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‘Howl’ ends tarpon tournament season: Baby ghost takes first place, ‘Last Fish’ Lamar takes second place and last fish while Miss Aubrey takes first fish

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Sports & Outdoors.

“Lamar was making a strong run late; it scared me,” Nelson said. “He hooked his fourth one with like 40 minutes left, and I thought ‘Oh, man, he’s making a run at it.’ Then we got our fifth and released it, and I felt pretty comfortable for a bit … until Lamar got his fifth and let it go with about eight minutes left in the tournament. That’s still plenty of time to get a sixth.”

Turtle tracks: Working as a team to achieve more

Written by Tonya Bramlage on . Posted in Columns.

Every single ounce of energy begins to wane as the volunteers sweat their way through the morning  marking nests and false crawls in the sweltering heat. Teamwork is what it’s all about: Together everyone achieves more. Not only do patrollers rely on one another to get all of the nests documented and marked, but they also rely greatly on the efforts of all the behind-the-scenes organizations for their tremendous, invaluable support. 

Outta Line takes Kids Classic!

Written by Marcy Shortuse on . Posted in News, Sports & Outdoors.

The race for that last fish released was a tricky one, as there were two other teams fighting tarpon as well as Searene when Capt. Sandy called the tournament at 4:50 p.m., right as a severe storm was closing in off the Gulf and another was threatening from the harbor side. Team Reel Shark released their tarpon at 5:01 p.m., but Searene was still out there fighting. It took a lot of going over observer clipboards to determine who that “last fish” winner was, but that’s why observers are so important.
There were 29 boats in the field for this year’s Kids Classic, with 38 anglers under the age of 10 and 70 kids older than 10. Out of the 108 total, 70 were boys and 39 were girls.