More and more sails continue to show up to the south. The water has gotten a lot better and we are getting more bites. Some crews have reported seeing tailing marlins but they seem uninterested in the baits. The tunas continue to bite offshore so many anglers opted for chasing them on light tackle for a day of action and sore muscles.

This week we hosted the 2009 Tropic Star Billfish Challenge organized by Scott and Diane Locke. There were six teams competing in the tournament, two anglers per team, for a total of twelve anglers.
The registered teams were as follows;

Team 1: Diane Locke and Lisa Everett
Team 2: Clint Everett and Susan Coleman
Team 3: Scott Parsons and Cindy Mitchell
Team 4: Kevin McKosky and Peter Mitchell
Team 5: William “Bill” Crozier and Lawrence Morris
Team 6: Crayton Greene and Gwen Hahn

The tournament featured light tackle only; 8lb, 12 lb and 16 lb test where more points were awarded for anglers releasing billfish on the lighter line class. Day 1 was slow with only three sailfish released. Day 2 was better with 9 sailfish released. The bite went off on Day 3 with 21 released sailfish and lots of action.  On days 4 and 5 a further 16 sailfish were released for a grand total of 49 sailfish releases. The tournament results were as follows.

Individuals
1st Place:          Kevin McKosky          1,150 pts.
2nd Place:         Cindy Mitchell            1,035 pts
3rd Place:          Scott Parsons              813 pts.
Teams
1st Place:          Scott Parsons and Cindy Mitchell         1,848 pts
2nd Place:         Kevin McKosky and Peter Mitchell         1,605 pts
3rd Place:          Clint Everett and Susan Coleman         1,240 pts.

Susan Coleman released her first Pacific Sailfish during the tournament. Congrats!!!!

Also, Nassim Joaquin and his wife Laurie Foucher flew into Pinas Bay for a short three day fishing trip. Nassim released an estimated 120 lb Pacific Sailfish on fly.

Tight Lines!!!!

Albert Battoo
DOCKMASTER