-Accomplishments
1997 ~ Hernando Builders Association Fishing Tournament
-2nd Place – Redfish Division
1998 ~ Saltwater Flats Fishing Association(S.F.F.A.)T.V.
-Yamaha Motors/Flats and Bay Boats St. Pete Open
-2nd Place -Largest Redfish – 32 inches
~ S.F.F.A. – Yamaha Motors/ Flats and Bay Ft. Meyers Open
-3rd Place
~ Scott Brantley/Loadmaster Trailers All-Release Flats Tourney
– Overall Master
-1st Place -Largest Redfish – 32 1/2 inches
~ S.F.F.A. – 4th Annual $75,000 Yamaha Motors/Flats and Bay Boats
Tournament of Champions in Flamingo @ the Everglades Park -TV
-12th Place (125 Teams)
1999 ~ Scott Brantley/Magic Tilt Trailers All-Release Flats Tournament
-1st Place -Largest Snook
~ S.F.F.A. – Loadmaster Trailers Sarasota Open- T.V.
-5th Place
~ S.F.F.A. – 3M Products/Midnight Pass Marina Open
-3rd Place
~ S.F.F.A. Pasco County Tourism Board/CCA Flats Open-T.V.
-3rd Place
-Largest Redfish
~ Mercury Outboards/Peter T. Assimack Memorial Tourney-T.V.
-1st Place-Largest Trout -25 inches
~ Loadmaster Trailers/Charlie Rice Memorial Tournament
-1st Place-Largest Snook – 33.75 inches – 14.14 lbs.
~ S.F.F.A.- Ranger Boats/Evinrude Motors – Overall Season-T.V.
-Open DivisionCalcutta
-1st Place-Open/General/Live Bait Division
-2nd Place-Open Artificial Division
~ S.F.F.A. – $125,000 5th Annual Ranger Boats/Evinrude Motors
Saltwater Flats Fishing National Championship-T.V.
-3rd Place (100 Teams)
-Largest Inshore Slam Of Championship
- Team of the Year
2000
~Johnny Kellar C.F. Inshore Tournament
-2nd Place
-Overall Calcutta Winner
~ Bayer Aspirin Grand Slam Plug/CCA REDSNOOK Series-T.V.
-4th Place
~ The Ranger Boats/Mercury Outboards Professional Redfish Tour-T.V.
-Tampa , FL Tour Stop
-1st Place Champions – 16.92 lbs.
-Largest Redfish – 8.79 lbs.
~ The Hooters/Angelus Foundation Flats Tournament
-1st Place -Redfish Division
-1st Place -Trout Division
~ Bayer Aspirin Summer Redfish Classic/CCA REDSNOOK Series-T.V.
-6th Place
~ The Ranger Boats/Mercury Outboards Professional Redfish Tour-T.V.
-Qualified for Championship in Jacksonville, FL
-13th out of top 100 teams on tour
- Member – Official Rules Committee
2001
~ Hooters/Angelus Foundation Flats Tournament
-2nd Place West Coast Slam
– Largest Snook
~ $80,000 Bayer Aspirin Grand Slam Plug/CCA REDSNOOK Series-T.V.
- Tournament Calcutta Champion
- Largest Redfish
~ The Ranger Boats/Mercury Outboards/Cabela’s Pro Redfish Tour-T.V.
-Qualified for Championship
2002
~ The Suntrust Banks/Angelus Foundation Flats Tournament
-Tournament Calcutta Champion
-Largest Snook – 38 inches
-2nd Place West Coast Slam Division
~ The Island Way Grill/YMCA/Mercury Grand Slam Tournament-T.V.
-Overall Grand Slam Champion(Snook,Redfish, Trout & Tarpon)
*The Hooters Inshore Slam Tournament
-Largest Snook – 39 inches
– Calcutta Champion
*The Mercury Outboards/Ranger Boats Professional Redfish Tour-T.V.
-Sarasota, Fl Open
-11th Place
*The Mercury Outboards/Peter T. Assimack Memorial Tourney
-3rd Place – Redfish Division
2003
*ACE Hardware Honeymoon Seafood Festival/Summer Fishing Tournament
-1st Place
*Pasco County Builders Association Fall Classic
-1st Place – Trout
-2nd Place -Snook
-2nd Place- Redfish
2004
*The Jordan Driggers Hook-a-Cure Fishing Tournament for Cystic Fibrosis
-2nd Place -Pro Guide Ladies Division
*3rd Annual Jay Barret Hollywood Invitational
-1st Place Snook
-1st Place Redfish
-Overall Champion
*The YMCA/Synovus Bank Cotee River Flats Classsic
-1st Place Guide Youth Division
*Pasco County Builders Association Fall Classic
-1st Place Snook
*The Chuck Lamar/Mercury GrandSlam Celebrity Fishing Tournament-T.V.
