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Swansboro, North Carolina - The Fin-Nagle team of Raymond Pugh, Jim Mulford, and Brian Bracey, fought rain and wind in the twenty to twenty-five miles per hour range, plus a large hungry shark, to win the ninth annual Onslow Bay King Mackerel Tournament. They did it in a twenty-three foot Yamaha powered Sea King.
“We went to the East Rock area thanks to some information we received from Dave Pennington and Tony Ross,” Pugh told us. “We were fishing in fifty feet of water and had caught Albcore and Sharks when our 29.76 hit a Bunker at two-thirty. I grabbed the rod and the fight was on.”
Pugh went on to explain, “ It was rough but we ran the fish down. Just a few minutes before Jim gaffed her, a seven-foot shark had its sights on our winning king. We were really worried but we couldn’t horse her to the boat. We were really lucky.”
The team took home $5,500 for their efforts. They are sponsored by the North Carolina Sportsman, Lowrance, Pure Fishing, and Shimano. It certainly moved them up in the final standings in Division One’s Class of 23. From seventh to second. Great season guys By Don Ewing |
