Captain Josh’s fish sets a new record
Lion in da Sun charter boat Captain Josh Slayton landed the winning catch in this year’s Kingfish tournament on St. Thomas Sunday.
And not only was the 58.78 pound fish the winner, it was the biggest fish in the 21 year history of the tournament.
Josh was out with his friend, Captain Chris, of World Class Anglers, to whom he modestly gives most of the credit for knowing where to find the big guys.
At the weigh in at noon, they were the last fish on the scale.
“They came over and cut open the belly right away to see if we had stuffed it full of bowling balls, and Chris offered up his own personal knife for them. We had nothing to worry about of course,” Josh says. “It was such a great feeling to have people walk up to our fish and hear them call out of their friends to come down and look at it because it was so big.”
The crew won the Best Female Anglers as well, after Tarn Hildreth caught the most fish by weight of any other female.
For their prize, they got $2,500 in cash, hotel stays and gift certificates to restaurants and marine stores.
“Chris and I made up the lure two days earlier specifically to catch Kingfish for the tournament,” says Josh. “ We made it from scratch and painted it ourselves. Of course I can’t tell you how we did that – trade secrets and all.”
July 16th, 2009 06:15
They don’t call him ‘Fishman’ for nothing. Way to go, Chris…
July 16th, 2009 06:25
My heroes! Way to go, Josh, Chris and Tarn.
July 16th, 2009 06:35
Good for him….Josh is a great guy
July 16th, 2009 06:55
Way to go from South Texas they have best charter boat biz going in the island it called Lion N de Sun book a day trip to the BVI S
July 16th, 2009 07:23
Josh will be eating king fish sandwiches till Christmas! Congrats~
July 16th, 2009 07:26
Josh was our captain for a great day spent on June 15, 2009
Josh is a great guy and he deserves good things for his selfless devotion to making so many people have a great vacation.
I was thrilled to see Joshs smiling face and his record catch.
Don
July 16th, 2009 07:37
Nice fish!
I like to smoke them on a grill and then make a “tuna fish salad”. You can’t fry or broil all of it! http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Tuna-Fish-Salad/Detail.aspx
July 16th, 2009 08:50
Wow, that is a huge fish! Congratulations!
July 16th, 2009 09:53
Nice! Congrats to Josh and the rest of the winners!
July 16th, 2009 10:06
Wow! Congrats Josh! That is one big ugly fish. lol
Deb
July 16th, 2009 14:56
I really think you COULD stuff a couple bowling balls in that big fish!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2009 16:28
Good Lord, look at the gut on that one! Fish is nice, too!
July 16th, 2009 19:05
Nice catch Josh!
July 16th, 2009 23:05
i also love photoshop.
July 17th, 2009 07:35
Josh would be a good catch too!
July 17th, 2009 12:44
Nice catch Joshie
July 17th, 2009 14:01
Joshie?
July 17th, 2009 21:03
LOL!!!!
July 20th, 2009 12:51
Hey Josh, Our family had a great day with you last May 2009. You were a most gracious captin and we recommend you to anyone who wants to have an unforgetable trip with Lion In Da Sun. Nice catch!
Sue, Jay, Debbie,Tim and family
July 22nd, 2009 22:40
That is one ugly but big fish Josh! We are proud of our captain. It sure was fun getting to spend some time with you and I really miss St. John!! Stay well! Diane
July 23rd, 2009 08:27
Way to go, Josh! That’s one helluva fishie.
Just one question: What did you do with all the bowling balls that came out of that thing?
Thanks for all the fun at sea – our group had a blast. If you need your butt kicked at pool again, you know where to find us. We got Cubans and Thai food.
Pirate Rob
PS I promise not to tell anyone about the state I found you in on the last day of Carnival at Quiet Mon (not that you’d remember anyhow).