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	Angler Name	Snook	Trout	Redfish	Total
1	Josh Harvel	25.5	17	27	69.5
2	David McCleaf	21	23.5	16.25	60.75
3	Jon Shein	22	15	21	58
4	Paul Magliacane	16.5	16	24	56.5
5	John Weinberg	16	14	25.5	55.5
6	Rob Hofbauer	29	16.5	0	45.5
7	Andrew Wright	0	17	26.5	43.5
8	Terence Carey	0	19.5	22	41.5
9	Garrick Huber	13	0	20	33
10	Austin Carey	0	20	0	20
11	Zachary Hartley	17	0	0	17
12	Zach Robertson	17	0	0	17
13	Andrei Stroman	0	15.5	0	15.5
14	Jim Monahan	0	15	0	15
15	Dakota Wright	0	14	0	14
16	Stephen Valdivia	0	13	0	13
17	Jason Gray	0	0	0	0
18	Adam Gross	0	0	0	0
19	Rich Jones	0	0	0	0
20	Jason Sine	0	0	0	0
21	Craig Hendricks	0	0	0	0

Slams from the North and South in Naples!

Joe’s Crab Shack in Naples was tournament headquarters for the first KayakSlam event in the Southwest Florida Division. It proved to be a central location as some anglers chose to head south to Goodland and the Everglades, while others went north as far as Matlacha. Which way would be the right way? We were about to find out!

Anglers like the Joe’s Crab Shack Atmosphere

22 anglers entered the Naples event which is almost double what we had in Placida. The KayakSlam Series is growing!!!

At the Angler’s Meeting, many competitors were deciding to go north toward Charlotte Harbor and south toward The Glades. As the first angler checked back in on Saturday, it looked like the south would rise again as Jon Shein fished the Goodland area and started things off with a nice Grand Slam. Several more anglers from both south and north checked back in with a mixture of fish but only a couple of slams. Some quality individual fish were also entered as a 27” redfish and 29” snook were tops in those categories.

Rob Hofbauer with his 29” snook

As the last anglers were checking back in, the top score was 69.5”. Only a couple of anglers were left including David McCleaf of Ft Myers, who is always a force to be reckoned with in any kayak event. David scored out at 60.75” which left Josh Harvel of Cape Coral as The Naples KayakSlam Winner with a total of 69.5” Josh fished the Matlacha area of Charlotte Harbor using RipTide soft plastics and US Reel Supercaster Reels.

David McCleaf fished the east side of Pine Island Sound, while Jon Shein produced his slam out of the Goodland area.

Josh Harvel – Naples KayakSlam Champion

There were five Grand Slams caught and a total of 30 fish.

16 out of 22 anglers caught at least one fish.

Austin Carey won the DOA Lures Top Youth Award with a 20” trout.

Top Snook went to Rob Hofbauer for his 29” linesider.

Top Redfish went to Josh Harvel for a 27” red.

Top Trout was awarded to David McCleaf for his 23.5” incher.

DOA Top Youth Award- Austin Carey

Joe’s Crab Shack Award’s Ceremony and lunch

Our next event is the Cape Coral KayakSlam, the 2nd leg of the Southwest Florida Division, to be held at Cape Tool and Tackle on Pine Island Rd in Cape Coral on Feb. 8th and 9th

The next event in the West Central Florida Division is The Clearwater KayakSlam to be held at Joe’s Crab Shack in Clearwater on March 1st.