2025 Cheeca Lodge Presidential: Robin Hall Earns Top Female Angler Honors

The 2025 Cheeca Lodge Presidential Sailfish Tournament was another good one for Team DirtyBoat 2.0. With Captain Kit Carson running the 42’ Liberty Express and mate Chad Pruitt working the deck, we added another 100 points to the resume, and angler Robin Hall earned Top Female Angler honors.

The Top Female Angler moment: January 19, 2025, 9:24 AM

At 9:24 AM on January 19th, angler Robin Hall hooked a clean Sailfish that locked up our tournament score and earned her Top Female Angler. The fight was textbook: steady pressure, perfect circle hook placement, and a clean release for the full 100 points.

This was more than just another fish. It was a standout day that earned individual recognition in a tough field. While other teams fought the conditions, our crew worked with the precision that comes from years of fishing together.

The DirtyBoat 2.0 formula

So what keeps our team in the hunt at these tournaments?

The boat

• 42’ Liberty Express: fast, stable, and rigged right for tournament fishing
• Home port: Robbie’s Marina, Islamorada, which gives us the local edge
• Maintained to championship standards: no mechanical surprises

The crew

• Captain Kit Carson: over a decade of Islamorada knowledge
• Mate Chad Pruitt: one of the best in the business
• Angler lineup: Randy Hall, Robin Hall, Mike Diaz, Brian Ruiz

The system

Other teams lean on luck. We have a system:

• Pre-tournament bait gathering: first light at Robbie’s docks
• Strategic waypoints: years of data telling us where to be
• Communication protocols: quiet and efficient when it counts

Building on success

This 100-point day at the 2025 Cheeca Presidential builds on what came before:

• 2023 Cheeca Lodge Presidential: 100 points
• 2023 Islamorada Fishing Club: 100 points
• 2022 Islamorada Sailfish Tournament: 300 points

Every tournament adds to our Gold Cup series total, currently at 500 points and climbing.

What’s next

With the 2025 season rolling, Team DirtyBoat 2.0 is set up for another run. The boat is dialed in, the crew is hungry, and the fish are biting.

Want to fish with a tournament-proven team? Book your charter on DirtyBoat 2.0 and feel championship-level sportfishing.