TEAM MARCIA - D WINS WAL-MART FLW KINGFISH TOUR EVENT IN MOREHEAD CITY, N.C.
10/11/05
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (Oct. 11, 2005) - Team Marcia - D headed by Captain Perry Johnston of Oak Island caught a kingfish Monday weighing 35 pounds, 3 ounces to win the Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour event in Morehead City presented by Tyson, where a field of professional kingfish anglers competed for a share of a $300,000 purse. Team Marcia - D earned a first-place check for $70,000.
Heavy rains plagued anglers Monday, but a forecast for scattered showers gave a little relief for the final day. Temperatures were in the high 70s with a fair amount of wind. Though Team Marcia - D landed the winning kingfish on day one, several more fish were brought to the scale on day two. A total of 59 kingfish weighing 1,173 pounds, 9 ounces were caught.
"We honestly didn't think our fish from yesterday would hold up," said Team Marcia - D member Don Wilsey of Southport. "We thought it would be a top-five fish, since the weather's been bad, but historically, a fish like that around here in October wouldn't hold up."
Team Marcia - D motored out to their day one area on day two as well, but didn't catch another kingfish, despite hooking one on a pogy that managed to escape.
Rounding out the top five teams are Team Slip N Slide captained by Tom Aberle of Wilmington (33 pounds, 10 ounces, $35,000) Team Streaker captained by Roger Walker of Jacksonville Beach, Fla. (31 pounds, 1 ounce, $15,250); Team Early Riser captained by John Parks of Jacksonville (27 pounds, 12 ounces, $16,500); and Team Young Guns captained by Harvey Way Jr. of Bunnell, Fla. (27 pounds, 10 ounces, $10,750).
Team Hannon's Cannon captained by Kevin Hannon of Seminole, Fla., finished highest in the points standings at the end of the 2005 season. The team earned 544 out of a possible 600 points after finishing this event in 13th place with a kingfish weighing 25 pounds.
The top 50 teams of the 2005 Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour season will go on to fish the $500,000 Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour Championship, beginning Thursday out of Morehead City, where the championship winner will take home as much as $150,000.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour and seven other national tournament circuits offering a combined $30 million in awards through 214 events in 2005. The 27-year-old organization is the purveyor of America's largest and most prestigious fishing tournaments, including the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, EverStart Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour and Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series.
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