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Torpedoes, racing, fish CPR and coming home

By Melanie Jarrett
ESPNOutdoors.com

Friday, July 6, 2007

GULF SHORES, Ala. — Eric Rue and Larry Puckett were just doing their part. Pulling up a 14-pound, 16-ounce bag onto stage, the two men joked about their Day One results in the Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup Mid-Season Bash. With most of the field making 150-plus mile runs to the Bayou State's waters, a running joke emerged when the anglers began pulling their boats into the docks at Lulu's at Homeport Marina. After the weigh-in, this part of coastal Alabama was soon to be the recipient o ...

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