Wheel's Reels

1st Annual
Wheel's Reels Striper Showdown
December 2nd through 4th, 2005

“2005 Tournament Results”

WOW! The 1st Annual Wheel’s Reels Striper Showdown was a HUGE and striking success!!
We had well over 200 participants from 11 different states along the Eastern Seaboard and as
far away as California and Texas. Along with all our participants, we had lots of great
sponsorships and prizes. We couldn’t have done it without you all of you - thanks for
everyone’s support! With this being a first year tournament, we appreciate you taking a
chance on us and we hope we not only met your expectations but also exceeded them.
We took note of a few improvements for next year, but overall we couldn’t have asked for
things to run much smoother.

We can’t say “Thank You” enough to our major sponsors - Carhartt, Camp Hatteras,
Gamakatsu, Bass Pro Shops, Hatteras Jack, Fish Bites, Pepsi, Ocean Atlantic Rentals and
Flying Fish Screen Printing. Another big Thank You goes out to Chuck “Skidmark” Deal from
Ogden Deal Designs for the signage and to Chuck “Cookie” Hall, “Biscuit” and the other WRI
cooking crew for one hell of a breakfast.

We weighed in a lot of fish - 23 total. There were many more caught but they pulled out of
the weigh in line after seeing that their fish wasn’t big enough to give the others a run for the
money – literally! Our winning fish were as follows:

Largest Fish
1st Place – Jimmy “Rodwatcher” Perry - $3,000.00 with a 33.36# striped bass
2nd Place – Matt “Mongo” Bright - $750.00 with a 29.76# striped bass
3rd Place – Joe Rawl – Wheel’s Reels “Inferno” rod custom wrapped by Hatteras Jack with
a 26.80# striped bass

Combined Largest Fish
1st Place – Jay “OBX Rookie” Schmitz - $3,000.00 with 59.98#’s between 2 striped bass
2nd Place – Rusty Hooks - $750.00 with 48.28#’s between 2 striped bass
3rd Place – Jeremy Turner – Wheel’s Reels “Inferno” rod custom wrapped by
Hatteras Jack with 29.30#’s between 2 striped bass

For those who left Sunday’s awards ceremony early, we bumped up 2nd from $500 to $750 and
added a 3rd Place prize of a custom wrapped carbon fiber rod. Congratulations to our winners!
You fished hard and you deserve it!! Enjoy your prizes . . . and your braggin’ rights!

1st Place - Jim Perry - Biggest Fish

1st Place - Jay Schmitz – Combined Big Fish

Big $ winners with directors

2nd Place - Matt Bright - Biggest Fish

2nd Place - Rusty Hooks - Combined Big Fish

3rd Place - Joe Rawl - Biggest Fish

3rd Place - Jeremy Turner - Combined Big Fish

All winners

If you participated in the tournament but didn’t have a chance to complete a comment form,
please take a minute to fill one out online. Or if you thought of something afterwards, even
though you completed a form before leaving the tournament, feel free to send us an
afterthought. We’d love to hear from you. Your feedback is vital to helping us bring you the
best fishing tournament year after year.

Registration

Tournament Staff

Check-in crew

Crowd

Parking Lot

Door prizes

We’ll be back . . . The wheels are already turning to get us toward next year’s tournament.
As soon as we wrap up the last few details from this year’s, we’ll be planning for the 2nd Annual
Wheel’s Reels Striper Showdown . . . so keep your eyes posted for coming information! We
can’t wait to see you again next year!!

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