The 2011 Fishing For Miracles King Mackerel Tourney got off to a BANG BANG start when the Friday weigh-in commenced at 2 p.m. That's when Team Sperry/Net Profit hauled in a 40.61-pound king to take the lead after Day One. The very next boat to the docks, Team Salt Shaker, dropped a 40.51-pound king on the scales and moved into second place - missing first place by one-tenth!! There is a reason these boats bring their fish in as soon as possible, each minute the fish are expired and out of the water they are losing weight. Out of the 182 registered boats about 60 of them weighed in a King mackerel on Friday. Bryan Baxter is the owner of the Team Sperry/Net Profit 27-foot Onslow Bay fishing boat and reports that the leading King was caught at noon in 69-feet of water. Trey Groves was the angler and told me that the king was not hooked all that well and he could not horse him to the boat. The king circled about ten times before coming into gaff shot length for Baxter who made a perfect stab. Groves added that this was the biggest King that Team Sperry/Net Profit had caught fishing out of Charleston, and it elated the entire crew once they had it onboard. The second place Salt Shaker is a 22-foot Key West boat and reported overcast and calm fishing conditions on Friday. Captain Kevin Cone was also the angler on the big king which he said ate a small menhaden and then put up a 30-minute fight, giving him his personal best King mackerel. The third place King mackerel after Friday fishing is the 38.23-pound fish brought in by 12-year old youth angler Les Smith, who was fishing on the 28-foot Triton Team Winner's World with father Michael Smith (CCA State Chapter Chairman) and Ralph Turner.
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PhotosByJeffDennis: Bryan Baxter, angler Trey Groves, Thomas Hutto and Matt DeAntonio show off the leading 40.61-pound King mackerel
Carl Carson, Griffin Cone and Captain/angler Kevin Cone with the second place 40.51-pound King mackerel caught from Salt Shaker
Michael Wolf and father Matt Wolf (Sea Island CCA) show off their 14.42-pound king caught from their 19-foot Sea Pro boat
Lady angler Carol Powell is holding her dog Juke and Capt. Rock Powell holds the 19.72-pound King that she caught aboard the 23 ProLine called Hard Rock III
Team Almost Ready fished from a 19-foot Sportfish when they reeled up this Barracuda!!
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