We went down to Turtle Cove Marina today and watched the Caicos Cup Tournament boats pull in after a day's fishing.
The fish are still biting and this year’s Caicos Classic Tournament has eight boats entered and five of them are local boats. I’m not sure how many Marlin were caught and released but will add this information once the tournament is over. Art Pickering, tournament director was out and about as the boats returned to the dock.
Ossie and Scooter check the weight on a dorado caught by Chucke 11.
Release points are scored as follows: Blue Marlin 300 points; White Marlin 200 points; Sailfish 100 points. The scoreboard at Scooter Bob’s showed quite a few fish caught and released over the three days of the tournament. Tomorrow, the final day, will be a day of fierce competition.
Caicos Classic Scoreboard showin the fishing boats and numbers of billfish caught and released so far.
The boats fish from 8 am to 4:30 pm daily and each boat has an IGFA certified observer on board. For a release to qualify for points, the observer and a witness must identify the species of fish, the leader has to be brought within grasp of the mate and wind on leaders must have an identifying mark in place of a swivel.
Chad carves up a Dorado...........a great fish fry tonight for some lucky people.
Make sure you make a note of next year’s competition………… June 19 to 24, 2010. Hope that you’ll join us for our annual Caicos Classic Release Tournament.
Tight Lines!
Marta