When The Stars Align...

There is an old saying that goes “When the stars align something good will happen”. Well on July 22,2022 the stars aligned! The weather was nice, we had a group of lifelong friends on the boat, and determination! Although not everyone on the boat had always fished together, we had a great group of friends on the boat and we were ready to win!

One week earlier we won the Ancient City Kingfish Challenge in St.Augustine. We knew if there wasn’t a lot of boats on “the just reach in with your fingers and pop out the top and bottom loin, and they come out in a perfect little ball. Plus it’s the best part of the fish. No blood line to trim, no guts to stay clear of, just simple kingfish balls. Once out they are perfect for a down home fish fry, or if feeling adventurous, drop ‘em in some boiling water seasoned with your favorite seafood boil, for “poor man’s lobster”. Try it sometime, you’ll be glad you did!! fishing spot” we intended on fishing at then we might have the chance to catch another good fish! When we pulled up to the spot, to our surprise, there wasn’t anyone there and we were quietly excited. However, as the morning went on and the bites were slow more boats rolled in on us. Shortly before 10 a.m the bite turned on and we hooked up to a BIG kingfish! We were pumped to say the least but knowing there was a lot of other good fisherman, we patiently waited on the weigh in. On the way to weigh in our fish we all agreed that we were going to need a fish at least 50 lbs or more in order to have the chance to win the Greater Jax. We got to the scales to see that our fish weighed in at 49.77lbs which clearly was not 50. But it turns out that weight was good enough for the win!

We have fished this tournament for 20 plus years and to finally win, for us, we were on top of the world! The stars truly did align that day and it is a day that we will never forget! Thank you Greater Jax for putting on such a great event.