Official Hydroglow Summer Slam Results (Pics)

Darkside · 06-24-2007, 08:25 PM

1st Place – 337 lbs.
Boat Name: Second Chance
Awarded:
1st Place – $11,100
Broadbill Split - 1st Place - $4,440
Big Fish – Winner Take All Division - $15,900
In addition to all monies won, team Second chance also received:
A Hydro Glow light - Compliments of Hydro Glow
A mount of their 1st place fish - Compliments of Gray Taxidermy
A bronze swordfish center piece - Compliments of Broward Design Center
A first place plaque with tile photo of winning fish inserted - Compliments of Tracey & Drew
A Chaos Rod - Compliments of Chaos Roads
A Harpoon - Compliments of Poon Harpoon/Offshore Innovations

2nd Place – 218 lbs.
Boat Name: Quetzal
2nd Place - $5,200
Broadbill Split - 2nd Place - $2,960
$1,000 Calcutta - $24,000

3rd Place – 179 lbs.
Boat Name: L & H
3rd Place - $3,200
Top Lady Angler – 179 lbs. Melissa Murck awarded $500

4th Place – 166 lbs.
Boat Name: Nauti Girl
4th Place - $1,000

5th Place –130 lbs.
Boat Name: Boxin Bull
5th Place: $500

Pictures:

1st place

2nd Place

3rd place

4th place

5th place

Mike · 06-24-2007, 08:38 PM

WTG to everyone. Those are some awesome fish.

Another Grand · 06-24-2007, 09:20 PM

Wtg guys!

Ill be the first to say thank to Tracy and Drew for dealing with everybody and putting on such a wonderful event. It is important that we have these events where everybody comes together. The more personal of a level everybody is on, both recs and the bouy guys, the less bs to take place on the radio and the internet.

While 1st place is a classic picture, the 3rd place picture is what it is all about.....

Congrats again to team 2nd chance!

Oh chit.....way to go Mike on the Quetzel just noticed that was you

Thanks again Drew and Tracy for all your hardwork, hopefully the next one doesnt fall the day before a final.

mneptune · 06-24-2007, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Another Grand

Wtg guys!

Ill be the first to say thank to Tracy and Drew for dealing with everybody and putting on such a wonderful event. It is important that we have these events where everybody comes together. The more personal of a level everybody is on, both recs and the bouy guys, the less bs to take place on the radio and the internet.

While 1st place is a classic picture, the 3rd place picture is what it is all about.....

Congrats again to team 2nd chance!

Oh chit.....way to go Mike on the Quetzel just noticed that was you

Thanks again Drew and Tracy for all your hardwork, hopefully the next one doesnt fall the day before a final.

Another Grand.

Your remark about the 3rd picture is exactly on target. Only through conservation can we assure that this very precious resource will be here for our future generations.....

miamiangler1 · 06-24-2007, 09:48 PM

Awesome fish ... congrats to all the winners !

JahMussa · 06-24-2007, 09:49 PM

Congrats to all the winners and especially Drew and Tracey!

snooknreds2 · 06-24-2007, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Another Grand

Wtg guys!

Ill be the first to say thank to Tracy and Drew for dealing with everybody and putting on such a wonderful event. It is important that we have these events where everybody comes together. The more personal of a level everybody is on, both recs and the bouy guys, the less bs to take place on the radio and the internet.

While 1st place is a classic picture, the 3rd place picture is what it is all about.....

Congrats again to team 2nd chance!

Oh chit.....way to go Mike on the Quetzel just noticed that was you

Thanks again Drew and Tracy for all your hardwork, hopefully the next one doesnt fall the day before a final.

Johnny I cant add to that!!! well said!! Drew thanks for the great tourney!!

SUPERDOLPH · 06-24-2007, 10:47 PM

Thanks for posting the pics! There were some huge fish caught last night for sure.

BLUELIGHT SPECIAL · 06-25-2007, 07:51 AM

GREAT JOB GUYS. CONGRATS TURTLE

SEE YALL IN THE NEXT ONE!!!!!

Captain Juan · 06-25-2007, 08:26 AM

Congrats to everyone again. Looking forward to the next tourney too.

I think we can all be very proud of south Florida's swordfish community. There are lots of good people.

Turtle is on fire.

J (Team Fintastic)

CARBEN COPY · 06-25-2007, 08:29 AM

GREAT PICS.........congrats to all

Bonnie&Clyde · 06-25-2007, 08:46 AM

Congrats to the winning teams!!! Great tourney, cant wait to do it again!

