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The First Shot Fired

7/7/2013

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One week left. Big stuff cooking on a lot of fronts, but biggest is that we need more boats. We know we get last second boat entries all the time, but this could be the last Headhunt for a few years (ask about that at the tourney party) so we want to go out with a bang.

We will end up with a solid number of boats, and most of the tourney vets are back in action so should be great. Let’s all pray for good weather, and for the Burkes to win their own damn tourney.

On the fishing front, Team Jackal has not had a line wet in the tourney grounds, so going to be a frantic week of tagging boats in the harbor with GPS buttons while monitoring mating patterns of Mary Lee on OCEARCH shark tracker. If you haven’t fished by the guide of GPS posts on Facebook from tagged great white sharks then you haven’t fished.

Biggest news on the street is the team that I named last week as the favorite has lived up to their billing. 44 POUNDER caught this week- on topwater! Team Ocean Effect Charters with the team of Goodie, Squirrel and Babajane (aren’t those the names of the guys from the Dream Team with Michael Keaton) have now officially put this tourney on notice. Holy crap. 44 lber would be the all time tourney record – beating the previous bayside 39 lber from a few years back. 44 lbs? I have studied every inch of that picture and am pretty sure I have narrowed down where he was caught, and on what (hint – look at the way the stripes on the bottom fade – that’s all I’ll give).

Either way, Burke bros and two other tourney vets went out today tuna fishing out of Plymouth. Let’s just say we caught 6 species of fish! Huge day! Six freaking different species in one day – can you say epic? Doesn’t matter that none of the fish were tuna, or bass, or even bluefish – or even over a pound, or anything we were targeting other than for bait. In reality, we didn’t see any action on the SW corner – flat calm – no life (one whale all day, no birds, no hook ups that we could see). Name the six species and you’ll get a free t-shirt at the tourney – hint is we jigged for bait off of Plymouth before heading across and then jigged for bait again. Team Jackal stalwart guessed 5 of 6 in his first try- impressive.

At least my 4 year old was impressed when I told him we caught six species. Until I took him bass fishing off the beach and caught a crab on my rigged squid. The bar has officially hit rock bottom. I could honestly not be a worse fisherman at this point. Or any point I guess. I get sick thinking about how much I have spent, time and money over the years, and how much easier and cheaper things would be if I just bought a sweet bass boat. Or a fish tank.

Overall, we are underdogs and that’s how we like it. We have a 6 person crew again this year, and you can pretty much guarantee we will have slayed about 24 fried chicken drumsticks by 8 am – you could skate on the grease on the boat last year. Good times.

This week is all about focus, and getting more boats in. Prizes should be legit and make sure you remember – Hot Stove on Friday night – always a good time for pre-tourney smack talk.

We also want to take this time to thank all of our awesome sponsors – this tourney has always been about the local businesses who help out, and we appreciate it. We’ll give more ink later, but a quick thank you to –

Land Ho! Harwichport

Goose Hummock

Commadore Inn 

Davidson Mgmt Co.

Harwich Opticians

Casey Plumbing

Sunrise Bait and Tackle

Hot Stove Saloon

O’Brien Pest Control

DeCharles Plastering Inc.

Harwichport Boat Yard

Fred Murtha Home & RV

Flipkey.com

ESP tees

Red Nun Bar & Grill

Kurt Hedmark - General Contractor

Arlie Ex Sportfishing

Cape Cod Five Harwichport

Ruggie’s Breakfast & Lunch

Riverview Bait and Tackle

Andale Café

Zibrat & McCarthy L.L.P. 

Don and Dave’s Auto 

 Jailbreak Sportfishing

Ocean Effect Charters

G.Hatch Restorations

James McPhee Foundation

14 Comments
Sport Bag
7/8/2013 12:55:57 am

Nice to see a lunker like that! Bad news is Chuck Norris and I went fishing and he is hiding one even bigger in his beard to whip out for the weigh in at the Ho.

Unfortunetly I wont be at the pre-game this year. I have a gig at 98.5 to do that night. I will be coming in on the red-eye Dodge Dakota flight from the south shore around 3am to win this possibly last tourney.

In the words of the Immortal Black Bart.....
"Excuse me while I whip this out"....

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Ryan
7/8/2013 01:06:38 am

98.5 gig? what the heck is that about? you better be talking about the Headhunt on that hizzo.

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Kate Burke
7/8/2013 01:21:10 am

Ok people
This is the 10th annual. Can we get a little fired up please?
What that means is not only have I been selling those damn tee shirts at a local bar and experiencing the Burke family HH drama for a decade, for a lot of you it's the 10th tourney too. And - most importantly - I think it also may be the last one for a while. Or at least until some scotch-infused night in February when Sean changes his mind.
So all this to say Get Fired Up and make this one count. I usually like checking out the site and the message board (captain dangler, good stuff), but this year I'm bored.
Petey, I did like your Vegas odds. I have another one - how many women are going to be pissed at their husbands/boyfriends on Sat? Line is 3 (hint: don't take the under, there are 3 of us Burke wives). What I am saying is you are going to drag your sweaty, drunk, sunburned ass home for a lecture -- so make it worthwhile.
Call your friends, get them in the tourney, lets ratchet up the pot, and for the love of it all will someone call someone a pussy and get this trash talk started? 10th annual - let's go.

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John Gamble (Capt Jack fish slayer)
7/9/2013 06:41:56 am

Kate... per your request... My vegetarian girlfriend, who thinks fishing is just torturing fish, was not at all pleased to learn that I'd be missing her birthday (July 13th) to go on the Headhunt. Apparently, she's had a boyfriend or two in the past that didn't give appropriate levels of crap about her b-day. I tried to argue for a "birthday week" or to have her join us... but none of that worked.

