20 October 2011 Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico Bisbee Black and Blue Tournament Report from Picantesportfishing.com
Day two of the Bisbee’s Black and Blue Marlin tournament turned out to be a good fishing day. More Billfish were caught today than yesterday. Today the spread was 18 Blue Marlin, 19 Striped Marlin and 3 Sailfish. Water temperatures are still holding in the mid 80’s Fahrenheit. So the marlin fishing will stay good for the rest of the tournament. Fewer Sailfish are being caught, but that is probably because the boats are targeting the Blue and Black Marlin which are what this tournament is all about. The fishermen are fishing hard, but no one has hooked into that really big fish to take it all.
The fish of the day was on the Pegasus, part of Picantesportfishing.com’s charter fleet with a 329 pound Blue Marlin. That fish put them into 3rd place overall. More tomorrow.
The Bisbee is traditionally a third day tournament, which means that more fish are usually brought to the scales on the final day. And that is what we expect. The fishermen are getting more of a feel on how to hook the big ones and tomorrow will probably produce some big fish and hopefully a winner.
It’s all over but the celebrating. And yesterday’s standings held the test and it is official now. Chupacabra and their 543 pound giant Blue Marlin are the first place winners with the biggest fish. Their first place team money amounted to $47,500. They also won the Days 1 through 3 Daily Jackpots and the Winner-Take-All Marlin Jackpot. That brought their winnings to a whopping $364,764.25. They had, what is called, a great tournament.
Angelina I’s 408 pound big Black Marlin held in at second place. Their Black Marlin won them $28,500 and they won the largest Black Marlin category for an additional $14,250 bringing their total winnings to $42,750. Two other marlin were brought to scale, but didn’t stand up to the 300 pound minimum.
First Place Billfish Release Category was won by Picantesportfishing’s own 45 foot Cabo Express yacht, Picante 45. They held the top place with 1100 points. $9,500 was their winning for release category. And they also took the Third Place Team winnings of $19,000 bringing their total winnings to $28,500.
Following in Second Place Billfish Release Category was the team from Go Deeper with 1,000 points. And Third Place Billfish Release went to Miss Behavin’ with 1,000 points.
In the tuna category the results were real interesting. Lots of big tuna have been caught in the Cabo area this summer. And there will be plenty more. And some nice fish brought to the scales this tournament.
The first place winner was a giant Yellowfin Tuna of 240 pounds caught by the team on the Fisherman. The Second place team was onboard the Karma 3 with their 216 pound Yellowfin Tuna. Picantesportfishing’s long time friend Bob Manroe and his son Kyle along with Picante’s Captain Brincos were part of that team. Third place went to the 135 pound Yellowfin Tuna caught by the Zhao.
In the Wahoo division the first place winner was 39.3 pound Wahoo caught by the Wildcatter. The second place fish was a 27 pound Wahoo, again, brought in by the team on the Karma 3.
Red Rum weighed the tournament’s winning Dorado at 28.5-pounds, taking all three Daily Dorado Jackpots.
Ending with a quote from the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament, “In all, the Cabo San Lucas 2011 tournament season started off with a an impressive showing, as the tourney fleet of 42 boats weighed a 543-pound blue marlin and 408-pound black marlin, and successfully presented video of 51 billfish caught and released — two black marlin, seven blue marlin, 16 striped marlin and 26 sailfish.”
14 October 2011 Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Tournament Report from picantesportfishing.com.
Day three of the 2011 Los Cabos Billfish Tournament was another beautiful Cabo fishing day. It was sunny and the temperatures were in the low 90’s Fahrenheit with a slight breeze out of the north west. The humidity was in the high 60’s. The water temperatures were in the mid to high 80’s Fahrenheit and the moon is 92% full.
Day three of the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament was not as exciting as the last couple of days. Only one marlin, a Black Marlin was brought to the scales. It was landed by Bad Company and was hoped to be big enough to win the daily jackpot. When it hit the scales there was disappointment in the air as it only registered 276 pounds. It was short 24 pounds from winning the daily jackpot. Bad luck for the Bad Company team who had hoped to squeak by the minimum.
