Team ReelTime had the pleasure of putting a crew together for this past weekend's St. Judes Charity Flounder Tournament.
Below from left to right you see the crew, 1st Mate Carl Lohafer, Mike Delbridge, Ken "Toad Master" Zufal", Ned Smith and of course Lucian's Montagnaj's boat - Fishin' Fool.
Lucian worked on the tournament planning team for St Judes this year but was instistent that we fish his boat on his behalf. We are running Fishin' Fool for charter this year ('31 Contender) and boy, what an awesome fishing boat this is.
You folks may not know this, but Lucian 's been on the planning team several years running and has done a stellar job running the flounder tournament for them. I'm sure this is no easy task and he would never expect any credit, but deserves Kudos for his dedication and hard work for this Charity!
His instructions were to "have fun and catch fish"! On behalf of St Judes and the Team ReelTime - Thank you, Lucian!
Here's another picture without Ned, but showing a better view of the 20 to 25" Flounder that the Team brought back...
Here are the details: We left the dock around 0530 and headed out to the CBBT to target a few local flounder haunts. The tide was incoming and steady which allowed us to drift both live bait and strip back back and waive over these fatties. We managed several dozen flounder and through back the undersize, which produced these nice 6 keepers. The tide changed twice thoughout the day, and we used this to out advantage to reposition to a more favorable location each time.
Above is Ned, with 2 nice fish. These beauties were caught on strip bait. W.T.G, Ned !!!
Here's Ken with 2 more nice ones which were caught on Live Bait...
We especially need to thank Ken for an asserted effort and keeping the Oyster Toads off of every else's line buy attracting them to his! LOL! What an awesome sacrifice for the team. You may have earned a new nick name - the TOAD KING !
Above is Mike, with nice 22 and 25" Flounder caught on a jig. If I recall, the jig was pretty heavy and Mike just wacked the 25" on the head and then pulled it straight up! WTG and Congrats to Mike, on out biggest fish in the day !!!
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All in all, it as a productive, fun day with an awesome vessel, crew and cause. Again, Team ReelTime wants to thank Lucian Montagnaj for being so generous to the Tournament!
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We still have availability and are take reservations aboard Fishin' Fool for August and September the following species, but please book in advance, because things are filling up! ...
- Summer Flounder
- Cobia
- Spanish Mackeral
- Red and Black Drum
- Spad Fish
Good Luck, Tight Lines and See You on the Water,
Captain Fletcher Dunton USCG OUPV