Two kids get shunned from Garden City Pier for out-fishing the old-timers. Twenty years later, one of them wins a King Mackerel tournament with his pants around his ankles and earns a nickname that follows him for the next decade. 🎣

This week the Captain's Report bus is packed with pier fishing legends, tournament veterans, and Capt. Robbie of the Long Run Fishing Team and they take it all the way back. Back to Jackson rigs tied to pier railings, all-night whiting sessions with no limits, a one-rod workaround they invented at age 9 to get around pier rules, and a brag board that took down their pictures because management didn't want kids showing up the old salts.

Then the tournament stories start: an 18-year-old who beat 1,028 boats in the Arthur Smith King Mackerel Tournament, took the prize money, sold the mobile home, and grabbed a porcelain cat as his trophy. A head boat entered in a King tournament, competing against 12-foot center consoles. And the dredging story nobody wants to talk about: 375 kings caught at Surfside Pier the year before they dredged, nine the year after.

Real captains. Nothing scripted. Every story is 100% true.

🎬 WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODE

- How Jason & Robbie met on Garden City Pier at age 7 — and got shunned for out-fishing the adults

- The one-rod king rig they invented at age 9 to get around pier rules

- An 18-year-old beats 1,028 boats in the Arthur Smith Tournament — and comes home with a porcelain cat

- How dredging ended the pier king bite overnight: 375 kings to nine in one year

- Jason wins a pier tournament with no pants on — and earns the nickname "Cheeks"

- Capt. Jack enters a 74-foot head boat in a king mackerel tournament

- The crew throwing squid at other boats — while Jack gets flipped off from the wheelhouse

⏱ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Intro & meet the crew

0:57 - Garden City Pier origins: how Jason & Robbie met at age 7

5:39 - The one-rod king rig workaround invented at age 9

14:00 - The Grand Strand Fishing Rodeo pier tournament

18:35 - Winning the Arthur Smith Tournament at 18 — and the porcelain cat story

25:55 - How dredging killed the pier bite overnight

28:00 - What pier fishing teaches you about how kings feed

37:00 - Jason wins with his pants down — and becomes "Cheeks"

40:19 - Capt. Jack enters a 74-foot head boat in a king tournament

44:22 - Squid wars, flipped birds & future tournament plans

47:00 - Wrap-up & tight lines

📍 CAPTAINS ON THE BUS THIS EPISODE

Capt. Robert — Fish Finder I, Fish Finder Fishing Charters

Capt. Caleb — Carolina Hook & Fly, Carolina Hook and Fly Guide Service

Capt. Quentin — Crazy Girl 2, Murrells Inlet Fishing Charters

Capt. Jason Burton — FishZilla, Murrells Inlet Fishing Charters

Capt. Jack — Black Diamond, Fish Finder Fishing Charters

Capt. Joe — Fish Finder III, Fish Finder Fishing Charters

Capt. Robbie — Long Run Fishing Team *(special guest)*

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The Captain's Report is a weekly show where charter fishing captains from Murrells Inlet and Myrtle Beach, SC share unfiltered stories from the water, wild fishing tales, charter chaos, tournament talk, and everything that happens between trips. Real captains. Nothing scripted.