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.
- Bob-O Bob Hughes
- Wahoowa Rich Kerr
- Nomad Simons Hane
- Blue Edge Al Johnson
- Slave Driver Curt Hennessey
- Micabe Chris Jennings
- Salt Shaker Curt Warrington
- Lucky Hooker Jason Dubose
- “Reel Labor” Mark Pate
- Moneric Eric Moore
- Manatee-Mac Don McCarthy
- My Best Mate Mike Casey
- Papa Bear Michael Perry
- Sea Brooke Chris Buccola
- Doc’s Pride Bob Murray
- Tuna Hut Robby Maroudas
- Funny Business Chris Wilson
- Tort Teaser Branden W. Smith
- Harpoon Tom Morehead
- Cold Shower Ray Raffaele
- Reel- A - Lure Johnathan Nilson
- Lott 700 Scott Grant
- Mikey Likes It Mike Hubard
- Riptide Fred Wallace
- Struck Out Geremy Carter
- 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
