JULY 4TH WEEKEND: 'That's a Nice Fish': And at This Year's Rodeo There Will Be Plenty More

Posted on: Friday, 4 July 2008, 09:00 CDT By Al Jones, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Jul. 4--BILOXI -- It didn't take long for the 2008 Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo to land its first entry. Less than a minute after rodeo director Aaron McGill announced the scales were open, Dennis Adams Jr. of Biloxi hit the scales with the first fish, a six-foot alligator gar. The first fish entered in the rodeo is normally from the freshwater category, such as a bream or catfish. But that wasn't the case this year, with the rodeo making its first stop in Biloxi, at Point Cadet. "One hundred ten pounds and eight ounces," weighmaster Bryce Gex said as a small crowd looked on. "That's a nice fish." Adams, who was fishing with his father, Dennis Sr., his brother Curtis, and his son, Hunter, said the fish was smaller than he expected. "I... [read full story]