Team Hooters Captains Chris Wittman from Ft. Myers Fl. and owner of Still Water Charters and Scott Owens from St. Augustine FL./ Brunswick GA. and Co owner ofOldest City Guide Service had a great 1st day with a 2 fish limit of 12.23 pounds. The weather was tough in the morning with pouring down rain and winds out of the North at 15knts which made the fast 65+ mile per hour boat ride miserable but, by 10am the clouds and rain had diminished and the winds layed down. They had fish working a grass line and managed to put several fish over the 27 inch limit in the boat before Chris brought in a 6.5 pound fish to start the day. Not long after that they put another fish over 6 pounds in the boat and felt they could upgrade those fish to slightly heavier fish but only manadged to bring in a few over slot fish and one small fish. Team Redline Captain Jason Keating another Co Owner of Oldest City Fishing Guides and his partner Keith McBride had similar results with over size fish and only managed to bring in one monster that tipped the scales at 7 pounds. Conditions were tough but even tougher was trying to stay focused after Capt. Jason recieved a call just before the tournament start to find out his long time friend Steve Senecal, 34, of St. Augustine had went missing offshore the night before. Steve a great guy who was like by everyone he met was also an avid offshore fisherman and had ventured out the day before to fish offshore. His brother reported him missing the day night before when he didn't return back to the ramp by 9pm. His boat was found the next day 27 miles offshore with no sign of him. Please say a prayer for Steves Family and Friends. He was never found. He was a great guy and a huge loss to the fishing community. We will miss Steve here in St.. Augustine.
DAY 2
Conditions really worsened over night as a cold front dropped tempetures over night to the mid 30s and winds pack a punch to 30knts out of the north northeast. Team Hooters fished the grass as the winds and moon flooded grass flats and had 2 fish over 9 pounds and of course over the 27 inch limit first thing in the morning. They said they fished hard and stuck to thereoriginal game plan all day but only managed to bring in 1 fish to weigh in which was 5.12 pounds and ended up dropping them to 14th place. Team Redline however had a great day and managed to catch a limit of fish which brought them up from 40th into the money as well. Check out live weigh-ins at www.redfishcup.com for future tournaments and see team standing an past results.
Until Next time take a kid fishing and light lines
