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East Coast Sports Wins 2008 Class of 23!

Biloxi, Mississippi - Salt-encrusted masks of frozen torture melted into wind-burned smiles and shouts of elation, especially for the crews of Fish Fever and East Coast Sports.

Those aforementioned boats were crowned champions at the Southern Kingfish Association National Championship at Biloxi in a tournament where the rules changed when a hard cold front raced past the Gulf Coast prior to the tournament’s start.

SKA Director Jack Holmes gave the captains a choice during the final pre-tournament meeting with several options. Because of small craft advisories, boats had the choice to weigh in one fish per day...

Liquid Fire Is the 2008 “Angler of the Year” Team!

I got a phone call from Rob Ferris last January. Sea Craft had just built a new Class of 23 boat and the person who was supposed to run the boat (an SKA member) couldn't get it together. He had found someone new to showcase the boat in the Pro Tour event in Key West and would it be all right.

I checked the standings from '07 for Mark Henderson's Liquid Fire team. He had qualified out of Division One where he finished 16th and also from Division Two where he qualified ninth.

His team, better yet the whole family, showed up in Key West and finished 11th overall. Pretty impressive...