Boca Grande Pass, Florida, June 5, 2006 – Florida’s largest tarpon tournament series, the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series (PTTS) Presented by Century Boats, heated-up this weekend in Boca Grande Pass, Florida, with a double-header event on Sunday. 

Team Salt Rock Grille with Captain Cody Chavis captured a victory in the first tournament with the successful catch and release of a 150 lb. tarpon, while Team Young Gunz with Captain Matt Anderson won the second of the day’s events with the successful catch and release of a 175 lb tarpon. 

Chavis and Team Salt Rock Grille, from St. Petersburg, fought its winning fish for 3 ½ hours, thirty minutes past the tournament expiration, finally pulling it to the weigh scales.  This is the third year that Team Salt Rock Grille has participated in the PTTS, and its first win.

Team Young Gunz, as its name refers, is the youngest team participating in the PTTS.  The Venice-based team won the second tournament with a 175 lb tarpon. A total of 44 tarpon were hooked during the second tournament, including seven tarpon released and 11 tarpon weighed in for a total of 1,536 lbs, with all tarpon released alive.

Team Reel Time with Captain Rusty Driver finished in second place in tournament number two with 164 lbs, Team Sabalo with Captain Charles Duvall finished in third place with 163 lbs, Team Century/Raymarine with Captain Jeff Hagaman finished in fourth place with 155 lbs, and Team Lake N Bay with Captain Bo Johnson rounded out the top five with 151 lbs.