Silver Sailfish Derby final stats

[Fishing Report]

It’s Official......46 Boat Derby fleet releases 1,174 Sails

The 46 boats fishing 75th annual Silver Sailfish Derby ended the three-day tournament with a total of 1,174 sailfish releases....shattering numerous records along the way! It is likely records were broke that we don’t even know about....The World’s Oldest Sailfish Tournament has made history again!

Top Ten Boats:

Get Lit – 58
Jichi – 44
Sandman – 42
El Palacio – 41
Princess Lily – 38
Barefoot – 36 (on time)
Finding Nino – 36
Miss Annie – 35 (on time)
Weez in the Keys – 35
Double Diamond – 34

Top Four Anglers:

Bill Danko, Get Lit – 24
Adam Cohen, Tales Gone Wild – 22
Tony Greaton, Native Son – 20 (on time)
Ricky Quataheta, Jichi – 20




notes & nota ble catches :
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• All Derby boats used tournament approved non-offset circle hooks manufactured by
Eagle Claw (model #L2004 series)
• Lucky Sailfish Award goes to fish #959 - Mark Lane aboard the “Lady Lane” (fish that
broke the previous 3-day record)
• First sailfish of day 1 - Tony Greaton at 8:04 a.m. aboard the “Native Son”
• Last sailfish of day 1 - Adam Cohen at 4:19 p.m. aboard the “Tales Gone Wild”
• First sailfish of day 2 - David Adams at 8:06 a.m. aboard the “Wicked Wahini”
• Last sailfish of day 2 - Charles Tota at 4:06 p.m. aboard the “Reel Lucky”
• First sailfish of day 3 -John Norcia at 8:04 a.m. aboard the “Enterprise”
• Last sailfish of day 3 - Dacia Thomas at 2:07 p.m. aboard the “Reel Joy”
• Day 1 catch per boat average was 14.33 sailfish - a new tournament record!
• The 2012 Silver Sailfish Derby set a new 3 day boat average record of 8.50 sails per boat
average. The previous record was 6.45 set in 2011.
• Too many records to list were broken this year - We’ll be telling this story for a while!





Tom Twyford, President
West Palm Beach Fishing Club
P.O. Box 468
West Palm Beach, FL. 33402
(561) 832-6780