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Thompson says the reality didn’t set
in until the boat got back to the dock.
“It didn’t really hit me until then.
My buddies were there at the dock, and
they threw us in the water and we all
celebrated,” he says.
Amazingly, the catch wasn’t
enough to claim the top prize in the
tournament.
“We actually missed one more sailfish
that day, and another billfish I didn’t
get my eyes on,” Brian Smith adds. “If
we had caught one of those other fish,
we’d have won the tournament. The
other boat had caught five white mar-lins,
and they beat us by 50 points.
One more fish would have done it.”
In addition to good fortune, a
grand slam involves some strategy.
Dr. Ben Smith III grew up fishing
with his father, who is credited
with introducing billfishing to a
new generation of young men
aboard the Tooth Doctor.
“I’ve come close a couple of times,
but I’ve never done it,” Smith says.
“As far as strategy … usually you’re
going to be in deeper water to catch a
blue or a white, so if you did that you’d
head to the shallow water to try for a
sailfish. Or if you had the white and
the sail, you’d head deeper for the blue.
You’d switch up your tackle a little bit
as well.”
It’s a passion that gets passed down.
Today’s anglers learned from the
watermen of the 60s and 70s, who
learned from the early pioneers of
Gulf Stream fishing.
“It’s just an incredible community,”
Tennille says. “You help each other out.
Whether it’s engine trouble, or needing
tackle, or anything else, you’re going to
help if you can, and you’re going to get
help if you need it.”
Thompson says,“I grew up in
Southport, then moved here in high
school and worked around the
marina. Ben Smith, Robbie Wolfe,