Twelve-year-old Cody Williams of Fort Walton Beach took a swim in the harbor this afternoon.

Why, would you go swimming on a chilly afternoon, you might ask?

Well it wasn’t because he wanted too. He did it out of tradition.

Young Williams landed his first-ever billfish while fishing with Capt. Mark Walker on the Bounty Hunter. And tradition at the docks calls for first-timers to get tossed in the water.

The youngsters pulled in a 52-pound sailfish and found a place on the leaderboard.

Now he didn’t bring the sailfish to the docks, they tagged and released the billfish to swim another day.

However, we did see a 110-pound bull shark brought in this afternoon. The crew aboard the Just B Cause brought in to the docks for a courtesy weigh. It didn’t make it on the board because the minimum weight for a shark entry in the Rodeo is 200 pounds.

As of 5:30, 26 fish have been written up, but there is still plenty of time left in the day. Scales don’t close until 7 pm. So come on down.

-Tina Harbuck

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