A custom Carolina sportfisherman Irving Forbes built under his own name in 1997, documented that May as a fishing boat with a 17-foot beam. She has carried the name Smoker from her first documentation and fishes out of Manteo, entered in the 2021 Big Rock. In 2020 Capt. Brynner Parks ran her from Oregon Inlet Fishing Center.
Her story, name by name
- 1997 – present
SmokerCurrent
Confirmed · cgmix.uscg.mil, U.S. Coast Guard, reeltimeapps.com
- May 1997
Build
Built by Irving H. Forbes and first documented May 13, 1997 as Smoker, a fishing boat: 56.0 ft registered, 17.0 ft breadth, 11.0 ft depth, 70 GRT.
Confirmed · cgmix.uscg.mil, U.S. Coast Guard
- August 2007
Tournament · Tournament record
White Marlin Open 2007, as Smoker: 1st, Dolphin (32.00 lb).
Reported · whitemarlinopen.com, web.archive.org
- 2021
Tournament
Fished the 63rd Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, Morehead City, entered as Smoker, 58' Forbes. No fish recorded.
Reported · reeltimeapps.com
Tournament recordEvery season on the published standings
Fished 8 White Marlin Opens, 2007–2025, as Smoker. Best finish: 1st, Dolphin, 2007 (32.00 lb).
- 2025Enteredas Smoker · archive
- 2024Enteredas Smoker · archive
- 2023Enteredas Smoker · archive
- 2022Enteredas Smoker · archive
- 2021Enteredas Smoker · archive
- 2020Enteredas Smoker · archive
- 2018Enteredas Smoker · archive
- 20071stDolphin · as Smoker · archive32.00 lb
Each year links to the standings as published; archive is the saved copy.
MediaEach linked to where it was published
Coverage
SistersOther Forbes hulls from 1997
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