-1st Place Celebrity Guided Redfish Division
-3rd Place Angler Guided Redfish Division
2005
*St. Judes Children’s Hospital Invitational-T.V.
-3rd Place -Redfish
*The Mercury Outboards/Peter T. Assimack Tournament
-2nd Place – Redfish
*Outback Steakhouse National Vendor’s Tournament
-1st Place -Most Fish
-2nd Place – Redfish
*The Mercury Outboards/YMCA/Island Way Grill Tournament
-1st Place – Trout
-2nd Place – Redfish
*The Chuck Lamar/Mercury GrandSlam Celebrity Fishing Tournament-T.V.
-2nd Place Celebrity Guided Snook Division
-2nd Place Celebrity Guided Redfish Division
*The Nextel Professional Tarpon Tournament Series presented by Yamaha Outboards and Century Boats – T.V.
-Week #5 – 1st Place Champions- 174# Tarpon
-Top 10 Team of the Year
2006
*The Walmart/FLW Pro Redfish Series – Tierra Verde, FL -T.V.
-Largest Redfish of Tournament
-6th Place
-Top 10 Team of the Year Race
*The Mike Alstott/GLoomis Celebrity Fishing Tournament
-Pro Guided Division- 1st Place,2nd Place,3rd Place
*The Mercury Outboards/YMCA/Island Way Grill Tournament
-Pro Guided Division-2nd Place -Redfish
*The Catches Restaurant/Suntrust Bank/YMCA Cotee River Classic
-Pro Guided Division-2nd Place -Redfish
2007
*The Walmart/FLW Pro Redfish Series – Clearwater, FL -T.V.
-20th Place
*The Mercury Outboards/Peter T. Assimack Tournament
-Pro Division
-1st Place and 3rd Place – Redfish
*The ESPN /Oberto Redfish Cup presented by Mercury Outboards-T.V.
-Punta Gorda, FL Stop -15th Place
*The Miller Lite Professional Tarpon Tournament Series presented by Yamaha Outboards and Century Boats -T.V.
-PTTS Week #3 – 6th Place
*The Miller Lite Professional Tarpon Tournament Series presented by Yamaha Outboards and Century Boats -T.V.
-PTTS Week #5 – 7th Place
*The Crab Shack/Suntrust Bank /YMCA Cotee River Classic
-Pro Guided Division
-1st and 3rd Place Redfish Division
-2nd and 3rd Place Grouper Division
2008
*The Mercury Outboards/YMCA/Island Way Grill Flats Fishing Classic-T.V.
-Pro Guided Division – 2nd Place- Snook
*The Jordan Driggers Cystic Fibrosis Slam Tournament
-Pro Guide Division -2nd Place Trout
*The Wade Boggs/Mercury Grand Slam Celebrity Fishing Tournament -T.V.
-2nd Place Angler Guided Redfish Division
-2nd Place Angler Guided Trout Division
2009
*The Mercury Outboards/Peter T. Assimack Tournament
-Pro Division – 1st,2nd,3rd Places Redfish
*The Mercury Outboards/YMCA/Island Way Grill Flats Fishing Classic-T.V.
-Pro Guided Division
-2nd Place -Snook
-2nd Place -Redfish
~ The Miller High Life Pro Tarpon Tournament Series presented by Century Boats
-TEAM HENDRICK ROOFING
-PTTS Week #4 -Most Releases Trophy
-PTTS Week # 5 – 5th Place
-Top 25 in Yamaha Team of the Year/Qualifier for Championship
-PTTS Tarpon Cup Championship – 4th Place
*The SPCA Suncoast Charity Fishing Invitational
-Pro Guided Division
-Overall Grand Slam Champion
-1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th Place Trout
-2nd Place Snook
2010
*The Mercury Outboards/YMCA Flats Fishing Classic
-Pro Guided Division – 3rd Place -Redfish
*Extreme Redfish Tour
-Tarpon Springs,FL – Leg #2 -2nd Place
*Extreme Redfish Tour
-Tarpon Springs,FL – Leg#4 -1st Place
*The Miller High Life/Pro Tarpon Tournament Series presented by Yamaha Outboards
-TEAM HOOTERS/Miller High Life
-Week #1 -Most Releases Trophy
-Week #4 -1st Place Champions -169 # Tarpon
-Tarpon Cup Qualifier
-3rd Place Team of the Year
-Note:Capt. Jim is one of only 4 captains to ever win multiple tournaments on the PTTS!!
