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9/29/2009
Anglers Win Cash Prizes for 29th Annual Fall Pier King Mackerel Tournament
One hundred forty-six anglers competed for cash prizes in the 29th annual Fall Pier King Mackerel Tournament, which took place Sept. 18-20 on all local fishing piers: Apache Pier, Cherry Grove Pier, Myrtle Beach State Park Pier, Second Avenue Pier, Springmaid Pier, Surfside Pier and The Pier at Garden City. Charlie Love of Pittsboro, N.C., landed a first-place prize of $1,840, with a catch of 17 pounds, 12 ounces. Other tournament finalists were second-place winner Steve Richards of Camden, with 15 pounds, 7 ounces ($1,278 prize); third-place winner Ed Powers of Myrtle Beach, with 11 pounds, 10 ounces ($920 prize; Powers was the fourth-place winner last year); fourth-place winner Scottie Honeycutt of Hamlet, N.C. ($664 prize) and fifth-place winner Jake Smith of Calabash, N.C. ($409 prize). (Because only three king mackerels were caught, the names of the fourth- and fifth-place winners were drawn in accordance with tournament rules and regulations.) “Congratulations to Cherry Grove Pier for the ‘sweep’ during the tournament, with all Kings landed on the pier within about two hours on the last day, Sept. 20,” said Lyn Smith, chair of the Grand Strand Fishing Rodeo. “We are pleased that more anglers competed in this year’s fall tournament.” Fall and spring pier tournaments are coordinated by the Grand Strand Fishing Rodeo, which runs April through October and is sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call (843) 916-7221 or visit GrandStrandFishingRodeo.com.