And the winners are!!!!

[normanhghntr]

despite a rough start the weather shaped up and some beautiful fish were brought in!! here are the winners and weights of the fish.

Junior division 12-17

sportfish 1. Kaynen Elkin 23.0 amberjack
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grouper 1. travis stokes 28.8 black
2. will chapmen 25.5 black
3. Keynen elkin 10.4 black

snapper 1.travis stokes 13.3 mutton
2. joe merrit 10.1 mutton
3. tyler nulich 9.8 mutton

Adults amberjack
1. tony grogan 69.0
2. jj fairbanks 53.9
3. hector guzman 43.2

sportfish 1. jose santeiro 47.7 cobia
2. jason tiller 4.5 dolphin
3. cory childs 3.5 dolphin

grouper 1. damian waldner 68.4 black
2. chris hill 47.3 black
3. pit gills 45.9 black

snapper 1. rick gage 15.8 mutton
2. michael truhan 15.4 mutton
3. damian waldner 14.7 mutton

hogfish 1. shawn reyngoudt 10.1
2. john buckheim 8.7
3. harry bethel 5.7

this years grand champion Damian Waldner !!!!!!!!

im sorry if i spelled any names wrong its been a long weekend

[normanhghntr]

weigh in pics... the grouper on the ground has a hook in its mouth

[normanhghntr]

more pics

[normanhghntr]

other pics

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some more pics

[normanhghntr]

just a few more...

[FeAr_ThE_SpEaR]

Great Tourney Norm! And even better turn out!!! I was honored to be a part of it!! And can't wait till next year!!

[Slider136]

video of the awards presentation (http://www.helloworld.com:80/global_frameset.aspx?target=myworld&uID=103541&section=show&recID=128609)

[SpearMax]

Great job Norm!

[Powerhead]

Thanks again Norman and Friends. We had a great time on the water this weekend.

Norman, Thanks for the picture of the Girls!

Rick

[Mobile Diver]

As usual, an absolutely rockin' time!! Great job Norman!!:thumps::thumps:

[normanhghntr]

hey i couldnt have done it without all of you and our sponcers!! thanks dan (slider)for putting the film crew together and hooking us up with bandito spearguns awesome job !! and thanks to george and staff from hurricane hole! john , lisa, brian and tracy, my beautiful wife for all their help and

sub - tropic dive center, dive key west, divers direct, riffe, ab biller, omer ,bandito, costa del mar,e-sea rider bean bag chairs, and ken jones of deathstick spearguns, wow what beautiful guns!!! and everyone who donated and helped

More pics to come!!!!!!!!

[PrincessSlaya!]

WTG, to all the winners! Looks like fun was had by all!

[jfjf]

Tony:

Gamble wanted me to give you his congratulations for the largest fish in the tournament. :thumps::thumps:

[normanhghntr]

that aj was a beassssst!!!!!

[Big Pig]

Norman

Had a blast. Thanks for everything:toast:

[Teh Wicked]

Congrats to the winners!!!

I wish I didnt have a job so I could travel to all the tourney's...

[DiveGal]

Nice job, guys! Tony, you and Damien are da men! :)

It was really cool to read about the Junior catagories.

[kwfreediver1]

heres the pics(the small ones) of Travass's fish he won 1st in snapper and 1st in grouper in the jr division...u guys better watch out 4 this kid in a few years:thumps:
and the lsts pic is of John...just had to embarrass him, look at them lips!!!lol

[Powerhead]

What did that boy do? Bite a Man-O-War?

I was just thinking.

If I would have landed the 15lb Bar Jack I shot and entered it in the Sportfish division. I would have had a 1st & 2nd place finish which would have given me more points than Damian.

I would have been Champion!

Oh well. I wouldn't want to take the win from him for anything in the world.

I'm still pumped!

When's the next tournament in the Keys? I'm ready to go right now!

Rick

[Travass]

What did that boy do? Bite a Man-O-War?

I was just thinking.

If I would have landed the 15lb Bar Jack I shot and entered it in the Sportfish division. I would have had a 1st & 2nd place finish which would have given me more points than Damian.

I would have been Champion!

Oh well. I wouldn't want to take the win from him for anything in the world.

I'm still pumped!

When's the next tournament in the Keys? I'm ready to go right now!

Rick

:lol:

[normanhghntr]

sorry rick, bar jacks were not in the sportfish division!! your name will be on the cup some day buddy!!

[Travass]

i was laughing at the the bite a man-o-war comment just to make things clear.

[Slider136]

video of the weigh-in part 1 (http://www.helloworld.com:80/global_frameset.aspx?target=myworld&uID=103541&section=show&recID=129612)
This goes up to the point where the rain got bad and they had to interupt the weigh-in

[Slider136]

video of part 2 of the weigh-in (http://www.helloworld.com:80/global_frameset.aspx?target=myworld&uID=103541&section=show&recID=129623). This starts when the rainstorm quit.

[spear-addict]

i dont want to see what johns lips would look like if he did ever bite a man-o-war..:lol: