TEAM Reelentless as the 2018 Fall Champion!
Captain Charles Cherko and Team Reelentless, were crowned yesterday as KING at the 25th Annual 2018 Old Salt Fall King of the Beach. Team Reelentless took home $94,920, after weighing a 46.82 lb. King Mackerel.
The Old Salt King of the Beach is held in beautiful Madeira Beach Florida, twice every year in the Fall & Spring when the Kings are running on Florida’s west coast. The tournament field is comprised of competitive fishing teams from the S.E. United States and beyond.
The King of the Beach is a 3 day event. The Captains Meeting & on-site registration takes place on Thursday. A waterfront party & Kids Fishing Slam is held on Friday with tournament fishing and weigh-in on Saturday.
OVERALL DIVISION
PLACE TEAM CAPTAIN WEIGHT PAYOUT
1 Reelentless Charles Cherko 46.82 lbs $60,000.00
PLUS
Rubbi Pendant by
Johnston Jewelers
2 Economy Tackle Mark Goodwin 45.33 lbs $5,000.00
3 Team Googanator Eric Fosbender 44.63 lbs $4,000.00
4 Sailor's Choice Jimmy Garza 37.89 lbs $3,500.00
5 Downtime Kevin Faulk 35.56 lbs $3,000.00
6 Team Marine Max Ryan Harris 35.28 lbs $2,000.00
7 Kingsmen Jack Vasilaros 32.21 lbs $1,750.00
8 Team Native Jerry Solovskoy 31.42 lbs $1,500.00
9 Soggy Dollars Keifer Woods 30.59 lbs $1,250.00
10 Sea Dog Chad Bixler 30.06 lbs $1,000.00
11 Get Fish or Die Trying Connor Cruise 30.00 lbs $950.00
12 Jaws Two Dave Mistretta 29.30 lbs $900.00
13 Hog Handlers Cody Travis 28.18 lbs $850.00
14 Freebird Glen Clepper 28.15 lbs $800.00
15 Team Maintenx Robert Pope 27.54 lbs $750.00
16 Little Man Steve Lucie 27.51 lbs $700.00
17 Coastal Chaos Cameran Fisher 27.51 lbs $650.00
18 Sea Gell Randy Wethgrell 27.12 lbs $600.00
19 Doubled Over Sonny Fail 27.00 lbs $550.00
20 Reprieve Clayton Trezona 26.63 lbs $500.00
21 ClearFlatsFishing.com Brian Dopirak 26.40 lbs $450.00
22 Missconception Bob Baver 26.25 lbs $400.00
23 C.R.A.P. Happens Robert McRanie 26.25 lbs $350.00
24 Outta Line Nick Darcangelo 26.20 lbs $300.00
25 Liquid Buzz Todd Schlemmer 25.90 lbs $2,500.00
26 El Nath Frankie Acmes 25.75 lbs $250.00
27 Bottom Feeders Diedear Voeltz 25.30 lbs $250.00
28 Reel Quick Jerry Carter 25.28 lbs $250.00
29 Go Fast Joe Maisano 25.11 lbs $250.00
30 Deez Knots Bobby Redmond 25.10 lbs $250.00
31 Fishing Conditions Richard Hartman 25.08 lbs $250.00
32 Speeler/Delosa's Jim Breazeale 25.07 lbs $250.00
33 Outta Line Roger Makowski 25.00 lbs $250.00
34 Alexander Pharmacy Tri Huynh 24.82 lbs $250.00
35 Fathom David Diener 24.39 lbs $250.00
SINGLE ENGINE DIVISION
PLACE TEAM CAPTAIN WEIGHT PAYOUT
1 Salty Tales Michael Hollingsworth 32.70 lbs Suzuki 200hp Engine
Repower Package
Valued at $15,000.00
2 Hooked UP Eric Sullivan 32.3 lbs $3,000.00
3 Blown Up Charters Nick Chicouris 29.99 lbs $2,000.00
4 Smoked Out Cameron Heavenridge 29.95 lbs $1,000.00
SPANISH MACKEREL DIVISION
PLACE TEAM ANGLER WEIGHT PAYOUT
1 Medically Necessary CJ Peppe 6.34 lbs $5,000.00
2 Salty Tales Michael Hollingsworth 5.64 lbs $2,500.00
3 Hiawatha Matt Pallardy 5.36 lbs $1,500.00
4 Niagara Concrete Ryan Miller 5.26 lbs $1,250.00
5 Wahoos Yo Daddy David Johnson 5.22 lbs $1,000.00
6 Speeler / Delosas Jim Breazeale 5.20 lbs $800.00
7 Fish Hookz Ed Wieszczek 5.16 lbs $600.00
8 Daisy Mae Eric Mahoney 5.16 lbs $400.00
9 Angler 300 Joe Branning 5.16 lbs $200.00
10 Taking Relief Dewald Gouws 5.04 lbs $100.00
LADY ANGLER
PLACE TEAM ANGLER WEIGHT PAYOUT
1 Soggy Dollars Kristen Chapman 28.72 lbs $500.00 AND
Pendant from Johnston Jewelers AND
Rod from Dogfish Tackle
2 Yellowman Tulara B 28.52 lbs $300.00
3 Medically Necessary Alex Spring 23.85 lbs $200.00
YOUTH ANGLER
PLACE TEAM ANGLER WEIGHT PAYOUT
1 Horizon Haze Connor Weldon 24.12 lbs Rod by DOGFISH
Pendant by Johnston
Salt Life Sunglasses
2 JM Snooky Charters Lucas Engel 18.77 lbs Rod by FISH
Salt Life Sunglasses
3 Flatliner/Outta Line Devon Peduzzi 18.23 lbs Rod by FISH
Salt Life Sunglasses
TRAVELING ANGLER
PLACE TEAM CAPTAIN WEIGHT PAYOUT
1 Sailor's Choice Jimmy Garza 37.89 lbs $1,500.00
2 Downtime Kevin Faulk 35.56 lbs $750.00
3 Reel Quick Jerry Carter 25.28 lbs $250.00
TWT ($110) DIVISION
PLACE TEAM CAPTAIN WEIGHT PAYOUT
1 Reelentless Charles Cherko 46.82 lbs $13,650.00
2 Economy Tackle Mark Goodwin 45.33 lbs $8,188.00
3 Team Googanator Eric Fosbender 44.63 lbs $5,460.00
HIGH ($250) DIVISION
PLACE TEAM CAPTAIN WEIGHT PAYOUT
1 Reelentless Charles Cherko 46.82 lbs $21,270.00
2 Economy Tackle Mark Goodwin 45.33 lbs $12,760.00
3 Sailor's Choice Jimmy Garza 37.85 lbs $8,508.00
CATEGORY
CATEGORY Team ANLGER WEIGHT PAYOUT
Closest to 25lbs Outta Line Roger Makowski 25.00 lbs $2,500.00
Aggregate Economy Tackle Marc Goodwin 69.15 lbs $7,800.00
Photo courtesy of Old Salt Fishing Foundation
