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Bisbees 2014 roundup

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The Bisbee’s Black And Blue tournament is now in its 34th year and is going from strength to strength.

This year Hurricane Odile could easily have damaged the potential number of entrants and visitors to fish in the world famous event, however fishermen are made of tougher stuff and the Bisbee’s went ahead regardless, filling the town with a buzz and atmosphere all of its own.

The Bisbee family were involved immediately with the relief effort in and around Cabo after the hurricane. Working in partnership with groups like Waves 4 Water and Club Dust, water filtration systems were distributed and temporary houses were erected. Bob Bisbee Senior, the founder of the Black & Blue and the family patriarch, flew down immediately he was able and began disbursing low-interest loans and grants to help the local, independent charter boats, bait fishermen and eco-tourism guides get back on the water.

Another initiative helped kick-start tournament registration to put the local fishermen back to work. An anonymous benefactor agreed to pay a number of base entries if anglers would book the local charters at a fixed fee. The response was tremendous and a random raffle assigned the teams to the participating boats.

Still, no one quite expected the overall reaction of Bisbee’s anglers past, present and future. This is the 34th year of the B&B and many have fished it for decades. So when the cry went out to help the local economy rebound, hundreds heeded the call. By late Tuesday evening the boat tally was 127 teams, with the overall prize money topping $2.1 million. As the captains’ meeting concluded and the jovial crowd watched the entertainment before the ceremonial torch was lit, it went without saying that this will be the Black & Blue to remember.

Cabo San Lucas is one of the few spots in the world where anglers can consistently catch the two largest species of marlin, blues and blacks. Consistent success with these pelagic predators, however, calls for different tactics which often forces decisions for Captains and crews alike as to which species they aim for.

Blacks tend to hang around reefs and structure with large concentrations of bait so the underwater mounts off the tip of the Baja peninsula like Gordo Bank and Jaime Bank are prime places to bridle a live skipjack or yellowfin tuna and slowly bump the boat in and out of gear until a marlin spots it and decides to eat.

Blues, on the other hand, are open water predators that roam rips, currents and weed lines in search of food like dorado and squid. Boats targeting blue marlin often use lures so they can troll faster to cover more water to maximize the presentation.

Canadian tourist Dan Tosczak’s vacation took a strange and happy turn on the first day of the tourney. He and his girlfriend had booked a trip to Cabo to watch the Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Tournament, however when they arrived, they found out about the Charter Hook-Up program and decided to fish. By the time the scales at the Puerto Paraiso Mall closed at 9 p.m. Tosczak and Team Danito y Karlita were the early tournament leaders with a 394-pound blue.

The Charter Hook-Up program was another initiative that was created this year as a result of Hurricane Odile to put the local independent charter boats back to work. An anonymous donor agreed to pay the base entry for a number of teams if they agreed to book a local boat to fish the tournament. A random raffle matching boats and teams was held Tuesday, setting the stage for Tosczak’s top fish. That fight took 65 minutes.

Despite several blues and blacks being boated over the first two days, running up to the last day there was more than $2.1 million in prize money still to win.

With no clear winner jackpot-wise emerging, it took a flurry of fish the third and final day to keep the late-drama streak alive. And in the end it wasn’t a monster fish or a tournament record making the most impact. But with 37 pounds to spare, Sporty Game scored the top prize and the biggest payout of the week. The team had bet across the board in all possible jackpots in the optional categories and stands to win close to $1.5 million for its catch.

Bisbees 2014 will go down in history here in Los Cabos – not just because of the prize money – but also because of the generosity of the Bisbee family in the recovery efforts, the determination of the local people to get back to work despite the ravages of Odile, and of course the visiting anglers that put so much into this amazing community.

Proof, if ever was needed, that Cabo was and still is basically a fishing town.

#Unstoppable.

 


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