Darkside · 06-25-2007, 09:18 AM

Thank you for all off the compliments it nice when everything comes together. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HELPED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER MAKE THIS THE BEST EVENT WE HAVE HELD. The lack of BS on the radio was a welcomed surprise for not just me but those that had children on board. Looking forward to the Winter event.

Fishalways · 06-25-2007, 09:20 AM

Congrats to everyone. Great fishing.

GENERALturtle. · 06-25-2007, 09:36 AM

Thanks Drew and Tracey for putting together such a great event. What a night for Team 2nd Chance. The fish ate a squid down 200' on a 50. Ryan put it on him and got him to the boat in 2 hours. Teamwork won this tournament for sure. It was a night that I will never forget. Congrats to all the winners. After last years 5 1/2 hr battle only to loose the fish in the Sailclub tourney, I was so happy to see Professor and Tony get there revenge!

ProfessorO · 06-25-2007, 09:53 AM

a big thanks to tracy and drew for a real good time; your tournament
was top notch and i appreciate all the time and good energy put into
it. as always, it was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

i don't fish many tournaments, just a few a year, but when tony asked
me to fish with him and turtle, i just could not say no. it was a real
pleasure to fish with them and ryan and mike. our planned lady angler
had a real good excuse to miss this one, so turtle brought along his
friends and i am glad he did.

we picked up a few runners at the balls and off we went. we set up
and you could not see one boat around us at 7:15 or so. within minutes
we had dolphins (the mammal) skyrocketing around us and putting on
quite a display and with a nice sunset, we all commented on that life
was good. after that, the water was really dead and we drifted for a
couple of hrs with no results. still no one around us but as it became dark
we could start seeing the fleet. so we decided to move and set up in the
middle of the alley (and of the fleet) and tony stopped in an open
spot. we put out our 6 rods and within minutes, one started to scream
and the fun began. we cleared all the gear quickly and ryan was put
on the fish. i have fished with a lot of people, ryan can reel with the
best of them. after about an hr, we suggested a break, but he didn't want
to give up. so i reminded how much was on the line and promised him
that he would get the rod back to finish the job. i and then chris fought
the fish for the next 1/2 hr or so and a black magic belt was properly put
on ryan and he was back on the fish. we all knew that this fish was
going to make it to the scales at this point if we could get it into the
boat for a boat ride home. everytime ryan would make it to the 175'
mark on the line, that momma swordie would just take it all back and
then some. during this entire fight the reel was slipping in its seat to
the left and this added to ryan's fight. turtle finally was able to grab hold
of the long leader and when he tried to yank momma in, that swordie
was so pissed we watched a couple hundreds of yards of line peel off in
seconds, but ryan was not going to let this fish win. after 2 hrs and
20 minutes turtle was able to leader it in and tony hit it with the poon
and I hit it with a gaff and a tail rope. the swordie made it into the
boat after 15 minutes of us pulling on two lines with mike leading
the charge. the celebration started and some of you probably heard it!!

the fish hit a medium-sized, dyed squid at 175' (we were also fishing a runner at 175' closer to the boat). it was the only line that didn't have
an electralume and blinkie on it, just a cylume (red i think for what it
is worth). we were using capt mark's chum, like always. out of time.
cheers, arthur

Thumper235 · 06-25-2007, 10:02 AM

Good job to all. Great pics.

weekendbender · 06-25-2007, 10:02 AM

Turtle is on an awesome run. Congrats guys.

How many total fish were boated?

Relentless33 · 06-25-2007, 10:03 AM

Uncle Buck · 06-25-2007, 10:05 AM

The price of Red Cyalume sticks just went up.

Great work guys.

We tried a few different tactics (including trolling), but could not get anything to bite. Just watch, we'll probably get a 338# fish on a Wednesday, or something like that.

Oh yeah... and that was one of the few nights that we didn't feel like turning the VHF off. I'm glad most refrained from the usual vulgar chatter.

