A couple of International Reports

[Squidnation]

First is from Venezuela from Butch Cox on the Prime Time from two days ago.

yesterday the fishing was red hot. top boat had 8 blues. top boat today
had 5 ! we werte 2 for 4. there were a lot of blues caught
today.

Second is From Olaf in Asencion Island

16.03.2007

We fished The SW of the island again but we didn´t see any sailfish. At 1 30 we got a bite of a small blue marlin on the ST prowler but pulled the hook. I went to the westside and at 3 pm we caught a 250 pounder also on the ST prowler. At 5 oclock we got a bite on Hawaian Breakfast and the fish was on.

It took a lot of line and went deep. After one hour we got her up and a very tired fish came along the boat. She was big and I took the measurements. As the formula said 970 pounds and the tailmeasurement was 20 inch we decided to weigh the fish.

After a lot of trouble getting the fish up the pierhead without a crane (and ripping the gills out pulling it up) we organized a forklift to finaly get the weight of the leftovers.

The scale showed 918 pounds.

Cheers!

Olaf


Lastly Congratulations to Ocean City's Capt Luke Bloom on the Press Time for Winning the Bacardi Billfish Tournament.

Press Time 425 Points Blue Marlin Boated
Skidmarks 200 Points Blue Marlin Release (Two Releases)
April Fool 200 Points Blue Marlin Release (Two Releases)
By Design 200 Points Blue Marlin Release (Two Releases)
Endless Summer 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
Grander 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
Stresproof 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
On Ice 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
Juel Marie 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
Troublemaker 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
Sundance Ocean 54 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
Tenacious 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
Hit’n Run 100 Points Blue Marlin Release
Bluewater CAT 75 Points White Marlin Release
Sierra Hotel 50 Points Sailfish Release (Two Releases)
Wolverine III 25 Points Sailfish Release
Kingsbury 25 Points Sailfish Release
Evans B 25 Points Sailfish Release
Bill Back 25 Points Sailfish Release
Showpiece 25 Points Sailfish Release
Shelby Rose 25 Points Sailfish Release

[#1Gaffman]

Thanks for the report,


Looks like there was some nice boats in that tourny. Must have been fun