We had a big turnout out in Navarre, with 18 teams foregoing the opening day of red snapper season to chase bronze bombers! Many teams spent their day in Santa Rosa Sound, but we also had anglers searching for less crowded water in Panama City, Choctawhatchee, P’cola Beach, and Escambia/Blackwater. The new slant board proved to not be as generous as predicted. We had several borderline fish DQ’d for being fractionally over the 27” line…always a heartbreaker in such close competition.
The results are as follows (Names, Fish 1, Fish 2, Total Wt, Points):
| Place | Winners | Fish 1 | Fish 2 | Total Weight | Points |
| 1 | Steve Ward/Matthew Eschan | 6.35 | 6.91 | 13.26 lbs | 100 |
| 2 | Alex Johnson/David Godwin | 6.60 | 6.45 | 13.05 lbs | 99 |
| 3 | Chad Skeeles/Jeff Russell | 5.43 | 5.09 | 10.52 lbs | 98 |
| 4 | Ken Cube/Mike Pattison | 6.44 | 3.77 | 10.21 lbs | 97 |
| 5 | Neil Modlin/Bryant Modlin | 5.86 | 4.12 | 9.98 lbs | 96 |
| 6 | Fred Myers/Carter Myers | 5.20 | 3.66 | 8.86 lbs | 95 |
| 7 | James Whitaker/Brandon Woodward | 5.80 | 0.00 | 5.80 lbs | 94 |
| 8 | Daryl Weaver/Joseph Weaver | 2.87 | 2.36 | 5.23 lbs | 93 |
| 9 | Mark Cowart/Michael Cowart | 2.43 | 2.66 | 5.09 lbs | 92 |
| 10 | Hallie Burnett/Zane Burnett | 4.93 | 0.00 | 4.93 lbs | 91 |
| 11 | Lionel James/Jimmy Garibaldi | 4.14 | 0.00 | 4.14 lbs | 90 |
| 12 | John Ott/Brad Anthis | 4.02 | 0.00 | 4.02 lbs | 89 |
| 13 | Trevor Taylor/Jon Morris | 3.64 | 0.00 | 3.64 lbs | 88 |
| 14T | Robert Gautney/Bobby Gautney | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 lbs | 78 |
| 14T | Waylon Spivey/Kevin Sherwood | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 lbs | 78 |
| 14T | Heath Lavin/Alan Chase | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 lbs | 78 |
| 14T | Shawn Mistovich/Preston Mistovich | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 lbs | 78 |
| 14T | Bill Burke/MJ White | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 lbs | 78 |
For the calcuttas, 1st Place Big Red went to Alex and David (6.60 lbs), 2nd Place went to James and Brandon (5.80 lbs). Most Spots went to Daryl and Joseph (11). Trout 1st Place went to Fred and Carter (2.97 lbs), 2nd to Lionel and Jimmy (2.35 lbs). The next tournament is planned for June 11th in Destin.
Thanks, Bill
