Airs - Labor Day Weekend ...Spike TV
I would like to be proud for a moment and congratulate my son Anthony who reads this board for being awarded 1st place in the Junior Angler Division in the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tourney two weeks ago. For those of you who may not have heard of it, its the largest monster shark tourney in the country with over 300 boats competing for close to $500,000 in calcuttas and prizes such as a new Contender CC. For the past 3 years it has been on ESPN but it was dropped last minute so Spike TV picked it up.
What a week, lost monster thresher, big Makos swimming around the boat to early like 60 minutes before lines in, (UGHHHHHHH)only begins to describe our weekend battle with sharks and weather however Anthonys performance was the silver lining to it all.
Anthony (12) put on a clinic on how to battle sharks especially in rough seas. He released 8 Large blue sharks on day two, 4 of which were over 9 ft fork which equates to about the 300+ range and weighed in a Mako just short of 6 ft which went 180. It was a short fish but extremely fat with a girth of 40" and a belly packed with snapper blues. The mako didnt exceed the benchmark but it was his largest Mako to date so we decided to throw the calcuttas out the window and take the fish. All fish were caught by IGFA standards and I am extremely proud of him. His use of great balance and technique helped him accomplish his goal.
Anthony was able to get some press time with Spike TV so hopefully they will put him on the labor day show.
tightlines
Glenn
I would like to be proud for a moment and congratulate my son Anthony who reads this board for being awarded 1st place in the Junior Angler Division in the Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tourney two weeks ago. For those of you who may not have heard of it, its the largest monster shark tourney in the country with over 300 boats competing for close to $500,000 in calcuttas and prizes such as a new Contender CC. For the past 3 years it has been on ESPN but it was dropped last minute so Spike TV picked it up.
What a week, lost monster thresher, big Makos swimming around the boat to early like 60 minutes before lines in, (UGHHHHHHH)only begins to describe our weekend battle with sharks and weather however Anthonys performance was the silver lining to it all.
Anthony (12) put on a clinic on how to battle sharks especially in rough seas. He released 8 Large blue sharks on day two, 4 of which were over 9 ft fork which equates to about the 300+ range and weighed in a Mako just short of 6 ft which went 180. It was a short fish but extremely fat with a girth of 40" and a belly packed with snapper blues. The mako didnt exceed the benchmark but it was his largest Mako to date so we decided to throw the calcuttas out the window and take the fish. All fish were caught by IGFA standards and I am extremely proud of him. His use of great balance and technique helped him accomplish his goal.
Anthony was able to get some press time with Spike TV so hopefully they will put him on the labor day show.
tightlines
Glenn
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