The daily winner in the Tuna division was a 135 pound Yellowfin Tuna caught by the Zhao. It looks like it will be the third place tuna, pending the announcement at tomorrow’s awards banquet.
The winning fish in the Wahoo division was a 39.3 pound fish caught by the Wild Carter. With all the focus being on the marlin, not many large gamefish were being caught except in the Yellowfin Tuna Division.
Tune in tomorrow for the official announcements of the winner after the 2011 Los Cabos Billfish Tournament Award Dinner. And stay tuned for the results of the Bisbee’s Los Cabos tournament which starts tomorrow. It is tournament time in Cabo and the fun keeps happening.
13 October 2011 Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Tournament Report from picantesportfishing.com.
Day two of the 2011 Los Cabos Billfish Tournament was a beautiful day. It was sunny and the temperatures were, again, in the low 90’s Fahrenheit with a slight breeze out of the west. The humidity was in the high 60’s. The water temperatures were in the mid 80’s Fahrenheit and the moon is 96% full.
The first fish of the day was a 25 pound Dorado that just made the 25 pound cut off limit. The Cabolero was the first boat to weigh a Dorado during the tournament.
Just a few minutes later the Red Rum brought a Dorado to the scale and it tipped the scales at 28.5 pounds to beat the Dorado from the Cabolero. It seems like most boats were targeting the billfish, as was expected and only caught Dorado as a bonus. The fish weren’t too big, but a winner is a winner and a daily jackpot can pay out some big money.
The next fish weighed was a Wahoo. It, again, wasn’t a large fish, but it scored big as it was the only Wahoo weighed in the first two days of the tournament. At only 27 pounds it was still a winner. It was brought to the scales by the Karma 3, which scored yesterday’s biggest Yellowfin Tuna at 216 pounds.
Then came the fish of the day. It was not only the biggest fish of the day brought to the scales, but was the largest Yellowfin Tuna of the tournament so far. Yesterday’s giant Yellowfin Tuna of 216 pounds which was expected to win the largest tuna of the tournament, but it was passed by a monster Yellowfin Tuna of 240 pounds brought in by the Fisherman.
Sometimes we find it hard to remember that all fish are good and it doesn’t take a giant fish to win a tournament. As fisherman we have to respect that the fact that we don’t always catch big fish. All fish are a gift from the fishing gods and we should be thankful.
The 2011 Los Cabos Billfish Tournament started with a mix of clouds and sunshine. The temperatures were in the low 90’s Fahrenheit with a slight breeze out of the south west. The humidity was in the low 60’s. The water temperatures were in the mid 80’s Fahrenheit, which is great for the Blue and Black Marlin, which is what this tournament is all about. The moon is 99% full.
The expectations were high for the 42 teams consisting of 216 anglers. And the action started early with the El Diablo hooking a Black Marlin at 10:34 AM. They eventually brought the fish to the scales and were disappointed when it only tipped the scales at 275 pounds, 25 pounds under the 300 pound limit and were penalized 350 points.
Next in was the Chupacabra with a 543 pound giant Blue Marlin. The crowd was defiantly pleased with the first qualifying marlin of the tournament. What a great way to really get the tournament going.
Next was the Angelina I with a 408 pound Black Marlin that took the prize for the largest Black Marlin of the day and the second biggest fish of the day.
Then came the tuna fun. The first Yellowfin Tuna weighed tipped the scales at 183.2 for the Wild Hooker boat and crew. Seeing some large tuna keeps the excitement up for the tournament.
Then the Karma III really hit it big with a giant 216 pound Yellowfin Tuna. Picante’s own Captain Brincos was part of the team which scored big. Now we are talking about some big tuna and this is only the first day of the tournament.
So in summary there were 20 billfish caught consisting of 2 Black Marlin, 3 Blue Marlin, 7 Striped Marlin and 8 Pacific Sailfish. But only 3 tuna were brought to the scales, and only 2 were giant Yellowfin Tuna.
It has been a great start to the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament for 2011 with Giant Marlin and Giant Tuna coming to the scales for the first day and more are expected throughout the tournament.
