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Old October 26th, 2003, 08:53 PM
Bill Hilton
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Default Cabo's million dollar fish

Well, $1,165,000 to be exact ... plus a new Porsche.

Here is a write up of the Bisbee tournament from Tracy Ehrenberg of Pisces
Fleet. Lotta bucks ...

begin
PISCES WEEKY FISH REPORT

October 18th to 24th 2003

BILLFISH: Well the question on everybody’s lips this week, is “Who won the
Bisbee”, so with out much ado we’ll jump right into it.

First of all there were 163 teams entered, with participants from such places
as Canada, Italy, Japan, England and Tahiti, with the majority of entries from
the United States and Mexico. As usual it was quite a sight to see the boats
lined up for the 8.00 am shotgun start; as is the norm, many boats had headed
out in the pre-dawn hours to search for skipjack, or small yellowfin to use as
bait and then had to rush back to get behind the line to avoid being
disqualified.

The first day of the competition fishing was slow, not just for those in the
contest but for all the charter fleet, but by 2.00 p.m “Gato Negro” a 39
ft Hatteras backed up to the dock, with what would be the first qualifier of
the tournament, a 342 lb blue marlin (minimum weight was set at 300 lbs –
anybody boating and weighing a fish of a lesser weight would be penalized with
negative points. Points could also be attained by releasing smaller blues and
blacks as well as striped marlin and sailfish). There were a smattering of
other fish reported as being released but the only other fish weighed in was at
4.00 pm by “Sr Moment” a 50 ft Viking, who’s fish weighed 412 lbs, for
angler Steve Esrick from Aspen, Colorado – this was Steve’s first try at
this event and he was pleased as the day’s earnings for this fish were
$431,000.00 as they were in all the jackpot categories.

Next day out boats were off eagerly, if there were two fish over 300 lbs, then
there had to be more. This day boats headed mostly to the Pacific were the Sr.
Moment’s fish had been caught the previous day. Despite effort put forth, not
one fish was weighed in on day two that could surpass the 300 lb mark. This
boosted hopes for team Sr. Moment seeing as they had the biggest fish of the
tournament so far and if no other qualifying fish were weighed on the third and
final day, they would have a clean sweep of all of the jackpot money.

This was not to be though, the organizer breathed a sigh of relief as hook-ups
on blue marlin started to come over the radio. “After Midnight” reported
having a fish on board, but said they preferred to stay out to try their luck
at something larger, which kept everybody wondering all day as to what their
strategy was. Around 4.00 pm the 60 foot Ocean “Que Sera” backed into the
weigh station. Now, the locals, knew this had to be a good fish, as captain
Nayo Winkler is a well-liked native of this area and known to be a superb
fisherman – the crowd gasped when the fish was brought out into view, it was
big, After hoisting it up there was a moment of silence and anticipation as the
numbers rang out over the crowd, “Five hundred and sixty-five” – followed
by cheers and whooping, especially by the team members. Now it was a waiting
game, to see who else would bring a fish to the scale.

Next to the weigh-in was a local 31 ft Bertram “Mucho Loco”, their fish
didn’t look as big, but it turned out to be a respectable 371 lbs, which
looked good for a place in the money. Next came “After Midnight”, amongst
muttering, this was the boat that had been awarded first place in 2000 after
the controversial disqualification of hometown favorite “Minerva”, however
their fish was a qualifier at 444 lbs.

Team “Que Sera” were in a celebrating mood that is until they realized
there was still a boat hooked up, to what was supposed to be a huge marlin; in
fact they had been on the fish for over four hours. Tension mounted as teams
hung around for the last fish to come in, the sun set and still everybody
waited. Eventually the silhouette of the 42 ft Uniflite, “Jackpot” was seen
backing up to the scale with a nice fish on the swim step, everybody held their
breath as it was hoisted up and again silence as the numbers began to be called
out “Four hundred and eighty four”, before the crowd erupted into cheering.


The winning fish was taken on the Pacific side off of the Candelaria Canyon; it
hit the lure being trolled three times, before taking a firm hold. The lure was
a blue and pink Marlin Magic lure called Henry and the fight lasted just
forty-five minutes, for angler Brady Bunte from Carlsbad, CA.

MONIES WERE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS:

Winnings consist of a tournament place award plus the jackpots they were
entered in.

1st Place: Que Sera 565 lb blue marlin for angler Brady Bunte, Carlsbad, Ca.

Winnings: $1,165,000.00 plus a new Porsche Carrera – the biggest payout in
the tournaments history.

2nd Place:Jackpot 484 lb blue marlin for angler Leonardo Felix Ruiz, Cabo.

Winnings: $108,945.00 they were not entered in all jackpot divisions.

3rd Place: After Midnight 444 lb blue for Mike Cromer, Ohai Ca.

Winnings: $66,825.00 they were not entered in all jackpot divisions.

4th Place: Senor Moment 412 lb blue marlin for Steve Esrick, Aspen, Co.

Winnings: $446,130.00 they were in all the jackpots.

5th Place: Mucho Loco 371 lb blue marlin for Bill Williams, Manchester, Ct.

Winnings: $9720.00 they were not in all the jackpots.

RELEASE DIVISION:

1st: El Vato – three blue marlin $64,643.00

2nd: Molly Rose – three blue marlin $22,376.00

3rd: Predator – two blue marlin $12,431.00

Overall a total of 43 billfish were released during the three day event, which
is considered very slow for this area.

 




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