Grander Tracker

[Squidnation]

We are gonna try and keep a record of all Granders caught this year. If you have confirmation of any caught in 2010 please add it to this thread.

Thanks

First Grander of the year was caught april 12, 2010 on the Marlin Magic Captained by Jason Holtz out of Kona, Hi. Blue Marlin weighed 1,104lbs. The Blue ate a Marlin Magic Bullet off the long rigger.

[Squidnation]

Second Grander was caught on May 4th, 2010 off of the Ivory Coast.

[ribbon reef 10]

There was also one in Ascension they think could've gone a grand but they stopped short of calling it.

Tracking these also on granderwatch.com...we'll post them here too when we get the reports.

Second Grander was caught on May 4th, 2010 off of the Ivory Coast.

[Squidnation]

Third Grander of the year

Angler Paco Iniguez Aguilar

Sat 6/19/10 9th Annual El Pescador Marlin Tournament. Crew aboard the La Valiente a 21 ft Trophy

1,038lb blue marlin

Congrats

[Squidnation]

playmate from Bermuda

Capt. Kevin Winters, 1018lbs..... short but fat! 132.5 x 74

[sancocho]

I find this in another forum,



670 kilos au bout du fil !

suerte,

[TunaTeaser1]

I find this in another forum,



670 kilos au bout du fil !

suerte,

1474?

[N2theBlue]

you're missing the 1097 by Happy Hooker in Cape Verde from the World Cup

1097 POUND MARLIN TAKES WORLD CUP
Published on July 09, 2010 Email To Friend Print Version

For the third time in the 26 year history of the World Cup Blue Marlin Championship (World Cup), a grander marlin won the event. In the unique World Cup, only 1 team wins the prize. There is no second place in the 1 day world wide tournament which takes place on the fourth of July annually.

The winning team fishing aboard the Happy Hooker in the Cape Verde Islands consisted of Captain Berno Niebuhr from Germany and angler Chris Brand from Portugal. It is the first time in the history of the World Cup that a team has scored a repeat victory. Niebuhr and Brand also won the event in 2006 with an 850 lb blue marlin.

Also aboard for the epic catch were gaff man Amilton Gomez Barros, wire man Antonio Da Cruz Gomez and Vincent Cox who video taped the catch.

There were 149 teams fishing in 17 locations around the globe. Each team fishes from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM in their time zone. Fishing starts on the far side of the dateline in Vanuatu and New Guinea and concludes in Hawaii and French Polynesia.

Since the heaviest blue marlin over 500 lb wins, as soon as a fish is weighed in, the information is spread to the rest of the teams so they will know what they have to beat and smaller fish can be released.

The number of teams set a World Cup record for participation and generated prize money of well over $350,000. there was a separate pool called the Big Blue Challenge with 34 teams entered. None of those teams caught a 500 lb marlin, so an additional $130,000 plus will be returned in accordance with World Cup rules.

Three other marlin were landed prior to the Happy Hooker calling in the weight of their fish. A team fishing on La Onda Emma with captain Wolfgang Maier, also fishing in the Cape Verde Islands, landed a 511 lb blue. In the Canary Islands, Hedonist, with captain Manuel Ramirez boated a 600 lb marlin, and in Madeira, off the coast of Portugal, the team aboard Audaz brought a 546 lb marlin to the scales. Unfortunately none of these teams were entered in the Big Blue Challenge.

Fishing hot spots Bermuda and Kona, Hawaii were uncharacteristically slow on July 4. Each location had produced 6 World Cup winners over past years. This year, 49 World Cup teams in Bermuda failed to catch a fish over 500 lbs although a few smaller marlin were released. In Kona, not a single blue marlin was caught by the 44 boat fleet. Madeira, with 14 teams entered also reported slower than usual fishing. Three World Cup winners have come from Madeira in the past.

The only other 2 World Cup winners over 1000 lb came from Bermuda. They were an 1189 lb blue caught by Martin Estis aboard Tripleplay in 2004 and Don Hunt's 1195 lb winner on Challenger in 1993.

For the first time, World Cup hookup by hookup action was posted on Facebook and Twitter which produced a large following around the world. The real time leading catch, sponsored by Black Bart Lures, was also posted on the World Cup web site, www.bluemarlinworldcup.com.

Mike Leech, Tournament Director said he was pleased with the record participation considering the weak world economy. He also noted that communications ran very smoothly with the help of constant updates posted on the social networks.

[tetepare]

1474?

Huge fish if the weight is correct.

Looks like French Polynesia.

[searich]

Nice catch... nicer release!

Length- 152 inches (mouth to tailfork)- alongside boat measurement

Girth-92 inches (alongside boat estimate)

Calculated wt-1150# (+/- 50#)

Line- 50#, Suffix

Lure- Joe Yee Evil

Rod- Boyce Custom Rods, 50 lb. "shortie chair" special

Fighting time- 40 minutes

Witnesses- Travis Russell, Richard Smith

Captain- Adolfo Grajales

Mates- Ligorrio Sanapi, Aristotal Cordoba

Angler-John E Richardson

Boat-Picaflor, 43 Merritt

Location- San Jose Canyon, Perlas Islands, Panama

Current World Record on 50# line- 1124#

Fish released in excellent condition-07/11/10

Billfish Foundation Tag Number 477407