on day one of the tournament sponsored by HMY Yacht Sales and Viking Yachts.

For their win, the Hackensak, New Jersey team won a Randy Rich designed First Place trophy and as Top Release Team for the Treasure Cay Championship, Inappropriate  was presented with an original bronze trophy awarded by BBC sponsors Murray Products, High Seas Technology and PipeWelders. Steve Lewis of the Lewis Marine Group presented Top Crew trophies to Capt. Jack Plachter  and Pete Zebinski.

If a person gets caught fishing without a license, in most cases, it results in a fine of perhaps a few hundred dollars.


For those aboard Citation, however, the infraction represents a setback of nearly $1 million.

The vessel's anglers had been participating in the 52nd annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, June 11-19 off North Carolina. Andy Thomossan landed what was by far the biggest fish: an 883-pound marlin, a tournament record.

The team on Saturday was declared winner of the prestigious competition, and there was plenty of celebration.

However, there also was a post-event lie-detector test, after which it was revealed that one of the hired crew did not possess a valid fishing license, available in North Carolina for only $15, or $30 for non-residents.

That was a violation of tournament rules and after lengthy deliberation, according to Evans Kistler of the Carteret County News-Times, tournament officials late Tuesday disqualified the catch and and denied the Citation team the winning purse.

Tony Huerta was in the Abacos celebrating his wedding anniversary and doing some marlin fishing on his Torres 43, Lo Que Sea (Whatever), when he decided to enter the Bahamas Billfish Championship’s fourth leg at Abaco Beach Resort & Boat Harbour Marina. Although Lo Que Sea was a last-minute entry, there was certainly nothing last-minute about the team’s performance during the tournament. Lo Que Sea scored an impressive 2,600 points catching and releasing four blue marlin and one white marlin during the three-day tournament sponsored by Bertram Yacht and Allied Marine.

PTTS Week 5

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2nd Reel Mojo 147lbs
3rd Reelshark.com 142lbs
4th Howard Leasing 139lbs
5th Sea Hunt 138lbs