Bisbee's Los Cabos Offshore Tournament Results, 17 October 2010.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Bisbee's Los Cabos Offshore Tournament, 17 October 2010, Tournament results provided by Picante Sportfishing, www.picantesportfishing.com

Well, the results are in and again there have been some big marlin weighed at the Bisbee's Los Cabos Offshore Tournament. The top honors goes to Barnes Cooper aboard the Incognito with a 540 lb. Blue Marlin. Their winning Marlin was followed by Anthony Hsieh aboard Bad Company, with his 490 lb. Black Marlin. Not far behind was Rich Hamilton, aboard Bandit, with his 470 lb Black Marlin.

In the Billfish Release category, a total of 28 of the 59 total boats released marlin. The scores ranged from 100 to 700 points. The winners were first, 3-way tie at 700 each for Tenacious, Ez-Duz-It and Bull Rider. Second place was another tie at 600 points. Those boats were El Gallo and El Lobo. In third place, at 500 points, was Animal House. Total Billfish Count was 55, which consisted of 3 Black Marlin, 16 Blue Marlin, 32 Striped Marlin and 4 Sailfish.

The heaviest Tuna were a 155.0 lb. Yellowfin caught by angler, Jesus Franco, aboard the Muchacho Alegre; a 152.30 lb. Yellowfin caught by angler, Tim Burgess, aboard the Caliente (part of the Picante Sportfishing Fleet); followed by a 128.10 Yellowfin caught by angler, Miguel Kola, aboard the Marea. The total Tuna count was 11. And the Dorado count was 7, none of which qualified.

Congratulations to all the anglers for a great tournament. And Congratulations to all the winners for their efforts to make the Bisbee's Los Cabos Offshore Tournament a success.

For more detailed results and more information go to http://www.bisbees.com/

Bisbee's Los Cabos Offshore Tournament

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Bisbee's Los Cabos Offshore Tournament, 16
October 2010, Tournament results provided by Picante Sportfishing,
www.picantesportfishing.com

This morning the excitement is still building in the Cabo San Lucas
Marina. The Los Cabos Billfish Tournament just ended and the official
winners are being announced at the Awards Banquet, at Playa Grande
Resort. Some big marlin were caught. But today the Bisbee's Los Cabos
Offshore Tournament, sometimes called the little Bisbee, is off and
running. The start took place this morning at 8:00 AM with the
traditional "Shotgun Start."

59 teams comprising 258 anglers fished today. There were 23 Billfish
caught: 2 Black Marlin, 9 Blue Marlin, 8 Striped Marlin and 4 Sailfish.
A pretty good start for what turned out to be a day of somewhat sporty
seas. The largest fish was a 490 lb. Black Marlin caught by angler,
Anthony Hsieh, aboard Bad Company at 9:51 AM. This was followed a half
hour later at 10:21 AM by another Black Marlin by angler, Michael Menas,
aboard the Shambala.

The top teams with the most billfish release points are Tenacious, with
600, El Gallo, with 600, and High Risk, with 400. The heaviest tuna, at
152.30 pounds, was caught by angler, Tim Burgess aboard the Caliente,
part of the Picante Sportfishing Fleet. The tuna category should be
interesting, as lately quite a few tuna in the 200 pound range have been
caught. Keep checking back as the tournament proceeds, we will try to
keep you updated.

Tight Lines and Good Luck to all the fishermen!

Big Marlins Win Los Cabos Billfish Tournament

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Tournament results provided by Picante Sportfishing, www.picantesportfishing.com

The lines are all in and the preliminary results are in. The official results will be announced at the 7:00 p.m. Awards Banquet, at Playa Grande Resort in Cabo San Lucas.
It looks like the 713 lb. Black Marlin that was caught by Daniel Fisher aboard the 35' Cabo Yacht, Fisherman will be the big fish winner. Also aboard the Fisherman, angler Hugo Olachea Pino's 466 lb. Black Marlin added to their score to post a total of 1179.00 points.

Following in second place was angler, Shawn Guttersen's 629 lb. Blue Marlin caught aboard the Sneak Attack.
The next spot in the winner's circle was a very interesting battle.Just winning by a couple of pounds was angler,Jason Pruden's 465 lb. Blue Marlin. Yep, a couple of pounds.

Angler,Rich Hamilton's 463.0 lb. Blue Marlin, aboard the Bandit missed by two pounds. Also interesting to note is that the Black Marlin(466 .lbs) on the Fisherman was the third biggest fish, but the points were added to the biggest fish totals to put them in first place.

