Mean Jean wins the ESYCC Rockfish Tournament

Pictured: Sam Sellard, left, pictured with crew member Kevin Shelly, and his his team on the Jean Mean were the overall champion of the Eastern Shore Yacht & Country Club Rockfish Tournament held last Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14.

By Bill Sterling

Sam Sellard and his crew on the Mean Jean were the overall champion of the Eastern Shore Yacht & Country Club Rockfish Tournament held last Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14.

Sellard has the heaviest combined weight of legal slot fish caught in the two-day tournament. Sellard also had the first day heaviest slot fish with a 6.1 lbs. rockfish.

R.A. Parks and his crew on Team UnReel had the first day longest fish with a 44.5 inch rockfish and also took home prizes for the second day heaviest fish with a 5.3 lbs. rockfish and the second day longest fish with a 23.5 inch striper.

The club would like to thank its sponsors: Grand Slam Sponsor – Underground Connections. Citation Sponsors – Williams Funeral Home, Sandpiper Marine, YMCA Camp Silver Beach and Taylor Bank. Slot Sponsors – Classic Graphics, Adamos Media, Shore Electronics, and Eastern Shore Signs. Plank Sponsor Listings – James Family, Parks Family, State Farm – Keith Lillison, VA Farm Bureau – Ben Willis, ESYCC Marina Committee, Turlington & Guvernator Engineering, PLLC, Truss Tech and Pep Up.