Tournament Results by Picante Sportfishing, www.picantesportfishing.com
The excitement started early today. The first fish was caught about 11
AM and it was brought to the scales in short time. This, the first
marlin of the Bisbee's Black and Blue Marlin Tournament, was caught by
Andrea Fletcher onboard the Caliente, a 40' Cabo Flybridge and part of
Picante Sportfishing's fleet. The Blue weighed in at 397 pounds. (Photo
Above)
The second fish was a 431.00 lb. Black Marlin caught by angler, Ron
Pasco, aboard the KW Karma, another Picante managed boat.
Then aboard the Doghouse angler, Amanda Thompson, brought her Blue
Marlin to the scales, but it weighed in at 297 lbs. three pounds short
of the legal tournament sized fish.
The next fish brought in was a Black Marlin of 549 lbs caught by angler,
Michael "Buzz" Colton, aboard the C-Bandit.
That fish was followed by an even bigger Black Marlin of 560 lbs. The
angler was John Stonecipher aboard the Cabo 35 Express, Rehab, also part
of the Picante team.
Then the afternoon blitz started. It was lines out at 5:00 PM and the
boats headed in. The final standings were
Overall Team Standings
Rank Team Weight
1 Reelaxe 599.00
2 Rehab 560.00
3 C-Bandit 549.00
4 KW's Karma 431.00
5 Super Natural 431.00
6 Tiger Spirit 427.00
7 Caliente 397.00
8 Fisherman 351.00
9 Doghouse -31.00
*Accumulation of Points for Weighed Marlin
Catch Stats
Team Count 103
Angler Count 616
Billfish Count 35
Black Marlin Count 8
Blue Marlin Count 13
Striped Marlin Count 13
Sailfish Count 1
Spearfish Count 0
Avg. Billfish/Team 0.34
Hook-Up Conversion Rate 92.11%
And check out the Bisbee's website, http://www.bisbees.com/ for live GPS
tracking and live video streaming from the Picante, a 40 ft. Tolleycraft
that won the Bisbee's Black and Blue in 1994 with the largest Blue
Marlin, 993 lbs., caught in Bisbee's Black and Blue Marlin Tournament.
So what is the Picante Sportfishing story? It started out in the summer
of 1994 when Team Picante took the the 40' Tolleycraft, Picante, to Cabo
San Lucas and then decided to fish the Bisbee's Black and Blue Marlin
Tournament. And fish it Team Picante did. On the morning of the first
day they hooked a big Blue Marlin, estimated at over 500 lbs. But after
a short fight the fish came unbuttoned. Needless to say there were some
long faces on board the Picante that day. But, as luck would have it, in
about 30 minutes they had another bigger marlin on. Well they brought
this one to the boat and it was the biggest marlin any of them had seen.
This time they were ectatic. They knew they had a winner. So off to the
scales they went. After hauling the fish off the boat onto a trolley and
getting it to the weighing area there were looks of wonderment, because
that fish was the biggest marlin anyone there had seen. The got it up to
the scales and when the scales tipped up to 993 lbs. the crowd went
wild. As you can guess fish around 1000 lbs. aren't often caught during
the Bisbee Tournaments. So with the cash winnings and the winning of a
35 'Cabo, a business was born. And since that time Picante has won
$3,786,174.00 and become Cabo Yachts, Mexican Dealer. And the big Blue
Marlin still stands as the biggest Marlin caught during the Bisbee's
Black and Blue Marlin Tournament.
Now on to some new technology that is being used. Live GPS tracking and
live cameras at the scales and onboard the Picante, the 40 ft.
Tolleycraft, live streaming video of their fishing day. You can see what
it is like to troll for big marlin and what it is like to hopefully,
fight a giant marlin right on your computer. Here is a little about the
technology right from the Off Shore Live Broadcasting website,
http://www.offshorelivebroadcasting.com/.
"Virtually every other sport had been able to evolve into a mainstream
element of society for one primary reason—the capability to be televised
and/or internet broadcast in a live, play-by-play format. This was true
with the NFL when NFL Films™ introduced "real-time spectator
opportunities" outside of the stadium and brought them into the living
rooms of the world. The same is true for NASCAR.
The "non-spectator sport" barriers that have hindered the sport of
offshore tournament fishing for the past 50 years have now been
shattered. "Sportfishing is now able to create its own individual team
"heroes" who are corporately sponsored." Tournament organizers also have
the capability to step outside of the previously limited box with
regards to corporate sponsorships since million person-plus viewership
translates to heightened levels of corporate interest and involvement.
In 2010 Offshore Live Broadcasting is making its debut at the 30th
Anniversary of the Bisbee's Black & Bue Marlin Tournament in Cabo San
Lucas. What better place to launch this revolutionary advancement than
at the World's Richest Fishing Event! In 2011, contracts will be
available to great teams and tournaments world-wide."
Check back for more results tomorrow.
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