2019 Edisto Dolphin Slam - Marlynn Hunter / Lady Angler Wins

Marlynn Richardson with her
winning 50.-3 pound mahi

Jake Tyner in second place
with 35.4-pounder from Tina's Trippin' 

The offshore fishing season was already off to a hot start by the beginning of May, and the Fifth Annual Dolphin Slam at Edisto on May 4 went off as scheduled. The weather forecast for high winds sliced a projected field of 30 boats down to just six fishing teams, the ones with the bigger boats. The newly expanded Marina at Edisto added more boat slips for tournament days, including 16 spots off the fuel dock for transient boaters. The weigh in from 5 to 7 brought lots of folks to the docks, and the winning mahi tipped the scales at 50.3-pounds for the Marlynn Hunter.

            

The Marlynn Hunter fishing team is based out of Meggett, and is named partly for female angler Marlynn Richardson. “Today was a banner day on the ocean for our team and I had a dream day,” said Richardson. “The seas were a little rough on the ride out but we were fishing by 8 a.m. and the bite was already on. The big dolphin came first and it took 30-minutes to land it, and it jumped about a dozen times. The mahi ate a ballyhoo on a green, yellow and red lure we call the Rastaman.” First Place at the Edisto Dolphin Slam brought her a $1200 payday.

            

Youth angler Neal Cooksey with third place
17.4-pound dolphin from Monkey Wrench

“But that wasn’t the whole story, because around nine o’clock we had a blue marlin strike the same rod and reel,” said Richardson. “I grabbed the rod and soon had my first ever blue marlin release!” The Marlynn Hunter was flying a flag on the outrigger to designate the release, but billfish were not a part of this tourney. Husband William Richardson shared that both fish were caught on the same Shimano TLD 30 reel and Billfisher stand-up rod, and how ironic it was that the two big fish hit the smallest combo they had out. Captain and owner Greg Mixson said the bite switched off at 10 a.m. for them, when the seas calmed a bit.

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NEW Fuel Dock Expansion at the Marina at Edisto

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