When you enter a celebrity fishing tournament, you expect three things: 1) Beer, 2) More beer, and 3) Fair results.
Us Tastyboozers know that Boggs definitely got his fair share of #1 and #2, unfortunately he got raped on the fair results aspect.
When the final day of fishing came to a close Sunday in Key West, the Mercury Redbone S.L.A.M. saw two men tied atop the celebrity division with 200 points.
Boggs, master of ceremonies for the event, had caught a bonefish and permit on spin over the two days and Mark Cooper, an ex-Denver Bronco, caught a bonefish on fly, matching Boggs’ point total of 200.
The judge, Capt. Gary Ellis, made the call to award the celebrity-champion trophy based on time, or who caught his fish first. The title went to Cooper.
Boggs did not take the news gently.
At the awards ceremony at the Westin Key West, when hearing the news, Boggs was quoted as saying, “I caught two fish and you caught one and you win?” He then grabbed the trophy and ran out of the room.
Ellis said those who know Boggs know there is a competitive side to him that is dead serious. Maybe Boggs was joking, maybe not. The problem was, Boggs was right.
Atta boy, Wade.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Mitch Martin // Sep 13, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Goddamn Boggs is my idol. I would guarantee there were a lot of liquid boggs that influenced that trophy steal.
2 Paco Gérte // Sep 14, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Boggs=Godd
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