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"Megadock" Billfish Tournament comes off without a hitch
The fourth stop of 22nd SC Governor's Cup Billfishing
Series was blessed with three days of excellent fishing. The HMY/Viking
MEGADOCK Billfishing Tournament was held at the Charleston City Marina on July
8-10, and yielded more billfish releases during the course of the three day
tournament than has been witnessed thus far this year. With 62 boats
participating and fishing two days each, 81 billfish were released. As in
recent history, the majority of the catch was comprised of sailfish, with a
total of 64 released. Three white marlin were also caught and released during
the tournament.
"The interesting thing is that for the first time in years, a large number
of blue marlin were encountered, with 14 actually being caught and released.
This is more than the total number of blue's that have been caught this year in
the three previous tournaments combined. Further, in recent years, July has
been a slow month for encountering blue marlin," said S.C. Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) biologist Wallace Jenkins. He added that, "The reason for the
surge is unknown."
Points for Governor's Cup tournaments are awarded for billfish releases as
follows: 600 points for a blue marlin, 300 points for a white marlin, and 200
points for sailfish. As with all tournaments participating in the Series this
year, tournament releases also had to be documented with time and date coded
digital photos or video of the fish and a color coded streamer to be awarded
points.
The crew of the Bench Mark won top honors in the tournament by earning
1,600 points to win the Outstanding Billfish Boat award, with the release of
five sailfish and one blue marlin. Steven Davis of Greenwood, SC owns the Bench
Mark, which is captained by Bobby Garmany. The boat was also recognized and
awarded the Outstanding Billfish Conservationist for the 6 billfish releases.
Second place honors for Outstanding Billfish Boat went to Reel Passion,
owned by William Ingram and captained by Gary Richardson, which finished with
1,400 points for the release of two blue marlin and one sailfish. Secotan owned
by Paul Spencer and captained by Daniel Spenser finished third with 1,200 points
for releasing three sailfish and one blue marlin.
Angler Ryan Higgins aboard Miss Magnolia, owned and captained by Tram
Colket, won the Outstanding Dolphin award for his 50.6-pound catch.
The Outstanding Tuna was awarded to angler James Lucas for his catch of a
12.2-pound black fin tuna aboard Gusto IV owned by Gusto III Charters Inc. and
captained by Tim Scalise.
The Outstanding Wahoo award was won with a catch of a 42.0-pound fish by
Carter Smith aboard Mindset owned by Robert Goff and captained by Lee Conner.
First place for Outstanding Lady Angler went to Kara Slick for the release
of one sailfish aboard Rock N' Reel, owned by Allen Bell and captained by Chris
Bell.
Second place Outstanding Lady Angler was Rebecca Boykin who also released
one sailfish aboard Emily Bliss, owned By Michael Chukusky and captained by Abe
Kuhn. Unfortunately, while both women had the same point total, Ms. Slick took
top honors because her fish was released just 50 minutes earlier in the
tournament.
Kathy Baxley won the third place Outstanding Lady Angler award for the
capture of a 36.4- pound wahoo aboard Flybouy which is owned by Gary Davis and
captained by Todd Baxley.
The first place Outstanding Youth Angler was Taylor "Smacky" Wood who
caught a 6.4-pound dolphin aboard Emily Bliss. No other youth angler released
or weighed in any eligible fish.
After this fourth round of the Series, Caramba owned by Bob Faith leads in
series points with 3,275 while Daymaker owned by Mark Daniels is only 200 points
back with a total of 3,075. The top five is rounded out with Game On, Reel
Passion and Rascal all within striking distance. Bench Mark's top finish at
MEGADOCK puts them in sixth overall while Dem Boys, Jabez, Big Sky and Big
Kahuna round out the top ten as the Series goes into its fifth and final stop at
Edisto Marina, July 28-31.
For more information on the South Carolina Governor's Cup Billfishing
Series, contact Wally Jenkins at (843) 953-9835 or
JenkinsW@dnr.sc.gov, or Amy Dukes at
(843) 953-9365 or DukesA@dnr.sc.gov.
Visit the website at
govcup.dnr.sc.gov to learn more about the South Carolina Governor's Cup
Billfishing Series and see this year's overall standings plus archived data.
By encouraging live release, the Series has focused attention on the
population status of Atlantic billfish and encouraged conservation and proper
management of all marine resources.
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