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| by Stuart Newman Associates
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(Jan. 23, 2007 - Islamorada, Florida Keys)...
Weez in the Keys took the lead on day one of the third annual Outdoor
Channel Offshore Classic and never looked back to win the two-day
sailfish tournament with a total of 10 releases.
With Captain David Morris of Miami at the helm, the team of Matt
Grynewicz of Key Largo, Fla., Scott Robins of Miami Beach, Taylor
Walsh of Miami and Justin Baker of Islamorada released five sails on
each fishing day. The win earned the team an invitation to the 2008
IGFA Offshore World Championship, to be held in Cabo San Lucas,
Mexico.
Second place went to Class Action, with Captain Sam Milazzo of
Islamorada at the helm. Steve Michels of Portland, Ore., Carl Flemons
of Washington, D.C., and Jim Sifers, of Waco, Texas, released seven
sailfish. Flemons, fishing from a wheelchair due to a spinal injury,
and Sifers were first-time sailfish anglers.
Kalex, with Captain Alex Adler of Islamorada at the helm, took third
place. Adler led Randy Russell, Butch English, Ben Maki, Tommy
Tormohlen -- all of Austin, Texas -- to seven sailfish releases, but
lost to Class Action on time.
The Outdoor Channel is to broadcast its coverage of the tournament
during the first week of April on the network’s "World Class Sport
Fishing" show.
There were 113 hook-ups called in during the tournament, with 81
sailfish released. Eighty anglers fished from 21 boats. Seven of the
teams were composed of disabled veterans sponsored by the Paralyzed
Veterans of America. |
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