Last week I fished with and we won Celebrity Grand Champion honors with Wade Boggs in the 17th annual Mercury Redbone celebrity tournament. Wade and I were fishing with Mercury Representative Brent Wood. Wade Boggs and I have fished this tournament and a few others many times to a win in the past years and have gotten to know each other quite well. This was Brent's 2nd time salt water fishing and as many times in tournaments, coming from fresh water I am sure that Sight fishing was a big change for this bass fisherman he did very well in his own right.
Fishing next to Wade Boggs has to be daunting alone let be the fact he is a hall of fame baseball player and a national hero in many arenas that he works in. That being said Brent and Wade Boggs shared the deck of my boat for two days and we had some excellent opportunities with Bonefish and Permit.
In the wash at the end of the tournament Wade had caught 2 species of fish, a Bonefish and Permit. I knew that Mark Cooper his competitor fishing with Capt. Drew Delashmit and Vaughn Cochran had caught a single tarpon on the fly. Although the points were the same (200) I knew that Wades two fish would win over Coopers single fish as this is how the SLAM goes. The angler with more species wins over angler fewer. This made for some good antics at the awards ceremony as Gary Ellis awarded Mark Cooper the win for his single fish much to the false protest of Wade Boggs. Wade was a great sport through the whole thing. He has won this division in the past and made for a ton of fun running away with the trophy only to bring it back and hand it to Mark Cooper for Mark to later return the trophy back to Wade. Big fun.
The fishing has not slowed. The tides are different but September is shaping up to be what we all know and love about it. Bonefish, Tarpon and Permit. The flats are alive and well. With no (knock on wood) storms yet this year and none seemingly in the long range forecast it looks like October will be awesome too. There are days we have been catching 2-8 bonefish in a single trip.
That's not all. Redfish, Black Drum and sharks have all been a hoot as well. We are doing the Mangrove slam almost daily with the Goliath Grouper, Redfish, and black drum.
No matter your skill level you are sure to get some fun out of a day fishing with us here at Dream Catcher Charters.
Sincerely
Capt. Steven P. Lamp
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President
Dream Catcher Charters
Fishing Guide for Flats, Back Country, Wreck and Reef Fishing.
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