2025 Carolina Kingfish Classic - Team Pole Dancer Wins

Team Pole Dancer and their 53-pound king

The 7th annual Carolina Kingfish Classic (CKC) is hosted by the Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, and a new one-day format means that everyone will fish on Saturday, Aug. 9, and the single heaviest king mackerel will win first place. Loyd Weston is the tournament director and the weighmaster for the 2025 Carolina Kingfish Classic. “The excitement is building with our change of format this year, and our single-engine division provides a competition for smaller boats that want to fish with us,” said Weston. “This is also a Southern Kingfish Association (SKA) Tournament, Division Three, so there could be some shake-up of the leaders in that category too."

The weather on Saturday August 9 was rainy and windy for the 27 teams that went fishing, and any five teams weighed-in a king mackerel. Nevertheless, Team Pole Dancer found a 53-pound smoker king in the early AM and weighed in at 2 PM, and were the 2025 CKC Champs when the weigh-in closed at 5 PM. Second place went to Team Long Shot with a 42.4-pounder, third place went to team Blue Pring with a 24.6-pounder, fourth place went to Lady Angler abourd Sea Scaper with a 17.7-pound king, and fifth place went to The Drum with their 14.4-pound king mackerel. Congrats to the Top Five in tough conditions!

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