The top seven three-fish aggregates will earn paychecks with first place paying $15,000.Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Despite beating the previous record by 5.5 ounces -- Michael J. Kirchler, of Mobile, Ala., caught a 67-pound, 15-ounce king mackerel … Courtesy IGFA ... 'It was six feet, four inches long, and weighed exactly 140 pounds.' "• "The City Commission adjourned Wednesday without taking action on the announced intention of insurance companies to cancel insurance of Mobile taxi concerns at midnight Friday. Their two big fish gave them a 69.8-pound aggregate, putting them high on the leaderboard. We didn't start fishing until 11 o'clock. Marc Pincus of Hilton Head modeled the event after the South Carolina Wahoo Series he began about nine years ago, and one of the wrinkles was including a 50-pound rollover tournament within a tournament. It was horribly rough," Britt said. They just don't want any, thank you.
I did a little test event last year (out of Hilton Head) to see if it would work and people liked it. The park site is a rectangular piece of land extending from the bay to Cedar Point Road. But it's exceeded our expectations," he said, noting that in addition to Wide Open's 61-pound catch, a 45-pounder was weighed along with three fish over 40 pounds.Registration for the six-week event was $400 per boat and Pincus had 81 boats sign up. "They nearly got their 30-pounder at 1:10 p.m., boating a king mackerel that would weigh 28.5 pounds. It was raining. 'A sum of $5,000 will provide a permanent scholarship,' said Mr. Chamberlain yesterday, 'and I believe that there are fifty men in Mobile who would be willing to send $100, or one hundred men who would be glad to contribute $50. "Frank Wyndham was on the rod, I was on the gaff and Greg Burris was on the wheel," Britt said. It was windy. "• "Fair damsels and dashing swains, comely matrons and tired husbands, mischievous small boys and their correct little sisters, thronged Monroe Park yesterday afternoon and night, hen he bayside resort was opened for the summer season. The largest cero mackerel ever caught was just 17 pounds and 2 ounces (Islamorada), while the largest Spanish mackerel ever caught was just 12 pounds (Fort Pierce). But they made the most of that day, catching one king that weighed 35.7 pounds and another that was 34.1 pounds. Partly cloudy. If no one caught a 50-pound king, the money would be held and go into the following year's 50-pound rollover.
"I knew going into Day 2 of the tournament that we needed to have a 30-pound fish to compete in the top five. I've been kingfishing for 20 years and never in my life seen something that looked like this," said Britt, who at the time thought the fish weighed about 50 pounds.Britt said he and his crew began fishing tournaments about nine years ago, gradually moving up from an 18-foot center console, and have enjoyed enough success to warrant sponsorship from Sea Pro and Simrad.Breaking the 50-pound mark undoubtedly will help them in the South Carolina Fall Classic. Photo provided/SCDNR Forty-three years ago, John Brownlee III, fishing aboard the party boat Gulf Stream II, captained by Randolph Scott and docked at Shem Creek, caught a 62-pound king mackerel. "• "The Nashville Banner has been suppressed by order of Andy Johnson. Britt and his Wide Open fishing team had a goal of catching a 30-pound king mackerel when they headed out of the Charleston Jetties early Tuesday morning. They then put the other pinfish out on a downrigger and 30 minutes later landed the monster. The biggest king mackerel ever caught weighed 90 pounds and was caught in Key West, Florida. "• "One Mobile boy will be sent through the University of Alabama each year free of charge if the plan of Attorney Bart Chamberlain, one of the alumni, is supported by other Mobile graduates of the state institution." A 30-pounder would put them in good position in the South Carolina Fall Classic King Mackerel Series, a first-year statewide event.Tournament teams could designate two fishing days for the tournament, beginning Sept. 16, weighing two fish each day with the smallest of the four weights thrown out.
Jesse M. Jones to be the largest ever caught -- that put all hands on a fish diet for several meals."
Photo provided/SCDNR Angler Frank Wyndham (from right), Capt. But the question of how that money would be handled was answered by Wide Open.Pincus began the South Carolina Fall Series to highlight the incredible fall king mackerel fishing off the South Carolina coast, "and it's been epic," he said.Boats could weigh their catch at Hilton Head Harbor Marina, Toler's Cove Marina in Mount Pleasant or Georgetown Landing, giving the event a true statewide presence. ..."The mackerel was caught from the poop of the ship ... not far from Pernambuco, Brazil. "We literally caught eight menhaden (for bait). The fish freaked out and came off the gaff and went down about 15 feet. Huge King Mackerel caught on light tackle Kevin Collins from Queensland in Australia caught this huge king mackeral (scomberomerous commersoni), on 10lb light tackle braid, with a 60lb leader! That's so cool.
"We fished on Monday and caught 19 (king mackerel) in an hour and 44 minutes," Britt said.
He only had one treble hook in him, in the side of the head.