179 Marlin and 1 sailfish released in one day - Cabo San Lucas Mexico - World record

[Ozimo2]

I did the numbers as well.

I took the times they reported and figured it out to be a release every 2.22 min. for 400 min (6 hours 40 min)fishing time. On 30lb.

I came to find out they are backing into a bait ball and pitching live baits to the fish without the leader coming off the rod. Just hook and break off=release.

Even doing that, it would be nearly impossible to sustain the momentum. Can anyone else corraborate this "fish story"?

[squirtis]

OK PEOPLE.................

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FISH FOR A LIVING AND THATS IT///////////

YOU PUT FOUR ANGLERS WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT THESE FOUR HAD AND A CAPTAIN WHO OBVIOUSLY HAS THE EXPERIENCE AS WELL, THEN ADD A MATE OR TWO ALSO WITH THAT MUCH EXPERIENCE......

WHEN THE FISH ARE FEEDING ON BAIT BALLS LIKE THAT IT IS A NO BRAINER, RELEASE ...-RE-BAIT...DROP IN...HOOK UP!!!!!!!

TROPIC STAR HAS CAUGHT AND RELEASED 70 MARLIN ON 10 BOATS IN A DAY....MARLIN

THIS IS VERY OBTAINABLE AND I FOR ONE BELIEVE IT WITHOUT A DOUBT.

THERE ARE MOMENTS THAT IT ALL COMES TOGETHER FOR THOSE WHO PUT THE EFFORT AND EXPERIENCE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

CONGRATS TO CAPT AND CREW, PLEASE DON'T WELCOME THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT ON SFC.COM WITH BS

THIS IS A GREAT SITE AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR IT, DON'T LET IT GO THE WAY THAT SOME OTHER SITED ARE....GIVE THEM THE BENIFIT OF THE DOUBT, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ANGLERS IN THE KNOW THAT WOULD SQUASH THIS LIKE LIGHTNING IF IT WERE A TALL TALE


CURTIS

[GALAZIO]

That is a SICK report! Congrats on a day of a lifetime! The pics are nice too...thanks for sharing.

[Finnseeker]

This is one for Ripley's.

Pardon me, if I don't believe it. You're saying that in four hours fishing time, your crew boated and released 100 striped marlin? Unbelieveable - that's 25 fish an hour.

How many were tagged?

None were tagged however we did release a fish that had a tag in it already. There was no time to tag fish as it would have taken to much time.

I have 8 x cameras that were running fulltime filming from different angles with 12 hrs of footage each thats 96 hrs of video been edited and produced. One underwater video image shows 21 striped marlin surrounding the bait ball and thats what we could see and count in the view of the underwater camera when we freeze framed it.

Our first hook up was 7.03am from our camera data recordings , I made an error with the mexican time change clocks so it was not 8 or so.

The tackle we used as follows:

The tackle was -

14 x 7' Melton casters, Trinidad 30's and Torsa 30's (Trinidads were the reel of choice with the high gear ratio and better casting freespool spooled with 65 lb. hi-vis braid worm knotted to 100 yards of 30 lb. line to 30' of 100 lb. regular clear Berkley Hi Test (we had a 1,000 yard spool sitting behind the chair) then snelled on through the bend side of the eye an Eagle Claw L2004EL 8/0 circle hook with the bait either just pinned through the mackerels nose or using Quick Rig bait clips. When we got down to 6 top 10 live baits we would have Alex Rogers and Jose use the live bait and Dave and his brother Steve would use the Quick Rig clips to horse ballyhoo. They would just cast the ballyhoo to the bait ball, let it sink for 3 seconds and then wind and then stall the bait when a marlin was trailing the casted ballyhoo for the bite.

We started off with 14 rigged casting outfits, broke two rods near the tip, dropped one in the drink. We would have Alex Roger's father-in-law stand behind the chair all day and as we would release a fish would hand Dennis the rod and he would re-rig. He was one hook snelling S.O.B. this day..lol! He was working on 4 outfits from the back of the chair all day long. As a rod was finished being re-rigged it was put in the rod holders in the gunnels next to the bridge and we would rotate through rods this way. As we would run out of bait and leave for the 3.5 mile run back to the bait at 35 knots we would re-spool the 100 yard top shots on as many outfits as we could get down before three guys would start making bait. We burned though four 50 packs of Eagle Claw 8/0 L2004EL hooks - 200 total for 180 billfish not bad - very few fish lost - a lot of times we got the hook back on fish.

Here are pics from my boat cameras
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...3saul5-000.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...3saul4-000.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...3saul2-000.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...3Saul1-000.jpg

Press Release : Dana Point Ca, 6th November 2007
The Committee of the www.wcbrt.com are pleased to announce the addition to its successful May tournaments at the request of
several Teams, anglers, Captains and locals to conduct a second WCBRT event this December 6th - 8th 2007 - Cabo San Lucas Mexico.
December is known for the many striped marlin and boats with successful marlin release numbers every December.

