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John Thomas' crew catches tournament-record 58.04-pound kingfish at Suncoast Kingfish Classic (St. Petersburg Times)

**By Terry Tomalin, Times Outdoors-Fitness Editor**

Thursday, May 17, 2012

TREASURE ISLAND -- John Thomas isn't the kind of kingfisher­man who likes to
"run and gun." A veteran of the Southern Kingfish Association tournament
trail, Thomas knows only two things put you on the leaderboard -- time and
patience.

Unlike many tournament anglers who believe the key to victory is covering as
much territory as possible, Thomas prefers to come up with a course of action,
then stick with it. This strategy does not work every time. But every now and
then, it produces a winner.

On Saturday at the Suncoast Kingfish Classic, Thomas' game plan not only
produced the top fish of the tournament but a record catch of 58.04 pounds.
For nearly a decade, the catch to beat was 51.13 pounds by Debbie Crisp on
April 8, 1995, during a tournament out of Gators on the Pass on Treasure
Island.

In 2005, a 54-pounder was landed during a local tournament. But it was handled
by multiple anglers and to this day remains a subject of controversy among the
angling elite on Florida's west coast.

But Saturday, Thomas and his crew aboard the _Walleye II_ captured a ...

St. Petersburg Times