Most Billfish Release Points was another close match. The top three spots were  Game On with 1300 points, Hang Em High with 1200 points and in third Alure with 1100 points. Pretty tight race.
So there were 37 teams consisting of 209 anglers. There were 65 billfish caught, 2 Black Marlin, 14 Blue Marlin, 45 Striped Marlin, and 4 Sailfish. Other catches included 6 Yellowfin Tuna, 10 Wahoo and 2 Dorado. Overall the tournament was a success. Lots of fishermen out on the seas having fun doing what they like to do, fish. And of course the fun competition and stories that go along with all fishing trips.
For more information and to see rules and other category results go to the official website of the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament at  http://www.loscabosbillfishtournament.com

Los Cabos Billfish Tournament. Day 3, 15 October 2010 Afternoon Update.

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. 15 October 2010.1:16PM Los Cabos Billfish
Tournament Report courtesy of Picante Sportfishing,
www.picantesportfishing.com.

Big Tuna just weighed at the scales.A 251 lb. monster Yellowfin Tuna was
just weighed at the scales. Angler Jimmie Li, aboard the Marlin Too
battled with the fish for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Congratulations Jimmie and good luck on having the biggest Yellowfin
Tuna so far!

Los Cabos Billfish Tournament. Day 2, 14 October 2010 7:22PM

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. 14 October 2010. Los Cabos Billfish Tournament Report courtesy of Picante Sportfishing, www.picantesportfishing.com.

Los Cabos Billfish Tournament Day 2 results are in. The Billfish counts was a little lower. Out of 37 boats, 16 Billfish were caught and released, 3 Blue Marlin, 12 Striped Marlin and 1 Sailfish.

The Day 2 daily billfish release point totals were

Incognito                600 points
Bad Medicine        500 points
Wildcatter              500 points
Hang Em High       500 points
Great Escape Jr     100 points
Summertime        100 points
Chupacabra          100 points
Sneak Attack        100 points


The Yellowfin Tuna count was 3 with a whopper of a Tuna that tipped the scales at 209 lbs. that was landed by John Truschke aboard the Santi(See photo above courtesy of Los Cabos Billfish Tournament).

The Wahoo count for today was 3 fish with the heaviest Wahoo a nice 50.9 lb.fish landed by Angler Clay Hensley aboard the Chupacabra.

So tune in tomorrow for the Day 3 finals and the overall winners.

Good luck to all the anglers!

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Los Cabos Billfish Tournament. Day 1, 13 October 2010, update 5:45PM

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. 13 October 2010. Los Cabos Billfish Tournament
Report courtesy of Picante Sportfishing, www.picantesportfishing.com.

4:30 PM Lines out.The unofficial daily Billfish counts are in.37
Billfish were caught. 27 Striped Marlin, 9 Blue Marlin and 1 Black
Marlin. The only boat bringing in a Marlin is the Fisherman. It looks
like Daniel Guerrero has the biggest fish of the day, that is, if it is
over 300 lbs. The fish will be scored at 1 point per pound if it is over
300 lbs. If it is less than 300 lbs the team will be penalized 300
points plus 2 points per pound under 300 lbs. So the captains have to
have a good eye.

The scoring goes like this 300 points per Black or Blue Marlin plus 1
point per pound if it comes to the scales and it over 300 lbs. One point
per lb. for any Striped Marlin brought to the scale and is over 175 lbs.
If it is under weight the penalty will be 300 points plus 2 points per
lb. under the minimum. Only one marlin per boat per day. Released Blue
and Black Marlin will receive 500 points;Striped Marlin, Sailfish or
Spearfish will receive 100 points.
The teams must supply their own video cameras to verify their releases

So now we just sit an wait to get the results of the fish being brought
in. More as it comes in.

Los Cabos Billfish Tournament Update

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. 13 October 2010. Los Cabos Billfish Tournament
Report courtesy of Picante Sportfishing, www.picantesportfishing.com.
Last night, 12 October 2010, 5:30 PM, the final registration, captain's
meeting and kickoff party took place at the Playa Grande Resort in Cabo
San Lucas, Mexico. The rules were explained and questions answered.

This morning, Wednesday, 13 October 37 boats lined up. And, at 7:30 AM,
the Bimini start took place and they were off as the flare was fired.
For more info, check back daily.

2:21 PM 13 October 2010

With 37 teams competing, totaling 208 anglers, the Billfish count is 28.
The top 3 teams are Don Valerio with 700 Points, Game On with 600 points
and tied for 3rd place are Minerva VI, Reel Quest, Bad Company,and Blue
Marlin.

Check back later for more results and the weighing of game fish.