Labeled the Mini WCBRT ( World Championship Billfish Release Tournament) this will be 2 days of fishing December 7th and 8th 2007
with the exact same rules and regulations as the successful Striped marlin all Eagle Claw circle hook release tournament held in May each year
in Cabo San Lucas Mexico.

The ONE MILLION DOLLAR www.wcbrt.com May 2008 event is scheduled for May 17th - 21st , 2008 and Considered by blue water
anglers as the Striped Marlin Capital of the World, the Tournament Committee provides a tournament "For fishermen by fishermen" .
The prestigious three day all circle hook, all catch-and-release tournament produced the highest number of released striped marlin
ever released in a money tournament worldwide (465 released), all on circle hooks plus the highest cash payout ever for a all release
striped marlin money tournament worldwide.

With only 30 days before the mini WCBRT the Committee are putting the second WCBRT event together with the following changes.

December the 6th will be tournament registration and sign up at the Baja Cantina Dockside, registration is from 3pm - 6.pm and
will be cash only accepted. This will avoid cheque clearing delays, cheque deposit fees and extra expenses associated with accepting
cheques and immediate payout December 8th . The Captains meeting will be at 7.00pm at the Baja Cantina Dockside

Tournament fishing days will be Friday the 7th & Saturday the 8th of December with the awards banquet following at 8.00pm
at the Baja Cantina Dockside.

Several changes have been made to accommodate the 2 day fishing event with the striped marlin possibly been on the finger bank
by increasing the tournament range to 55 Nautical miles to include the Finger bank. The tournament will be requiring teams to use
their own video camera's with current date and time to aid and assist with hook ups and released fish backed by onboard observers
and the tournament supplied camera's.

The basic tournament entry fee will be USD $ 2000.00 per team with 3 daily jackpots to be included USD $ 300.00, $ 600.00 and $ 1000.00
divisions with the same prize and cash distribution as our successful May WCBRT. The rules, dates and entry forms will be updated and available
on the website at www.wcbrt.com.

Tournament Schedule December 6th - 8th , 2007:

December 6th - Registration at the Baja Cantina Dockside 3.00pm - 6.00pm
December 6th - Captains meeting at the Baja Cantina - 7.00pm
December 7th - 7.00am Start fishing - 5.00pm Stop Fishing
December 8th - 7.00am Start fishing - 5.00pm Stop Fishing
December 8th - 8.00pm Payout and awards - Baja Cantina Dockside

Tournament Entry:
Entry Fee USD $ 2000.00 per team
Daily Jackpots USD $ 300.00 ( must be entered in both days )
USD $ 600.00 ( must be entered in both days )
USD $ 1000.00( must be entered in both days )


Tournament rule Modifications :

55 nautical miles from the point of the famous Cabo arch
Two days fishing December 7th & 8th , 2007
Cash only accepted - no exceptions

Interested observers please contact Bill Morris at bill.morris1@cox.net who will be coordinating this once again

See you in Cabo for some of the worlds best striped marlin fishing
The Committee
"A RELEASE TODAY IS A FISH TOMORROW "

" A release today is a fish tomorrow "

Cheers

Chris

[Finnseeker]

None were tagged however we did release a fish that had a tag in it already. There was no time to tag fish as it would have taken to much time. For those who dont believe fish came off the leader here below I have freeze framed several shots so you can see the fish when hooked up were taking off and running

I have 8 x cameras that were running fulltime filming from different angles with 12 hrs of footage each thats 96 hrs of video been edited and produced. One underwater video image shows 21 striped marlin surrounding the bait ball and thats what we could see and count in the view of the underwater camera when we freeze framed it.

Our first hook up was 7.03am from our camera data recordings , I made an error with the mexican time change clocks so it was not 8 or so.

The tackle we used as follows:

The tackle was -

14 x 7' Melton casters, Trinidad 30's and Torsa 30's (Trinidads were the reel of choice with the high gear ratio and better casting freespool spooled with 65 lb. hi-vis braid worm knotted to 100 yards of 30 lb. line to 30' of 100 lb. regular clear Berkley Hi Test (we had a 1,000 yard spool sitting behind the chair) then snelled on through the bend side of the eye an Eagle Claw L2004EL 8/0 circle hook with the bait either just pinned through the mackerels nose or using Quick Rig bait clips. When we got down to 6 top 10 live baits we would have Alex Rogers and Jose use the live bait and Dave and his brother Steve would use the Quick Rig clips to horse ballyhoo. They would just cast the ballyhoo to the bait ball, let it sink for 3 seconds and then wind and then stall the bait when a marlin was trailing the casted ballyhoo for the bite.

