First place is worth $35,000 to Captain David Murphy and his crew of three. Total purse for the event, including bonuses for the largest King Mackerels brought to the scales was $750,000.

The Kingfish caught on Thursday of the event weighed in at 27.00 lbs. The Kingfish caught on Friday was 41.40 lbs, and enough to put the team in first place by over a pound. The 41+ pounder was also the third largest fish caught in the tournament.

Attitude Adjuster is one of five teams sponsored by Wellcraft and Conseco that fished this event. The Jacksonville tournament is the biggest kingfish tournament in the U.S., with a field of 1,000 boat entries.

Captain Murphy himself latched onto the fish early in the afternoon after fishing since 7 a.m. The team, which consists of his son Kevin, Jim Davis and Bob Townsend, knew two things: they had a big one on the line, and they had one of their other teams to thank. Attitude Adjuster had been fishing north of Jacksonville, near St. Simons Island, GA during the early morning hours, but not having any luck. They left to scout out a new area. After being gone about an hour and still having no luck, the team received a radio call from Fish Fever, Captained by Ed Mecchella, who had stayed off St. Simons and had gotten a good hit on his line. Attitude Adjuster headed back, and proceeded to catch the winning fish.

"We owe it all to Fish Fever. This is the second time they have called us in and we've gone on to catch a big one," said crew member Kevin Murphy. The first time was last year in the SKA Pro Championship, when Murphy and Mecchella (who lives on St. Simons Island) finished first and second respectively.