Hooked on San Carlos Tournament Results
by Eddie Geisel, Sonora is Safe
The First Annual Hooked On San Carlos Fishing Tournament was a great success. There were 16 boats entered, which is excellent for a first year tournament in July. With captains there were 80 participants. The total amount paid out to the winners was $12,860 dollars. $3,700 dollars was donated to Sonora Is Safe by the Hooked On San Carlos Fishing Tournament to go towards promoting San Carlos / Guaymas in the US and Canada.
All of the bill fish (marlin and sailfish) were released.
The tournament organizers are extremely happy with the level of support given by the tournament planning committee. We had volunteers who have worked most of San Carlos’s fishing tournaments along with volunteers who were working their first tournament. The mixture of new and older proven ideas made this tournament special. We would like to note that Kevin Kelly did an outstanding job as tournament control with Debbi Hainlen and Tammi Miller working with him.
The State of Sonora Tourism (COFETUR) and State of Sonora Sports (CODESON), along with the Guaymas Ayuntamiento and the San Carlos/Guaymas OCV all helped to support this tournament.
We are already beginning to plan the Hooked On San Carlos Fishing Tournament for next year. We believe that this tournament could turn into a very large and exciting event that will draw many more fishing participants and their families to San Carlos / Guaymas.
Total fish caught:
Marlin 20
Sail 41
Dorado 17
Tuna 4
Total Fish Caught 82, including 61 billfish
The Winners were:
Overall tournament winner: D’Becca – 1838.0 points
Saturday jackpot winner: Kryptonite – 1000 points – $6,480.00
Sunday jackpot winner: D’Becca – 1021.2 points – $5,680.00
Billfish 1st place: Kriptonite – 7 sailfish, 2 marlin (tie breaker on time)
Billfish 2nd place: D’Becca – 6 marlin, 3 sails
Dorado 1st place: Mary Margaret
Dorado 2nd place: No Limit
Tuna 1st place: No Limit
Tuna 2nd place: Kryptonite
Captains trophy: Zeniedo “Sonny” Inda (D’Becca) – $700
Participating boats:
D’Becca
Kryptonite
777
Matrix
Ocean Dancer
Margarita IV
Desperado
No Limit
Reel Steal
Hattattack
Reel Addiction
Mary Margaret
Dakota
No le Hace
Big Frank
Que Rico
Hooked on San Carlos Photos
Photos by Paula Fishman from sunphoto.
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