2011
*The Mercury Outboards/YMCA Flats Fishing Classic
-Pro Guided Division – 2nd Place -Redfish
*The Mercury Outboards/Peter T. Assimack Tournament
-Pro Division
-2nd Place, 3rd Place Redfish Division
-2nd Place Snook Division
-Overall Grand Slam Champion
*The Miller High Life/Pro Tarpon Tournament Series presented by Yamaha Outboards
-TEAM HOOTERS/Miller High Life
-Week #1 – 5th Place
*Member-Coastal Conservation Association (CCA)
*Member-I.G.F.A. – World Record Captain
*Member- Florida Guides Association
*Committee Chair- YMCA of the Suncoast/Island Way Flats Fishing Classic
*Committee Chair- YMCA of the Suncoast/Catches Flats Classic Tournament
*Committee Chair- YMCA/Synosis Bank Skinny Water Challenge
*Committee Chair- Cystic Fibrosis/ Jorda Driggers Hook-a-Cure Fishing Tpurnament
St. Petersburg Times
*Captain/Journalist for the St. Petersburg Times
-Captain’s Corner & Gulf and Bay printed in the Sports Section
– the 300 to 800 word Columns are published 3-4 times a month
-More than 800,000 people read the St. Petersburg Times every day and on Sundays – it’s over a million all over the United States.
*www.CaptainHud.com – website with links to all featured pro team sponsors
*Featured Captain/Host of Henry Waszczuk’s “Fishing the Flats” T.V. Show-SUN(Sunshine Network), WFN(World Fishing Network)2005/06/07/08/09/10/11
*Featured Captain/Host of Glen Pla’s “Average Angler” Mini-Series -”Revenge of the HUD” -Brighthouse Networks Channel 47- a three-part fishing show exclusively filmed with Capt. Jim featuring all his sponsors -2007(Replayed ’08/’09/’10/’11)
*Featured Captain/Host of Glen Pla’s “Average Angler” Mini-Series – “HUDDLE UP” – Brighthouse Networks Channel 47-2007/08 (Replayed ’08/’09/’10/’11)
*Featured Captain/Host of Glen Pla’s “Average Angler” Mini-Series – “Gator Trout“- Brighthouse Networks Channel 47 -2008/09( Replayed ’10/’11)
*Featured Captain/Host of Bill Miller’s “Hooked On Fishing” T.V. Show -Brighthouse Networks Channel 47 -2004/05/06/07/08/09/10
*Featured Captain/Host of “47 Fish Finder” T.V. Show -Brighthouse Networks Channel 47 -2005/06/07/08/09/10/11
*Featured Captain/Host of “The Fishing Challenge” T.V. Show -Brighthouse Networks Channel 47 – 2005
*Featured Captain/Host of Fox 13 Chip Carter’s “Fish & Chips” T.V. Show – 2006
*WFLA T.V. Channel 8 - Tampa Bay Bucaneer’s Post Game – Fishing Show -2004
*WFLA T.V. Channel 8 – Fishing Segments feature -Oct. 2006
*Featured Captain/Host of Capt. Mel’s “Your Guide to Fishing” T.V. Show -2005
*Featured Captain/Host of Captain Mel Berman’s “Capt. Mel“ Radio Show – 970 am- Saturday mornings -6am -9am -2003/04/05/06/07/08/09
*St. Petersburg Times Boat/Fishing Expo - Featured Captain/Speaker on Main Stage-’05/’06/’07
*Frank Sergeant Outdoor Expo - Featured Seminar Mercury Main Stage- March 2006
*Tampa Boat Show -3 featured Seminars over the Week – Oct. 2007
*Sports Authority Fall Fishing Days - Seminar-2005
*Fisherman’s World Spring Show – “Tarpon Fishing” Seminar -2005
*West Marine Seminars – Bi-Monthly @ different stores throughout Region – Wednesday Evenings @6:00pm
*South Florida Sport Fishing Magazine -featured article (Power Plant Fishing) and Captain/Writer for the Winter Issue(Dec./Jan. Feb.)
*South Florida Sport Fishing Magazine -featured article (Pinellas Pinstripes and Tails) and Captain/Writer for Fall Issue(Sept./Oct./Nov.)
*Captain/Journalist for CapMel.com fishing Reports
*Instructor in FlatsClass.com - a beginners fishing class taught each months at area Tackle Stores-2005
*Pumkin Jigs Signature Series HUDDLESPOON - Has Captain Jim’s endorsement and picture featured on the package – 3 different spoon packages