
Paul Harris of Fort Walton Beach with a 22-pound almaco jack and a 24.8-pound blackfin tuna caught aboard the 25-foot-and-under private boat Sundance.More: FISH FLASH: Fish still hitting the scales and getting on the big board
More: Destin Fishing Rodeo numbers are up all the way around Evan Norris of Crestview, with a 3.2-pound mingo on the 25-foot-and-under charter boat 30A Light Tackle.
Steve Ortner of Freeport, with a 9-pound triggerfish on the charter boat Destination. Other anglers and their catches that retained a first-place status on the board included: 1 status without a chance of getting knocked off was the first fish of the Rodeo, a 1.4-pound speckled trout caught by Brett Peterson of Fort Walton Beach. More: FWB angler weighs in first fish in 72nd Destin Fishing Rodeo It's the spirit of competition," Cheves said. "Captains come down every day and look at that board when they didn't have a trip to see what they've got to beat. "Well, they set the bar," Cheves said on Day 1. "We went from 3:30 to 8:30, five hours with no stopping, no break, no nothing."Īnd when it all was said and done, 155 fish had been weighed and put on the board that first day. Watch Video: Destin Fishing Rodeo first fish weigh-in