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Snapper
 
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| I fished the Offshore slam tournament this weekend with Jake, Mark and Luke adams, and my uncle Tony Davis this weekend. The weather was fantastic and we had a great time. The tournament included 5 species: Snapper, Jacks, Kings, Grouper, and Triggerfish. Each species paid 3 places but to win the tournament you had to weigh 1 of all 5 species with your total weight of all 5 fish being the heaviest. We left early Saturday morning with a live well full of good baits and headed to our first spot where we hoped to put a grouper in the boat. We put 4 gags in the box on the first spot, including the biggest of the trip at 32.5 lbs. We hooked two other fish bigger than that one but they got us. We also caught a couple triggerfish at that spot, so we had 2 of the 5. 
Next we went Mackerel fishing. Pulled up to the spot and about 6 minutes later had one 45.8 lbs on the deck! So far this trip is going pretty well, now 3 for 5. 
We caught a few jacks up to 45 lbs that afternoon but it took us until the next morning to catch the 50 lb fish that we weighed. After that we trucked it on back to state waters, caught a legal snapper and headed to the scales. We won the slam with a total weight of 131.4 lbs, 1st place King, 2nd place grouper, and 3rd place jack. It was a great weekend with friends, can't wait for next year to give it a try again. I got some pictures for the weekend from Tony who had his camera, but he just sent the ones with me in them, I'll get the others and post sometime.
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Sailfish
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congratulations guys don't you just love it when a plan comes together...thanks for posting...i'm thinking the trip got paid for and ya'll had some left for 
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White Marlin
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Very nice fish and report. Congrats on the win and placing in the other categories.
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Trigger
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slackers! good job, Matt & crew.
Capt. Buck Hall
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Grouper
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Nice job guys..Were yall on the Nothin Matters?
Dylan
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Mingo
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looks like a 50 lb head on that mackeral. was she starved? wish I could have gone!! yall are awesome!!!
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Snapper
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| Thanks a lot guys! Yeah, we were on the "Nothin Matters". Here is one more pic I got. 
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Snapper
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| Talk about a dream team! You guys are tough to beat. Surprised that Swenson wasn't on the boat.
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Trigger
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great catch. what depths were the fish caught at???
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Trigger
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Great job Matt, Jake and team!!! Well deserved.
Brad Sauers
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Sailfish
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Great report . Thanks for sharing.
Mike
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Trigger
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| Yeah that last pic is really sweet! It looks like all of the fish are almost the same size: GIGANTIC!!! ;) Awesome work fellas...
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Sailfish
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Did ya'll catch any small fish Great fish guys
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Trigger
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| Wow - Its difficult enough to catch a slam, but to catch a slam of quality fish is very impressive. Sounds like ya'll had a good game plan. Congratulations guys.
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Snapper
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| Matt, I had no doubt you guys were contenders in that tournament..Top notch crew and a great catch...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!
33' Bertram"CELTIC" Frank Hoskins
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