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Local Guides
"Howl at the Moon" With Huge Catch
Captain Sandy
Melvin's First Night-Time
Invitational
Tournament
| By Jim
Tucker
Captain Sandy Melvin hosted his own "Howl At The Moon" invitational tarpon tournament last weekend. It was a small, invitation only, attempt to "showcase the quality of night fishing and the expertise of local guides," as described by Capt. Melvin.And it worked. Eleven boats set out and 71 tarpon were caught and released. Melvin 's own boat, the Boca Blue, finished in first place with 16 releases. Three fishermen aboard Boca Blue had never caught a tarpon before this event. Brothers Brian and John Corcoran, of Jam's, and Tom Murtha each caught their first, second, third and fourth tarpon that night. Twelve tarpon on their first outing is a good beginning.Bob Melvin, local Realtor and Sandy's brother was the fourth fisherman. |
Captain Frank Davis ' boat, the Had'em, was second with 11 releases and the tiebreaker by calling the 11th fish before Captain Mark Liberman's Teal called in their matching 11th fish for the third place finish. It was a great night of tarpon "catching" in the pass. |
Tarpon Fever Fueled by Camaraderie and Parties
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Cappy Joiner, president of the Boca Grande
Fishing Guides Association leads the way at the buffet line
Sunday night at South Beach. |
Two tarpon judges from the same family: John and Cheryl Bottjer who came in second place in a Hollinswood tournament. John, head judge, said he was grateful for the assistance of Dena Lowe who helped keep a second record of the tournament. The first records blew into the Gulf after an item serving as a paperweight was removed by mistake, said John. |
Capt. Dumplin' Wheeler of the Chico gets a hug from Violet Bargeon, a member of the Chico team. It was Dumplin's birthday on Tuesday (May 24). |
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Jackie and Katharine Sullivan, married only nine months, fished aboard the Boca Bug. Jackie is a 1959 graduate of Boca Grande High School and is an annual tarpon tournament participant. |
Reggie Norman, tourney judge, and Beth Perkins, volunteer, make an entrance into South Beach with chef, Lenny Clymer. |
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Capt.Waylon Mills of the "Blaze" is a perennial participant in tournament fishing.
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Sharon Pizzo and Jon Zorian were elementary school classmates in Orlando.
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| Page 19 The Boca Banner 5/27/05 |
