2013 G'town Gov. Cup - Day Two yields TWO blue marlin weighed

Angler Dixon Pearce and owner Graham
Eubank look over their leading blue marlin

Angler David Croom from Arica

Buck Bessinger and leading mahi

The 25th anniversary of the S.C. Governor's Cup Billfishing Series is just itchin' to get started! The first event at the Georgetown Landing Marina witnessed two blue marlin weighed in on the second day of competition. Arica brought a very respectable blue marlin to the SCDNR scales that measured 105-inches (the minimum requirement by S.C. Gov. Cup standards) and weighed a healthy 415-pounds. The next boat to weigh-in their blue marlin was Sportin' Life. With a blue marlin that measured 111 1/4-inches, they tilted the scales to 534.2-pounds. That's good enough to take the G'town tourney lead with one day left to fish (includes their release points too), and they lead the Gov. Cup tourney for now with four events left to go. Owner Graham Eubank is no stranger to the Gov. Cup, having already served a term as the Chairman of the Gov. Cup Advisory Board. Captain Mike Glaesner is the long-time pilot of the Sportin' Life and angler Dixon Pearce is veteran bluewater angler. Congrats to all three! A new dolphin leader came to the scales on Day Two when Buck Bessinger showed up with a 48.6-poound mahi. A good wahoo weighing 53.6-pounds came from Fred Hardwick on the Showtime.

To view past blog entries from the 2013 Georgetown Governor's Cup click here.