Posted on June 2nd, 2024
The 2nd Annual Battle for the Buckle Tournament is in the books tonight and it was a great event all things considered. A total of 21 boats competed for over $75,000 in prize money and thankfully there were some nice fish caught to hit the leaderboard. Here’s who won what from Tournament Director Kurt Howell.
All In $3,879
30 Deep $9,189
All Bodes Well $9,684
Talkin’ Trash Stringer Buckle Winner – $21,969
Relentless Heaviest Fish Buckle Winner – $31,329
Captain Chase Eberle of Chasin’ Tides Charters did some deep dropping today and it paid off for his crew landing some blueline and golden tilefish for the cooler.
Captain Kane Bounds and his crews on Fish Bound have been having success with the black sea bass lately. Anglers on Fish Bound have also started to see some more nice flounder showing up on recent trips with Captain Kevin Twilley landing a 7 pound doormat yesterday.
Anglers fishing on board Double Trouble with Captain DJ Churchill have had some great luck with sea bass this week with some nice fish to over 3 pounds coming by the rail.
Captain Chris Mizurak of the Angler reported a decent bite today with sea bass up to about 4 pounds with a few flounder.
Captain Monty Hawkins of the Morning Star reported tough sledding for some of today’s trip, but folks still went home with some dinner.
