Outdoors

Daily fishing report

By RICK FRAZIER
Published April 10, 2005

TREASURE ISLAND - Team Constant Chaos, with Travis Maxwell, Danny Clark and Casey Bryde, won the 11th annual Suncoast Kingfish Classic with a 38.72-pound kingfish Saturday. Clark caught the fish late in the day at the "South Jack" area using a blue runner on a flat line.

"We did lots of riding around before we finally went to South Jack, where everybody else was fishing," Maxwell said. "We only caught little fish until 3 o'clock, when the big fish hit."

The team won $10,000 for its efforts in the overall division, and it also won $1,000 for winning the 23 foot-and-under boat division.

Sue Beers, fishing with her husband, Eric Beers, on Sumorado, caught a 35.20-pound kingfish to win the women's division.

"I could tell by the way the reel sounded it was a good fish," Sue Beers said. "I just did the best I could."

In the youth division, Jack Vasilaros, 15, won with a 17.52-pound kingfish. He fished with Nate Thomas, Eric Moser and Harve Hunt on Team Everglades.

Rick Frazier runs Lucky Dawg Charters out of St. Petersburg and can be reached at (727) 510-4376.

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