2013 South Carolina Wahoo Series Champions!

I would like to thank everyone for your support.

We have 26 Teams, its a strong field of excelent fisherman. With some good weather and a little luck we should have some great fishing reports.

A continously updated leader board will be up on the web site www.islandshootout.com ASAP

2 teams are fishing Friday, Good Luck!

Thank You
Marc

2013 SC Wahoo Series teams.

  1. Bob-O Bob Hughes
  2. Wahoowa Rich Kerr
  3. Nomad Simons Hane
  4. Blue Edge Al Johnson
  5. Slave Driver Curt Hennessey
  6. Micabe Chris Jennings
  7. Salt Shaker Curt Warrington
  8. Lucky Hooker Jason Dubose
  9. “Reel Labor” Mark Pate
  10. Moneric Eric Moore
  11. Manatee-Mac Don McCarthy
  12. My Best Mate Mike Casey
  13. Papa Bear Michael Perry
  14. Sea Brooke Chris Buccola
  15. Doc’s Pride Bob Murray
  16. Tuna Hut Robby Maroudas
  17. Funny Business Chris Wilson
  18. Tort Teaser Branden W. Smith
  19. Harpoon Tom Morehead
  20. Cold Shower Ray Raffaele
  21. Reel- A - Lure Johnathan Nilson
  22. Lott 700 Scott Grant
  23. Mikey Likes It Mike Hubard
  24. Riptide Fred Wallace
  25. Struck Out Geremy Carter
  26. Wild Life Jeremy Burnham

Bumpy conditions and mixed water made it a tough bite yestarday. The two boats managed to put a box together of some small dolphin and Blackfins. They fished straight out HHI. I did talk to Paul in Jax and they weighed a 65lb hoo yesterday. Still early for us but good signs of fish to come.

Boat 9 Reel Labor took a risk declaring their first day today in some tough conditions. They just checked in a short while ago and it sounds like it paid off. They will weigh in tomorrow. I will post the weight and pic then.

Congradulations!

Congradulations team Reel Labor. They fished in some tough conditions yesterday and dug out a nice fish to take the early lead! They said it was slow with just a few knock downs until shortly after lunch they took the shot the needed and boated a 43.9lb wahoo.

We have 2 boats out today.

Papa Bear
Lott 700

Lets see if they can catch the current leader REEL Labors 43.9lb Wahoo, I will post reports and pic as soon as they check in.

Good Luck!

2 boats fished their first day today, and both did well!

Papa Bear from Hilton Head

Lott 700 from Richmond Hill

Seas layed down as the day went on, and they both picked at fish all day. Ending up with some good wahoo and blackfin! Both teams will weigh in the morning, I’ll post weight asap!

Papa Bear takes the lead with a strong 62.5lb Wahoo! Fishing out of Hilton Head yesterday, they worked a beautiful eddy that formed mid day right on the ledge.

Lott 700 weighed a 36.4lb fish to move into 3rd place. They fished out of Richmond Hill and ran sth they had 5 wahoo bites and weighed a 24.5lb Blackfin to take the lead in the calcutta.

Good day for both teams!

8 Boats declared fish days today. Several nice wahoos will be weighed in tommorrow.

We also have 2 boats fishing tommorrow.

Here is a pic of 1 of manatee mac’s 5 wahoos on the day fishing out of Hilton Head! Saltshaker had 2 fish from today fishing out of Hilton Head as well. Seems like cold water was the story, but the bite turned on for some off Hilton Head and a little farther south. Water was clean but cool on the legde. 68 to 69 degrees. At the end of the day some nice eddys moved in.

2 boats fished up north, one from edisto and the other out of Charleston and had cold water as well, and the bites just were not happening.

Three boats weighed Wahoo this morning.

Manatee Mac 37.6 (they caught 5 wahoo)

Saltshaker 39.5 ( they caught 2 fish)

Mikey Likes it 54.9

The story was similar for these guys, find 69 to 70 water, take advantage of the bite when it was on, it was early and over by 10am then it shut down.

2 boats are out today including the defending champs, Team Nomad!

Mikey Likes it!

Both Teams weatherd the storms safely Saturday.

Nomad fished out of Beaufort and had a tough day, no fish to weigh.

Tort Teaser fished out of Hilton Head and they found some fish. They caught 4 wahoo including a 55.5lb stud, to move them into 2nd place.

Tort teaser 55.5lb Wahoo!

2 boats fished yesterday.

Docs Pride
Mikey likes it.

Tough day on the water. The wind never let up and the water temp is still 68 on the ledge. Mikey Likes it dug out a 38.5lb Wahoo and moved into the points lead.

