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Team
Fountain Dominates the
High-Stakes 2006 SKA
Pro Circuit Loose Lucy
Owner Takes Home $100,000
from Fort Pierce Tournament
 May
8, 2006 - WASHINGTON,
NC - Team Fountain has
won six of the first
nine tournaments held
so far in the Southern
Kingfish Association's
2006 season - including
the first two on the
Yamaha Professional
Kingfish Tour. The latest
big SKA winner, Loose
Lucy team owner Mike
Kaminsky of Charleston,
S.C., received cash
and prizes totaling
a cool $100,000 from
the Fort Pierce, Fla.,
contest held April 27
- 29.
The Loose
Lucy team took first
prize in both the Pro
and Division 10 events,
which were held simultaneously.
Fountain's SKA Tournament
Reward Program sweetened
the pot with over $16,000
worth of incentives
for winning with a Fountain,
including a gold-and-stainless
steel Rolex watch and
$5,000 off Kaminsky's
next Fountain fishing
boat - a 38 Open with
triple 275-hp Verados,
which he has on order.
"I was already
going to buy it; it's
just nice to get that
incentive. My Thirty-Four
Fountain is the best
boat I've ever owned
and trust me, I've owned
every make out there,"
said the veteran SKA
angler, who also has
competed on other manufacturer's
fishing teams in the
past.
His team
hooked up on the first
day of the Fort Pierce
tournament in rough
conditions offshore
in 65 feet of water.
Jimmy Stecki grabbed
the rod and landed a
50.5-lb. king with help
from his brother Gary.
It turned out to be
the tournament-winning
fish when the next day's
action was cancelled
due to unseasonably
high winds and six-
to nine-foot seas. The
Loose Lucy team brought
home the $40,000 Pro
Division top prize;
$30,000 for winning
Division 10, a lucrative
calcutta and Fountain's
SKA Tournament Reward
Program incentives.
Kaminsky will make good
use of the Fountain
prizes in rigging his
new 38, which he plans
to enter in the next
leg of the Yamaha Pro
Tour in Fourchon, La.,
in June. In addition
to the Rolex and the
$5,000 rebate, he won
$1,500 off a Myco trailer,
50 percent off a Sign
Zoo Marine Wrap, $500
cash from TR-1 Autopilot
Systems and a $500 gift
certificate for C&H
Lures.
The Loose
Lucy team leads the
SKA Pro Division in
point standings. Team
Fountain is also dominating
Division 11, where Fountain
fishing boats have won
both legs held so far.
The Division 11 points
leader is Pete Tsourakis,
who aced the Naples,
Fla., tournament in
March on Fountain 34
Four Marys and placed
third in the Marco Island,
Fla., tournament behind
winner Chris Thomas
on Fountain 34 Hold'Em
Hook. Only four SKA
divisions, including
the Pro series, have
started their 2006 tournament
seasons - and Team Fountain
already has finished
in the money 17 times.
There's a good reason
Powerboat Magazine recently
named Fountain Powerboats
Offshore V-Bottom Boat
of the Year. Hang onto
your hats for the rest
of the exciting SKA
tournament action.
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