Photograph · South Carolina Governor's Cup
A 2009 Spencer 62 that won the 2015 MidAtlantic as Texas Tea with a 77-pound white marlin, a $714,259 payout. Renamed Sweet Spot in late 2022, she now fishes out of Charleston and won the 2024 Edisto Invitational.
Her story, name by name
- Until 2022
Texas Tea
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard, youtube.com
- August 2015
Tournament
Won the MidAtlantic at Cape May as Texas Tea: a 77-pound white marlin, the heaviest of the tournament, paid $714,259 from a record $2.81 million purse.
Confirmed · pressofatlanticcity.com, youtube.com
- 2022 – present
Sweet SpotCurrent
Confirmed · U.S. Coast Guard, marlinmag.com, reeltime.app
Renamed Sweet Spot and moved from Staten Island to Charleston. The Coast Guard file shows Texas Tea with a case pending in October 2022 and Sweet Spot by December, same official number and HIN.
- 2024
Tournament
Won the Edisto Invitational Billfish Tournament, releasing eight sailfish on the first day and a blue marlin and three sailfish the next, and finished third overall in the 35th South Carolina Governor's Cup Billfishing Series. An angler aboard set the series record for release points by a lady angler: five blue marlin and 12 sailfish.
Reported · marlinmag.com
- 2025
Tournament
Fished the South Carolina Governor's Cup series; 18 sailfish and 3 blue marlin released across the series on the unofficial results.
Reported · reeltime.app
MediaPhotography, film, print
On file, shown only with permission: MacGregor Yachts, 2 photographs
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