7 boats out today should see some better results.

Mikey Likes It

It was a big day yesterday!

7 boats fished out of Hilton Head Friday. 4 of the seven weighed fish this morning including Manatee Mac with a monster 69.3lb Wahoo.
Boats fished from straight all the way to the Sth ledge. The fished were scatered on the ledge but they were there. And the boats reported that it was shaping up nice out there. Bonito everywhere!

Manatee Mac 69.3lbs

My Best Mate 25lbs

Cold Shower 28lbs

Tuna Hut 38.8

9 Boats are fishing today including wildlife out of Charleston.

Manatee Mac

My Best Mate

Cold Shower

Tuna Hut

Not qiute what I thought it would be after Fridays catch, it just got tough Saturday and the wind picked up pretty good as well. Only 2 boats made it to the scales with wahoo this morning. Boats fished out of Hilton Head, Beaufort, and Charleston yesterday. A lot of ground was covered but few fish were found. Wildlife reported a lot of bonito but that was it. I got simmilar reports from the guys that fished south as well. It did warm up to 70 on the ledge, but man what a tough day. On the up side Tort Teaser fishing their second day, pulled a nice 40.1lb Wahoo to back up the 55.5 the caught on the first day. Not enough to over take the lead but it has them in 2nd place as of today. They fished straight out of Hilton Head on the high speed and actually had 2 nice fish. Sounds like Georgetown had a nice bite, hope it keeps ups.

Only 2 days left in the series. It may all come down to the Hilton Head Harbor Wahoo Shootout to determine the winner!

Check out the web site www.islandshootout.com

Series Leaders as of 3/31

Manatee Mac 69.3 + 37.6 106.9 lbs

Tort Teaser 55.5 + 40.1 95.6 lbs

Mikey Likes It 54.9 + 38.5 93.4 lbs

Tort Teaser

2 Boats out fishing today, its the final day of the 2013 SC Wahoo Series.
Papa Bear has a 62.5 lb wahoo on the board from their first day. They are looking to catch a second fish, and over take the lead.

Cold Shower has a small fish on the board from their first day, they are looking to put a big one up today, and put them in contention going into the shootout.

The series is still wide open, all series boats have a bonus day by fishing the 9th Annual Hilton Head Harbor Wahoo Shootout. Any team with a good fish on the board is still in contention. The right fish could win someone $20,000.00 cash!

Good Luck!

Final day of the series is over, what a day. 2 boats fished under tough conditions with big points on the line.

Cold shower fished hard and caught some nice fish, wahoo and tuna.

Papa Bear caught a nice wahoo today to go with his 62.5 they caught on their first day. It could be enough to take the overall points leads.

Both boats fished straight out of Hilton Head, said it looked good out there and both boats put a nice box, of wahoo and tunas together. Its amazing how a couple days changes everything.

They will weigh in the morning.

Papa Bear

Final weights are in for the series. Boats had to get their 2 fish days in by April 2nd. Now it will all come down to the bonus day at the Hilton Head Harbor Wahoo Shootout to see if Papa Bear can hold on!

Cold shower had a great day on the water, they did not weigh a wahoo, but had several tuna including a 22.5lb!

Papa Bear put the heat on everyone. They weighed a 50.1lb wahoo this morning to go with the 62.5 lb wahoo they weighed on their first day. Its big enough to take the overall points lead in the series.

With several good fish on the board Papa Bear is not out of the woods yet, it will come down to the Hilton Head Harbor Wahoo Shootout to determine the winner. It only takes one bite!

Papa Bear 112.6lbs

Manatee Mac 106.9lbs

Tort Teaser 95.6

Mikey Likes it 93.4

cold Shower

Papa Bear

Check www.islandshootout.com for info and updated leader board!

See you at the captains meeting April 11th!

Looks like 9 boats are still in the hunt to win the South Carolina Wahoo Series.

Papa Bear has a solid lead, but as the reports are showing, there are some big wahoo out there, and one good fish can change everything. Good Luck!

Hope to see everyone at the Shootout Captains meeting tomorrow, come fish, and win lots of $$$ and great prizes!

The 2013 South Carolina Wahoo Series Champion is Team Papa Bear!

The conditions were tough this season and the field of competetors was even tougher. Papa Bear managed to hold off some fierce competetion, and brought home the Victory.

Cogradulations and thanks to all who fished, it was a great series!

1st Place Papa Bear 112.6 lbs

2nd Place Manatee Mac 106.9 lbs

3rd Place Tort Teaser 101.2 lbs

Papa Bears 62.5