06-24-2007, 08:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Darkside Hooked Up Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 384	1st Place – 337 lbs. Boat Name: Second Chance Awarded: 1st Place – $11,100 Broadbill Split - 1st Place - $4,440 Big Fish – Winner Take All Division - $15,900 In addition to all monies won, team Second chance also received: A Hydro Glow light - Compliments of Hydro Glow A mount of their 1st place fish - Compliments of Gray Taxidermy A bronze swordfish center piece - Compliments of Broward Design Center A first place plaque with tile photo of winning fish inserted - Compliments of Tracey & Drew A Chaos Rod - Compliments of Chaos Roads A Harpoon - Compliments of Poon Harpoon/Offshore Innovations 2nd Place – 218 lbs. Boat Name: Quetzal 2nd Place - $5,200 Broadbill Split - 2nd Place - $2,960 $1,000 Calcutta - $24,000 3rd Place – 179 lbs. Boat Name: L & H 3rd Place - $3,200 Top Lady Angler – 179 lbs. Melissa Murck awarded $500 4th Place – 166 lbs. Boat Name: Nauti Girl 4th Place - $1,000 5th Place –130 lbs. Boat Name: Boxin Bull 5th Place: $500 Pictures: 1st place 2nd Place 3rd place 4th place 5th place __________________ SAVE THE DATES: Hydro Glow Summer Swordfish Slam - JUNE 21, 2008 Hydro Glow Winter Swordfest - DECEMBER 6, 2008

06-24-2007, 08:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mike Grander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Boat: Coming Soon! Best Catch: 250lb Swordfish Posts: 1,330	WTG to everyone. Those are some awesome fish. __________________ Fishing Reports

06-24-2007, 09:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Another Grand Hooked Up Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 989	Wtg guys! Ill be the first to say thank to Tracy and Drew for dealing with everybody and putting on such a wonderful event. It is important that we have these events where everybody comes together. The more personal of a level everybody is on, both recs and the bouy guys, the less bs to take place on the radio and the internet. While 1st place is a classic picture, the 3rd place picture is what it is all about..... Congrats again to team 2nd chance! Oh chit.....way to go Mike on the Quetzel just noticed that was you Thanks again Drew and Tracy for all your hardwork, hopefully the next one doesnt fall the day before a final. Last edited by Another Grand : 06-24-2007 at 09:24 PM.

06-24-2007, 09:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
JahMussa Hooked Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lighthouse Point, FLA Boat: Contender 31 Best Catch: 96" x 64" Occupation: Tackle Ho! Posts: 566	Congrats to all the winners and especially Drew and Tracey! __________________ www.ILoveSwordfishing.com

06-24-2007, 10:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
SUPERDOLPH Lines In Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: plantation Posts: 56	Thanks for posting the pics! There were some huge fish caught last night for sure. __________________

06-24-2007, 09:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
miamiangler1 Grander Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: north miami, keystone point Boat: ,live bait ,deep dropping,swordfishing Best Catch: 7ft sailfish on 10#test with diawaBG20, 100#tarpon on 6#test baitcaster bass rod Occupation: selfemployed,real estate, painter,model builder Posts: 1,547	Awesome fish ... congrats to all the winners !

06-25-2007, 07:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
BLUELIGHT SPECIAL Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: DANIA BEACH Boat: 256 DUSKY 2X150 ZUKES Best Catch: 125LB PUERTO RICAN HOTTIE Occupation: FISHING Posts: 270	GREAT JOB GUYS. CONGRATS TURTLE SEE YALL IN THE NEXT ONE!!!!!

06-25-2007, 08:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
Captain Juan Hooked Up Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hollywood, FL Boat: Contender 25 Best Catch: 63 lb. wahoo, 26 lb. mutton, 11 lb. peacock Occupation: Dir. of Communications Posts: 510	Congrats to everyone again. Looking forward to the next tourney too. I think we can all be very proud of south Florida's swordfish community. There are lots of good people. Turtle is on fire. J (Team Fintastic)

06-25-2007, 08:29 AM	#11 (permalink)
CARBEN COPY Hooked Up Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 303	GREAT PICS.........congrats to all

06-25-2007, 08:46 AM	#12 (permalink)
Bonnie&Clyde Hooked Up Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Broward Best Catch: 78" sword Posts: 170	Congrats to the winning teams!!! Great tourney, cant wait to do it again!

06-25-2007, 09:18 AM	#13 (permalink)
Darkside Hooked Up Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 384	Thank you for all off the compliments it nice when everything comes together. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HELPED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER MAKE THIS THE BEST EVENT WE HAVE HELD. The lack of BS on the radio was a welcomed surprise for not just me but those that had children on board. Looking forward to the Winter event. __________________ SAVE THE DATES: Hydro Glow Summer Swordfish Slam - JUNE 21, 2008 Hydro Glow Winter Swordfest - DECEMBER 6, 2008

06-25-2007, 09:20 AM	#14 (permalink)
Fishalways Hooked Up Join Date: Sep 2006 Boat: 206 Kencraft Best Catch: 450# Blue Marlin, Walkers Cay Posts: 635	Congrats to everyone. Great fishing. __________________ I am an atheist.

