June 13, 2013
By Florida Sportsman Newswire
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Mark Sepe (left) & Scott Powers with their trophies & certificate for the boat. Photo credit to S. Fuller Photography.
The 2013 Bossman Boats Redfish Tournament Finale was this past Saturday, June 8th. Over the 6 months of tournaments we had a total of 112 anglers, 200 entries and an average of 66 anglers per tournament.
The finale tournament had 25 teams entered with 20 weighing in fish. First place went to Greg Geiselman of New Smyrna Beach & Rob Ganzenmuller of Orlando who brought in 13.23lbs and took home $2000 cash. The second place cash prize of $625 went to Aaron Dill & Pat Preston, both of New Smyrna Beach, with a total weight of 12.22lbs. Third place was tied between the teams of Patrick Rood & Terry Smith, both of Oak Hill, and Dennis Cox & Billy Joyce, both of Edgewater, each team brought in 11.62lbs and split the cash prize of $375.
We had an awesome turnout for the post-weigh in Awards Ceremony & Barbecue, a crowd of over 150 people were on-hand to congratulate the winners.
Bragging rights for the “Team of the Year 2013” & fishing out of a Bossman Karma19, went to Mark Sepe, Deland & Scott Powers, Longwood, who won the 2013 Bossman Karma19 boat package valued at $17,000! After dropping their lowest score of the season as per tournament rules, they had a total of 495 points with a total weight of 63.33lbs. Second place Team of the Year, Russell Bonanza, Edgewater & Casey Uyttewaal, New Smyrna Beach, fishing out of a Bossman Morgan Skimmer, took home a cash prize of $2400 plus a Minn Kota trolling motor, with a score of 480 & 59.92lbs. Third place Team of the Year, with a score of 478 & total weight of 60.87lbs, fishing out of a Pathfinder, was Aaron Dill & Pat Preston, both of New Smyrna Beach, who took home $1600 cash plus 2 custom fishing rods.
Mark Sepe said “First of all we want to thank the Bossman Team for putting on this caliber of a tournament. Winning Team of the Year 2013 is something we are really proud of, especially because we are fishing out of a Bossman Boat. It's nice to have a local boat manufacturer with a true passion & love of the sport. Winning the Karma19 is awesome! It happens to be the boat we fished out of for the series and because we already have one we will be selling it.”
Scott Powers said “It feels great to win team of the year, especially when you look at the caliber of anglers we competed against at every tournament. From start to finish the Bossman Redfish Series had a great following and will continue to grow! We're looking forward to next season.”
The 2014 Bossman Boats Redfish Tournament Series will have a few more aspects added on, including lady angler & junior angler prizes for every tournament. Look for the information & rules shortly on our website www.bossmanboats.com.