Now, I've got a history of disappointing women (I'll let the Capt Jack crew elaborate) and so I figured, wtf, I knew the Headhunt before I knew her (note: that line didn't go over well with her).

I'll be hearing about this until next year's HH (which I hope happens).

Capt Jack's Top Cabin Boy - out

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Sport Bag
7/8/2013 02:02:26 am

I guess this place does need to get a little heated. Im game to do it.

We need some side action. I will be getting paid on friday night and am ready to throw down some dough just to make things interesting. Im willing to take suggestions but heres a couple I thought of....and feel free to name youre terms.

Biggest blue. This is an individual bet not a boat bet. 20 bucks per person. Heaviest takes the whole thing. Bets are taken at anytime before weigh in.

The Hanson Brothers bet- no money required. Smallest fish of all people in this bet must take a raw bite out of their own fish.

As I said all suggestions are welcome but Im doing both of these. I know theres enough morons in this tourney who wouldnt care throwing out 20 bucks or eating something that smells, shall we say a little off.

Im waiting jugheads.....

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Harry Corduroy
7/8/2013 03:08:45 am

Love the hustle Bag, not bad for a guy who eats his corn on the cob the long way. Love the introduction of the biggest bluefish bet. If that's not waving the white flag of surrender on the bass fishing I don't know what is. I am headed to the gym (ankles and neck day) but would like to show my appreciation for Mrs. Burke's enthusiasm. Solid effort to get the boys fired up. If I bump into you coming off stage Saturday I will be sure to toss you a signed shell squid and a 12 x14 glossy of me wrestling a Kodiak bear from this past winter. Catch em' up. - Corduroy

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Dave "The Champ" Burnie link
7/8/2013 06:40:43 am

So lets recap just a bit, Mrs Burke is bored? Hmmm I will leave that one alone. The Sport Baggage needs some side action? Hmmm another to be left alone. Harry "I need some Jeans because no one wears Corduroy's" Goes to the gym to work out touching his neck to his ankles??? What kind of Tournament is this?? FYI I will run the table on both Categories and go Back To Back !!!!!!!!!

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Sport Bag
7/8/2013 06:47:25 am

Thanks for pumping my tires there 1970's fashionable pants, but its not necessary. If you choose not to participate thats ok. I figured a man of youre stature and supposid fishing prowess would jump in and boast that he would take both. But no you faded out like cindy crosby in the eastern conference finals. So im assuming you will have youre agent call the burkes after you lose and whine that there were gremlins in the boat due to me sneaking on and feeding the mogwai after midnight. Check youre shorts Harry and sack up.

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Sport Bag
7/8/2013 07:01:51 am

Nice to see the Hakafart chump show up to do some trash talking. I expected this earlier, like 5 minutes after he won last year earlier but better late than never. I have had to listen to the chump gab like a teenage jabber jaw in the mall about how great he is. I will find great joy is taking down the chump this year cause he needs to be knocked off his self imposed boner throne.

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Captain Dangler
7/8/2013 07:51:05 am

My dearest Kate,
I love your pure emotion, raw passion and overall desire for this tournament. Your a cornerstone for this show on water. Maybe if the Burke Bros. had that same passion and intensity you possess they would catch something more significant than a buzz while floating around the Atlantic trying to figure out which way to hold the reel? Is it up or is it down? Really what should happen is the Burke wives should take the helm of the good fishing vessel and leave the "bitches" at the table selling tshirts instead of letting them waste gas on that boat. I'm sure the Burke ladies would outfish the Burke boys any day of the week and might actually place on the board.
They are the true "pussies" of this tournament. (Kate that is for you. Team Dangler makes every effort to fill requests when we can). If they actually had some vim and vigor they might actually have won their tournament instead of dying on the vine out off Monomoy. If 10 boats are entered you know 1 of the 10 is just a floating excuse for fishermen. Sorry Kate you married into the family. He married up as you well know.

SportsBag. I love how you so graciously capitulated the tournament before you even wet a line. BTW that big word means to surrender. Have a little self respect. I know you are a serious underdog but so were the 2011 Bruins. Anything well almost anything can happen. 98.5???? Really??? Please tell me you aren't on the War of the Roses Friday morning. What little respect I have for you as a fishermen will be eternally lost and your man card will be revoked. But you are funny as hell and amuse the shit out of me so I'll grant you permission to buy me Miller Lites at the after party.

Sean/Ryan that would be an extra large t shirt please.

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Harry Corduroy
7/9/2013 07:57:52 am

Weather just shit the bed. N/NE. Winds 10-15 gusts to 20 seas 5ft.... The point rips on the flood should be nice.

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Captain Dangler
7/9/2013 12:39:45 pm

Johnny gamble with a post tonight in the second position? WTF? Hocus pocus! Burke leave the black magic to a witch doctor.

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Bezurke
7/10/2013 02:29:02 am

The weather did recently turn like Corduroy spinning on his back in "ankle grabbing" workouts at his special gym.

Another couple entries today and I met up with 2009 champ Dave Burnie last night to give him champion t-shirts from last year. I also showed him some of the sweet gear that Goose Hummock donated.

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John "The 'wich Doctor" Gamble
7/10/2013 03:06:21 am

I like the new title, although my teammates have already tired of me using it... The Capt Jack crew is already pre-gaming for Saturday, so if we show up, I mean WHEN we show up on Friday night, we may look a bit weathered and dehydrated.

The work week is for chumps... especially this work week.

Can't fricken wait, small crafts or not.

Okay, off to the gym to work my liver muscles.

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