06-25-2007, 09:36 AM	#15 (permalink)
GENERALturtle. Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: on da 50 Best Catch: your mom Occupation: boat lettering and sign Posts: 541	Thanks Drew and Tracey for putting together such a great event. What a night for Team 2nd Chance. The fish ate a squid down 200' on a 50. Ryan put it on him and got him to the boat in 2 hours. Teamwork won this tournament for sure. It was a night that I will never forget. Congrats to all the winners. After last years 5 1/2 hr battle only to loose the fish in the Sailclub tourney, I was so happy to see Professor and Tony get there revenge! __________________

06-25-2007, 09:53 AM	#16 (permalink)
ProfessorO Hooked Up Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hollywood, FL Boat: Wellcraft 270 Coastal Best Catch: All of them Occupation: Professor of Physical Oceanography Posts: 537	a big thanks to tracy and drew for a real good time; your tournament was top notch and i appreciate all the time and good energy put into it. as always, it was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. i don't fish many tournaments, just a few a year, but when tony asked me to fish with him and turtle, i just could not say no. it was a real pleasure to fish with them and ryan and mike. our planned lady angler had a real good excuse to miss this one, so turtle brought along his friends and i am glad he did. we picked up a few runners at the balls and off we went. we set up and you could not see one boat around us at 7:15 or so. within minutes we had dolphins (the mammal) skyrocketing around us and putting on quite a display and with a nice sunset, we all commented on that life was good. after that, the water was really dead and we drifted for a couple of hrs with no results. still no one around us but as it became dark we could start seeing the fleet. so we decided to move and set up in the middle of the alley (and of the fleet) and tony stopped in an open spot. we put out our 6 rods and within minutes, one started to scream and the fun began. we cleared all the gear quickly and ryan was put on the fish. i have fished with a lot of people, ryan can reel with the best of them. after about an hr, we suggested a break, but he didn't want to give up. so i reminded how much was on the line and promised him that he would get the rod back to finish the job. i and then chris fought the fish for the next 1/2 hr or so and a black magic belt was properly put on ryan and he was back on the fish. we all knew that this fish was going to make it to the scales at this point if we could get it into the boat for a boat ride home. everytime ryan would make it to the 175' mark on the line, that momma swordie would just take it all back and then some. during this entire fight the reel was slipping in its seat to the left and this added to ryan's fight. turtle finally was able to grab hold of the long leader and when he tried to yank momma in, that swordie was so pissed we watched a couple hundreds of yards of line peel off in seconds, but ryan was not going to let this fish win. after 2 hrs and 20 minutes turtle was able to leader it in and tony hit it with the poon and I hit it with a gaff and a tail rope. the swordie made it into the boat after 15 minutes of us pulling on two lines with mike leading the charge. the celebration started and some of you probably heard it!! the fish hit a medium-sized, dyed squid at 175' (we were also fishing a runner at 175' closer to the boat). it was the only line that didn't have an electralume and blinkie on it, just a cylume (red i think for what it is worth). we were using capt mark's chum, like always. out of time. cheers, arthur

06-25-2007, 10:02 AM	#17 (permalink)
Thumper235 Hooked Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Miami Boat: Pursuit 3000 Offshore Express Occupation: Dockmaster Posts: 301	Good job to all. Great pics. __________________ Overcome...Kill...Eat...

06-25-2007, 10:02 AM	#18 (permalink)
weekendbender Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Boat: Contender 25' Twin 200 Yamis Best Catch: Never enough Occupation: 401k Sales Posts: 134	Turtle is on an awesome run. Congrats guys. How many total fish were boated? __________________ A man's got to believe in something, I believe I'll go fishing.

06-25-2007, 10:03 AM	#19 (permalink)
Relentless33 Grander Join Date: Apr 2006 Best Catch: 81" sword Posts: 2,945

06-25-2007, 10:05 AM	#20 (permalink)
Uncle Buck Grander Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boat in Boynton / Home In Boca Boat: Sailfish 218CC Best Catch: 350+ Mako Occupation: Graphic Designer Posts: 1,854	The price of Red Cyalume sticks just went up. Great work guys. We tried a few different tactics (including trolling), but could not get anything to bite. Just watch, we'll probably get a 338# fish on a Wednesday, or something like that. Oh yeah... and that was one of the few nights that we didn't feel like turning the VHF off. I'm glad most refrained from the usual vulgar chatter. __________________ Help Me Promote FishClings! - Get Your Samples Here --> FishClings-Promo Last edited by Uncle Buck : 06-25-2007 at 10:12 AM.