We started off with 14 rigged casting outfits, broke two rods near the tip, dropped one in the drink. We would have Alex Roger's father-in-law stand behind the chair all day and as we would release a fish would hand Dennis the rod and he would re-rig. He was one hook snelling S.O.B. this day..lol! He was working on 4 outfits from the back of the chair all day long. As a rod was finished being re-rigged it was put in the rod holders in the gunnels next to the bridge and we would rotate through rods this way. As we would run out of bait and leave for the 3.5 mile run back to the bait at 35 knots we would re-spool the 100 yard top shots on as many outfits as we could get down before three guys would start making bait. We burned though four 50 packs of Eagle Claw 8/0 L2004EL hooks - 200 total for 180 billfish not bad - very few fish lost - a lot of times we got the hook back on fish.

Here are pics from my boat cameras
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...3saul5-000.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...3saul4-000.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...3saul2-000.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...3Saul1-000.jpg

Press Release : Dana Point Ca, 6th November 2007
The Committee of the www.wcbrt.com are pleased to announce the addition to its successful May tournaments at the request of
several Teams, anglers, Captains and locals to conduct a second WCBRT event this December 6th - 8th 2007 - Cabo San Lucas Mexico.
December is known for the many striped marlin and boats with successful marlin release numbers every December.

Labeled the Mini WCBRT ( World Championship Billfish Release Tournament) this will be 2 days of fishing December 7th and 8th 2007
with the exact same rules and regulations as the successful Striped marlin all Eagle Claw circle hook release tournament held in May each year
in Cabo San Lucas Mexico.

The ONE MILLION DOLLAR www.wcbrt.com May 2008 event is scheduled for May 17th - 21st , 2008 and Considered by blue water
anglers as the Striped Marlin Capital of the World, the Tournament Committee provides a tournament "For fishermen by fishermen" .
The prestigious three day all circle hook, all catch-and-release tournament produced the highest number of released striped marlin
ever released in a money tournament worldwide (465 released), all on circle hooks plus the highest cash payout ever for a all release
striped marlin money tournament worldwide.

With only 30 days before the mini WCBRT the Committee are putting the second WCBRT event together with the following changes.

December the 6th will be tournament registration and sign up at the Baja Cantina Dockside, registration is from 3pm - 6.pm and
will be cash only accepted. This will avoid cheque clearing delays, cheque deposit fees and extra expenses associated with accepting
cheques and immediate payout December 8th . The Captains meeting will be at 7.00pm at the Baja Cantina Dockside

Tournament fishing days will be Friday the 7th & Saturday the 8th of December with the awards banquet following at 8.00pm
at the Baja Cantina Dockside.

Several changes have been made to accommodate the 2 day fishing event with the striped marlin possibly been on the finger bank
by increasing the tournament range to 55 Nautical miles to include the Finger bank. The tournament will be requiring teams to use
their own video camera's with current date and time to aid and assist with hook ups and released fish backed by onboard observers
and the tournament supplied camera's.

The basic tournament entry fee will be USD $ 2000.00 per team with 3 daily jackpots to be included USD $ 300.00, $ 600.00 and $ 1000.00
divisions with the same prize and cash distribution as our successful May WCBRT. The rules, dates and entry forms will be updated and available
on the website at www.wcbrt.com.

Tournament Schedule December 6th - 8th , 2007:

December 6th - Registration at the Baja Cantina Dockside 3.00pm - 6.00pm
December 6th - Captains meeting at the Baja Cantina - 7.00pm
December 7th - 7.00am Start fishing - 5.00pm Stop Fishing
December 8th - 7.00am Start fishing - 5.00pm Stop Fishing
December 8th - 8.00pm Payout and awards - Baja Cantina Dockside

Tournament Entry:
Entry Fee USD $ 2000.00 per team
Daily Jackpots USD $ 300.00 ( must be entered in both days )
USD $ 600.00 ( must be entered in both days )
USD $ 1000.00( must be entered in both days )


Tournament rule Modifications :

55 nautical miles from the point of the famous Cabo arch
Two days fishing December 7th & 8th , 2007
Cash only accepted - no exceptions

Interested observers please contact Bill Morris at bill.morris1@cox.net who will be coordinating this once again

See you in Cabo for some of the worlds best striped marlin fishing
The Committee
"A RELEASE TODAY IS A FISH TOMORROW "

" A release today is a fish tomorrow "

Cheers

Chris

[Finishing Touch]

LuckyDrew

I don't doubt that they did it, and it is a great accomplishment. But please don’t call me an idiot and tell me STFU.

If they were backing right up to the ball and dropping/casting live bait with 30 foot leaders very likely sometimes the leader never came off the rod tip. It happened to us in Isla.

[flatbottom]

I would like to see the video when you have a chance.
If you need some help editing ....ask here. I am sure Admin would host it for you. Video plays better on sportfishemen.com and your view rate will go thru the bridge fiberglass top

That is going to be a tough act to follow. Congrats to you guys !!

Flatbottom

[Fiore3]

Very nice report and catch.... 179 Marlin released, thats one hell of a day....

[Reelcommocean]

WOW. Incredible catch. Can't imagine how tired you must have been after that. Sounds like quite a chinese fire drill.

[roughriderjosh]

this is unreal good stuff!! thanks for the great pics. congratulations doesnt do justice.