2014 Fire Charity Tourney

[love2fish]

competed with some of my friends this weekend in the Fire Charity fishing tourney out of Bradenton Yacht Club. We were in the off-shore division and did pretty good!
Landed my first Tuna (26#blackfin), Kitty Mitchell Grouper, some mahi, a few other randoms and 3 350-400# Dusky sharks (yes my back still hurts). PERFECT conditions- very light chop and just enough breeze to keep us from sweating to death.

smaller of the grouper grouper I caught- but first Kitty Mitchell...


my first tuna- 26#,,, funnest fighting/running fish I have ever caught!


Team SeaSaw at the scales!


John's 122# Warsaw- his first (and the boat owner's favorite fish)


pete's first Queen Snapper- 28#


oh ya... we won!

[RickK]

Nice - looks like you had fun and a lot of "firsts" on that trip.  Congrats    

Thanks for sharing.

[seabob4]

Congrats Chris!!  1st place, damn!!!  How far out you guys go, 60?

[love2fish]

I wish Bob! at 1 point over the 3 days, we were probably closer to Cuba than Tampa Bay (not exaggerating). with bouncing around between spots we covered around 450 miles. All our spots were very weird- 1-2 fish and then it would just shut down. weird tides and thermoclimes.

[love2fish]

[gran398]

Wow, that's a beautiful screen shot. Like the depth too. 585 at the top of the break to 815 at the base? No telling what's coming up

Congrats on a great catch, and first place!

 Bragging rights....plus expenses!

[GoneFission]

         

[gman 82 aquasport]

Congrats on the win    That is a strange looking graph shot...Must of been fun chasing them..

[Georgie]

Holy effin GEEEZ!!!!  D@mn dude!  That is the craziest, coolest, and most impressive mixed bag I have EVER seen, and you didn't even post photos of the mahi or sharks!   How far out must you go for those deepwater species out of Bradenton??  

   (there is no "I bow to you" emoticon or I'd use it).  Gongratulations on the type of day the rest of us all dream about.

[bondobill]

8) luv2fish.............................
 

Bill