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| Team Rupert and Rupert with their winning fish !! |
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| Wade Lyon displays the heaviest redfish!! |
The second stop on the 2013 Oakley Redfish Tour came to St. John's Yacht Harbor on John's Island. The 2013 Charleston Open saw 43 two-man teams compete for a first place prize boat, motor and trailer, and cash prizes too. Each team was given a pair of Oakley sunglasses and a pair of
Wright and McGill fishing rods. Wet weather greeted the anglers shortly after dawn, but the calm conditions were good for fishing with artificial lures. Tourney rules stipulate that all redfish must be alive and in the legal slot limit at weigh-in, and also released alive. Weighmaster Tim Cooper from Texas did a great job of using a pinch-tail measurement for length while handling all the redfish. Mark Jones directed the redfish over to the Oakley stage for a video interview and to weigh the fish. Of course not all of the teams caught fish, but of the dozen or so teams that weighed in fish it was Rupert and Rupert that won the event with their two-fish aggregate weight of 8.32-pounds - good enough to win the boat package worth $30,000. Addison Rupert told me that this was the father and son duo's best finish since the
IFA Tour at Shem Creek. The 18-foot Mako boat was donated by tourney sponsor Bass Pro Shops. For a list of all the results, click
Oakley Redfish Tour. Second place goes to Team Rose and Szlam. Heaviest redfish and $1000 goes for a 4.78-pound red caught by Captain Chris Floyd fishing with Wade Lyon of Mt. Pleasant. Congrats to all the anglers that caught fish, since using artificial lures is a very sporting endeavor when so much live bait is readily available in the estuary.
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| Team Big Bear Rods Chuck Delorme and Bootsie Wilson |
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| Oakley Redfish Tour big rig and Mako boat |
We enjoyed coming to SC! Thanks to all the anglers who came out to compete.
ReplyDeleteYall please come back, because we have some great redfishing here in the Lowcountry!!
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