Georgetown Meat Fish Slam tournament Reels in Kids’ Chance Scholarships

GEORGETOWN, SC – May 9, 2012 – Georgetown, South Carolina was the destination for anglers who participated in this year’s Georgetown Landing Marina’s Meat Fish Slam tournament benefiting Kids’ Chance of South Carolina, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides scholarships to the dependents of South Carolina workers who have been seriously injured or killed on the job.  With perfect weather, the tournament took place on May 4 – 5, 2012 and reeled in lots of money for Kids’ Chance scholarships!

Ideal weather and the hot fish bite brought 18 boats to the tournament with more than 125 people in attendance.  Weekend festivities included a pre-tournament dinner at Georgetown Landing Marina catered by Hog Heaven; a lively weigh-in party with food provided by Hog Heaven, silent auction, awards and karaoke hosted by Mike Hannon.  

As excited spectators and sponsors filled the Marina, most boats made it in by 5:30 pm in anticipation of the results. The Pain Killer crew came away with top winnings by nailing down the 1st place Wahoo (49.2 lbs), 1st place Aggregate and the Big Dog Aggregate categories with 75.8 lbs.  Blue Sky ended up with the 1st place Dolphin (30.4 lbs) and Christy II placing 2nd with a 23.4 dolphin.     

The Earl-E-Bird crew took top honors on the largest Tuna (26.2 lbs) with Christy II finishing 2nd with 24.2 lbs. The crew aboard Miss Ella Pearl finished in 2nd place in the Wahoo division with a 30 lb. wahoo and also took home 2nd place in the aggregate with a total of 57.8 lbs.  Les Smith received the youth angler award and Laura Stokes received the lady angler award.

Plans are underway for the 5th Annual Meat Fish Slam slated for May 2013. 

Additional information about Kids’ Chance of South Carolina is available by contacting Angie Kohl, Executive Director, at (843) 546-5837 or by email at [email protected].  Information can also be obtained from the Kids’ Chance of South Carolina website at www.kidschancesc.org.