Two records set at Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo

David Rogers set two potential state records highlighted the second day of the 69th Annual Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo on Saturday at Jones Park.

The Mobile resident brought in a 390-pound Tiger Shark, breaking a six-year record that was set by Dwayne Armes, one of the Rodeo’s directors. Armes set the record in 2010 with a 173-pound Tiger shark.

Pending certification, Rogers will earn a $20,000 prize for the Tiger shark.

For the second straight day, a record was set at the Deep Sea Rodeo.

“That Tiger Shark today was a good one,” Armes said. “You don’t see that many big ones. And I got to weigh the fish that breaks mine. I’m here for the fishermen. Bringing big fish in like that means that people are going to come to take a look. Big fish means people are going fishing. It helps the rodeo.”

Rogers is also on the leaderboard with a record 203-pound bull shark, moving ahead of Ricky Mathews’ record Friday with a 186-pound 2-ounce bull.

Mathews remained on the leader board in the Barracuda, Bonita and Jack Crevalle categories.

Fourteen-year-old Tyler Brooks added another fish to the leader board with the tournament’s only lemon fish, which weighed in at 36 pounds 14 ounces. His 10-pound, 14-ounce Mangrove Snapper remained in the top spot.

“We were throwing out dead bait and they were coming up to it,” Brooks said. “We tossed live bait right in front of his face and he hit it.”

Brooks’ younger brother, Hunter, led in the Red Snapper category after the first day with a 21-pound 3-ounce fish. Saturday, he added a 17-pound 6-ounce fish to secure the first and second place spots going into day three of the tournament.

The rodeo concludes Monday.

This story was originally published July 2, 2016 at 8:00 PM with the headline "Two records set at Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo."