It’s all about tradition
October 29th, 2007, 7:23 am · Post a Comment · posted by williamh
When it comes to the Destin Fishing Rodeo, there is a lot of tradition — after all it’s an event that’s in its 59th year.
One tradition that was started four years ago by Miss Destin Amanda Sumrall is
gutting a fish. Day after day, fish come in and weighmaster Bruce Cheves has his hands full gutting the fish before they are hoisted onto the scales. Of course he has help from Richard Laedeke and Ann White. But four years ago, Amanda decided she didn’t mind getting her hands dirty and wanted to capture the “whole Rodeo experience” so she decided to try gutting a fish.
Since then, it has been something that every Miss Destin has tried her hand at.
Well, this year’s Miss Destin Emily Kaltz gave it a try over the weekend. She said she gutted a dolphin on Friday, then on Saturday evening I watched her gut a king mackerel first hand.
Cheves calmly guided her through the process of where to cut, what to pull out and then toss aside. She grimaced a little, but she made it through with flying colors.
Way to go Emily.
-Tina Harbuck
