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Former champ slams field for lead

By Pete Johnson
PR counsel for the IGFA

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

ISLAMORADA, Fla. — Joe "Pepe" Lopez of Coral Gables, Fla., the 2006 winner of the IGFA Inshore World Championship, became the leading angler after two days by catching and releasing all five tournament species to complete his first slam toward again reigning in the grand champion title. The International Game Fish Association's celebrated catch-and-release tournament, nicknamed the "super bowl of inshore fishing," features 32 anglers from around the world stalking Florida Bay waters fo ...

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