Thank you to all the participants and sponsors for Cuda Bowl 2018!
We had a great turnout and a lot of nice fish caught over the two day event.
Grand Champion - Spin: John O'Hearn of Big Pine Key guided by Nathaniel Linville of Key West
Grand Champion - Fly: Scott Christian of Alpharetta, GA guided by Capt. John Benvenuto of Key West
Top Female Angler - Marguerite Meyer of Bozeman, MT guided by Brandon Cyr of Key West
1st Runner-Up - Spin: Jamie Gravett of Broad Run, VA guided by Capt. Pat Bracher of Cudjoe Key
1st Runner-Up - Fly: John Chinuntdet of Mooresville, NC guided by Capt. Justin Rea of Sugarloaf Key
Runner-Up - Spin: Matt Gravett of Warrenton, VA guided by Capt Bob Paulson of Sugarloaf Key
Runner-Up - Fly: Jim Knowles of Round Hill, VA guided by Capt. Peter Heydon of Key West
1st Runner-Up Female Angler: Heidi Andrews of Vero Beach, FL guided by Capt. Aaron Snell of Key West
Runner-Up Female Angler: Cady Lanzel of Butte, MT guided by Capt. Matt Johnson
Largest Barracuda on Fly: Scott Christian of Alpharetta, GA guided by Capt. John Benvenuto of Key West - 48.75 inches (largest ever caught on fly in this event) - Received a Hatch 11 Plus Fly Reel compliments of The Angling Company of Key West
Largest Barracuda Spin: Matt Gravett of Warrenton, VA guided by Capt. Bob Paulson of Sugarloaf Key - 50.75 inches
Most Releases - Spin: John O'Hearn of Big Pine Key guided by Nathaniel Linville of Key West
Most Releases - Fly: Scott Christian of Alpharetta, GA guided by Capt. John Benvenuto of Key West
Top Junior Angler - Kai Decker of St. Augustine, FL guided by Capt. Mike O'Brien of Summerland Key
Ben Gravett Team Award - 6 fish measured by each totalling 508 inches by John O'Hearn of Big Pine Key and Ted Margo of Fort Worth, TX
| Angler | Day 1 Spin | Day 1 Fly | Day 1 Total | Day 2 Spin | Day 2 Fly | Day 2 Total | Score Total | ||||||||
| Jeff Londrey | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| John Quinius | 31.50 | 37.50 | 69.00 | 30.75 | 99.75 | ||||||||||
| Brad Bowman | 39.75 | 44.50 | 41.50 | 125.75 | 45.25 | 35.00 | 33.50 | 239.50 | |||||||
| Brad Copeland | 0.00 | 42.25 | 40.00 | 30.25 | 112.50 | ||||||||||
| Michael Lynch | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Geoffrey Mendall | 46.50 | 46.50 | 35.00 | 81.50 | |||||||||||
| Tom Burke | 37.75 | 37.75 | 40.00 | 77.75 | |||||||||||
| Mike Metzler | 44.00 | 37.50 | 41.50 | 123.00 | 40.00 | 42.00 | 40.25 | 245.25 | |||||||
| Scott Christian | 37.00 | 40.00 | 37.75 | 114.75 | 42.50 | 48.75 | 40.75 | 246.75 | |||||||
| Tom Terry | 35.50 | 35.50 | 33.50 | 69.00 | |||||||||||
| Wade Mayberry | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Margo | 39.75 | 39.75 | 42.00 | 121.50 | 40.75 | 41.00 | 40.75 | 244.00 | |||||||
| John O'Hearn | 43.50 | 43.00 | 49.00 | 135.50 | 43.50 | 42.00 | 43.00 | 264.00 | |||||||
| Ryan Lowe | 26.00 | 39.00 | 33.00 | 98.00 | 30.00 | 28.00 | 156.00 | ||||||||
| Matt Gravett | 39.50 | 41.50 | 41.50 | 122.50 | 39.00 | 50.75 | 44.50 | 256.75 | |||||||
| Tim Ware | 43.00 | 38.50 | 35.50 | 117.00 | 36.00 | 35.00 | 31.50 | 219.50 | |||||||
| Jeff Whiting | 31.00 | 43.00 | 33.50 | 107.50 | 32.00 | 35.00 | 35.00 | 209.50 | |||||||
| Jeff Babcox | 36.75 | 42.00 | 78.75 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Long | 31.50 | 31.50 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Gravett | 35.00 | 41.50 | 48.50 | 125.00 | 42.00 | 47.50 | 42.25 | 256.75 | |||||||
| Steven Brown | 43.00 | 36.50 | 43.00 | 122.50 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
| Chad Brown | 30.75 | 30.75 | 44.00 | 31.00 | 39.50 | 114.50 | |||||||||
| Derek DeYoung | 24.00 | 24.00 | 25.00 | ||||||||||||
| Hunter Fuqua | 28.50 | 28.50 | 31.00 | 30.00 | 31.00 | 120.50 | |||||||||
