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Amigos del Mar Brings In the Most Lion Fish

Humberto Torres Catches the Largest Lion Fish

It was another great Lion Fish Tournament held this past Saturday, March 26, 2011, following the successful first tournament that took place in January of this year. Once again the Coral Reef Alliance and the Hol Chan Marine Reserve (in collaboration with Wahoo's Lounge and the San Pedro Tour Guide Association) organized a great tournament as a means to control the invasive Lion Fish population in Belizean waters.

Fishermen, tour guides, divers and the public were once again invited to participate in the tournament. All the activity and weighing station was centered at the beachfront at Wahoo's Lounge at the Spindrift Hotel. Official weighing commenced at 3:00 p.m. and ended at 5:00 p.m. The fish were counted, measured and fishing devices such as spears and fishnets were checked for approval.

On the beach, tourists flocked to the demonstration table set up to show how to properly handle, clean, fillet and ready the lionfish for cooking. The grilling of the Lion Fish fillet started after the 5p.m. deadline and there was plenty of free fish for everybody who was interested in sampling. There was a total of 791 Lion Fish caught this time around.

Catching the smallest Lion Fish this year was 13-year-old Tino Campos who caught the 5 cm fish with two plastic cups. He was anxious all throughout the tournament hoping that no one else would come with a smaller fish. In the end he was a very happy camper. The largest Lion Fish was caught by Humberto Torres of the Amigos del Mar team. Congratulations to all the winners.

Below are the results and prizes of the second Lion Fish Tournament.

1. First Place Team (Most Fish) - Amigos del Mar (264 Lion Fish)
$1,500 Boat Cushions (Sew What)
$250 Fuel Voucher (Fools)
$50 Bar Tab (Wahoo's Lounge)
$50 Dinner (Caliente)

Second Place - FOOLS Fraternal Order of Lionfish Slayers (233)
$200 Gift (Rojo Lounge)
2 Seatrek Trip (Discovery Expeditions)
2 Dinner (Caroline's Fine Cooking)
2 Wednesday Buffet at Jambel (Steve Bowen)

Third Place - Hol Chan Alliance (153)
Two round trip (Tropic Air)

2. First Place Individual (Most Fish) - Gil Nu�ez (62)
Flight to Placencia (Maya Island Air)
Trip to Laughing Bird (Sea Horse D.S.)
Three Course lunch - Mathieu's Delicatessen

Second Place Individual - Island Divers (50)
2 Kayak Exp. (Discovery Expeditions)
$50 Bar Tab (Road Kill Bar)

Third Place Individual - Tino Campos (16)
Bottle of Wine (Wine de Vine)

3. First Place Largest - Amigos del Mar (42cm)
$200 (Don Listwin)
4. First Place Smallest - Tino Campos (5cm)
$200 (Don Listwin)

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Wahoo Lounge holds 2nd Lionfish tournament


On Saturday March 26th, Wahoo Lounge hosted its second Lionfish Tournament. With participants heading to sea as early at 6:00am; weighing started at 5:00pm. At about 6:30pm the results were in. The total number of lionfish collected was 791. Categories for the competition included: Teams; first, second and third place. Individual: first, second and third place. There were also prizes for the largest and smallest lionfish.

Starting off the award ceremony was for the smallest lionfish measuring 5cm; 13 year-old Tino Campos took home $200 courtesy of Canary Cove and explained that he caught the small lionfish at a local dock. Accepting a $200 cash prize courtesy of Canary Cove for the largest lionfish was Humberto Torres on behalf of Amigos del Mar. Their lionfish measured an impressive 42cm.

In the individual leg of the competition; 13 year old Tino Campos was back on stage, collecting a bottle of wine, courtesy of Wine de Vine for third place; capturing 16 lionfish. Second place went to Island Divers; which received a kayak expedition for two courtesy of Discovery Expeditions and a $50 bar tab at Road Kill for their capture of 50 lionfish. In first place was Gill Nu�ez who caught 62 lionfish. Nu�ez received a roundtrip ticket to Placencia via Maya Island Air, a day trip to Laughing Bird Caye, courtesy of Seahorse Dive Shop; and a three-course lunch courtesy of Mathieu's Deli.

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Wahoo's Lounge Belize
TONIGHT SUNDAY 3/3/11
WrestleMania XXVII, BIG GUNS of San Pedro. Come on down, watch the matches and SIGN UP FOR OUR ARM WRESTING CONTEST
SPAWC Event (San Pedro Arm Wresting Champion)
Arms start at 9.00 pm (sign up before)
$5.00 to enter, winner take all at the end of the night
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Wahoo's now features WAHOO SKINNY'S


....no sugar/lo calorie frozen and mixes Caribbean Cocktails...
Come try our Mojito, Margarita, Rum Rita, or Caipirinha!
All the delicious with none of the guilt!

Wahooooo


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yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!


I will have a Belikin -- put it on klcman's tab.
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HEY ALL,

FOR THE EASTER WEEKEND WE WILL BE HAVING A FEW PROMOTIONS TO HELP MAKE THIS SEASON FUN FOR ALL THE LOCALS AND ALL THE EASTER VISITORS

WE WILL RUN A DATING GAME, $1000 CHICKEN DROP, BEST BIKINI BOD CONTEST, AND A NEW ULTIMATE DIVER COMPETITION , this will include breath-holding, tank moving, running in fins, and gear assembly and knot tying (boat peeps)
check the SP Sun or our facebook for dates/times...come into wahoos to sign up for dating or diver or bikini contests...

EARTH DAY IS APRIL 22ND. We would like to have a lionfish BBQ in honor of EARTH DAYS EAT LOCAL campaign. We want to encourage everyone to eat/live with the planet in mind. Eating locally reduces the global footprint and help our economy, and hey it's affordable!
Since Earth Day is also Good Friday - let's eat fish and do good!

We will ask the fisherman/divers that participated in the lionfish tournament to bring in fish. All the fish they bring will be counted in their name toward the next event, but on this day APRIL 22ND- we will eat them. We will have fixings and grills....Come taste the fish and help the reef, we will sell little taster plates for $5 and all the money will go back to the Lionfish tournament fund for prizes


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Wish they would have come up with them a week ago..come to think of it...my daughter asked for such a drink and whatever they concocted for her was good...maybe she was the instigator?

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Wahoo's Lounge Belize on line retail store

Please visit our store, here you can score a little bit of San Pedro while you are away! Please come visit us on the beach when you are in (or if you are in) San Pedro!


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Thanks for carrying the XXXL's. Do you have all of the sizes available at Wahoo's?

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