2022 Recap

from PBSC 2023 Program

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Doing It All/ Hardway Wins the 27th Annual Saltwater Slam!

Despite tough fishing conditions, 67 boats participated in the Mercury/SeaVee sponsored Pompano Beach Saltwater Slam. Teams enjoyed a fun kicko party featuring a casting contest fundraiser for Mission Fishin’ while enjoying refreshing beverages from Landshark Lager & Islamorada Brewing Company plus great food from Bonefish Mac’s.

When the scales for the weigh-in open, you never know which team will have the heaviest bag, and it just so happened that one of the first teams to weigh, did just that. Team Doing It All/ Hardway was one of the first teams to jump on the stage at Sullivan Park to weigh in their fish, giving the crowd quite the show! They weighed in a 35.8lb Kingfish, a 23.2lb Blackfin Tuna, as well as a slew of other fish for a grand total weight of 156.5! There was a 33.6lb di erence between the top two teams and only team Ice Box would rival Doing It All/Hardway for the top spot, with a total weight of 122.9 for a second place finish.

In addition to finishing in first place overall, Team Doing It All/ Hardway also finished in First Place Bluewater Bonanza, Third Place Kingfish, Third Place Tuna, Third Place in The Big Three, Third Place in the Holy Mackerel, First Place in Ante Up, Charity Calcutta, and the top Male angler (Martin Martuscelli) and Second Place Junior Angler (Hunter Deka) for a grand total of $22,051!

Team Ice Box fishing on their 39’ SeaVee, was looking to repeat their performance from last summer when they won the KDW. They didn’t find any dolphin or wahoo but their stellar catch of four kings weighing 122.9 pounds was enough to secure them the second place position for the tournament! Their 38.2lb Kingfish won them second heaviest king, Second Place in The Big Three, Second Place in the Holy Mackerel, along with a couple other aggregate weight calcuttas for a total payday of $13,829!

Rounding out the top 3 for the Saltwater Slam was team Flight Plan. Weighing in a total of 115.1 lbs of fish. They also had the heaviest blackfin tuna of the tournament at 28.1lb as well as the heaviest cobia at 21.1 lb for a total of $5,188!

The biggest fish to hit the scales in the 27th Annual Mercury/ SeaVee Pompano Beach Saltwater Slam was a 39.2 lb kingfish caught by tournament sponsor Tuppen’s Marine and team Nor Tech/Tuppens. As is always the case in the PBSC tournaments a BIG fish equals a BIG payout and that is exactly what Captain Steve Sprague and his teammates received in the form of a check for $16,503!