| Cady Lanzel | 0.00 | 32.50 | 31.00 | 31.50 | 95.00 | ||||||||||
| Paul Cosgrove | 37.50 | 42.00 | 42.50 | 122.00 | 36.00 | 39.00 | 43.00 | 240.00 | |||||||
| Eric Cosgrove | 41.50 | 43.00 | 39.00 | 123.50 | 34.00 | 36.25 | 41.00 | 234.75 | |||||||
| John Chinuntdet | 39.50 | 35.00 | 37.50 | 112.00 | 42.75 | 40.00 | 40.75 | 235.50 | |||||||
| Rich Whitcomb | 38.00 | 37.00 | 43.00 | 118.00 | 42.75 | 41.50 | 43.75 | 246.00 | |||||||
| John Snipes | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| James Connell | 43.00 | 41.00 | 39.00 | 123.00 | 39.00 | 162.00 | |||||||||
| Jason Goldfarb | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Angler | Day 1 Spin | Day 1 Total | Day 2 Spin | Day 2 Fly | Day 2 Total | Score Total | |||||||||
| Matt Calcaterra | 38.00 | 35.75 | 41.00 | 114.75 | 36.75 | 37.00 | 33.00 | 221.50 | |||||||
| Robert Kaufman 3 | 40.50 | 46.50 | 40.00 | 127.00 | 41.00 | 45.50 | 40.00 | 253.50 | |||||||
| T.J. Reed | |||||||||||||||
| Julie Reed | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Knowles | 36.00 | 36.00 | 47.00 | 40.00 | 35.75 | 158.75 | |||||||||
| David Kolhage | 44.00 | 44.00 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Trossett | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| John Holt | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony McGivern | 31.75 | 33.50 | 65.25 | 30.00 | 44.00 | 44.75 | 184.00 | ||||||||
| Steve Hancock | |||||||||||||||
| Lynn Bell | 41.00 | 41.00 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Horn | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeanette Chiari | |||||||||||||||
| John Mileham | 34.50 | 46.50 | 38.50 | 119.50 | 36.25 | 36.00 | 191.75 | ||||||||
| Randy Haucke | 39.50 | 39.50 | 46.00 | 38.50 | 36.00 | 160.00 | |||||||||
| Nick Grove | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Sellers | 35.00 | 35.00 | 46.00 | 45.00 | 46.50 | 172.50 | |||||||||
| Eddie Hunt | 0.00 | 42.00 | 41.00 | 41.00 | 124.00 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Hunt | 48.50 | 31.00 | 38.75 | 118.25 | 46.75 | 42.50 | 45.00 | 252.50 | |||||||
| Zach Huff | 31.50 | 31.50 | 36.25 | 37.00 | 42.00 | 146.75 | |||||||||
| Jonathan Leeman | 40.00 | 36.50 | 76.50 | ||||||||||||
| Julie Leeman | 0.00 | 41.50 | 38.00 | 79.50 | |||||||||||
| Tony Murphy | 34.25 | 43.25 | 38.00 | 115.50 | 46.00 | 39.00 | 38.00 | 238.50 | |||||||
| Joe Alfonzo | 35.00 | 34.25 | 29.75 | 99.00 | 42.00 | 34.50 | 175.50 | ||||||||
| Carter Andrews | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Heidi Andrews | 39.00 | 33.75 | 72.75 | 50.00 | 122.75 | ||||||||||
| Whit Robinson | 36.00 | 39.00 | 33.00 | 108.00 | 40.00 | 39.50 | 36.25 | 223.75 | |||||||
| George Robinson | 35.50 | 26.50 | 44.00 | 106.00 | 44.25 | 39.00 | 37.50 | 226.75 | |||||||
| Trent Miller | 0.00 | 43.50 | 35.25 | 30.25 | 109.00 | ||||||||||
| Al Perkinson | 35.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 103.00 | 39 | 39.5 | 36.50 | 218.00 | |||||||
| Marguerite Meyer | 36.00 | 33.50 | 34.00 | 103.50 | 42.25 | 37 | 36.00 | 218.75 | |||||||
| Jay Decker | 25.25 | 25.25 | |||||||||||||
| Angler | Day 1 Total | Day 2 Spin | Day 2 Fly | Day 2 Total | Score Total | ||||||||||
| Kai Decker | 34.25 | 37 | 71.25 | ||||||||||||
| Lance Gleason | 43.75 | 36.50 | 31.50 | 111.75 | 38.75 | 42 | 31.25 | 223.75 | |||||||
| Jared Cyr | |||||||||||||||
| Tom del Bosque | 43.00 | 35.00 | 78.00 | ||||||||||||
| Colin del Bosque | 26 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| Spencer Trippe | 40 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Sarah Trippe | |||||||||||||||
| Ross Boucek | 36.50 | 40.50 | 36.00 | 113.00 | 28 | 36 | 29.00 | 206.00 | |||||||
| Brad Stein | |||||||||||||||
| Total Inches | 8296.50 | ||||||||||||||