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| 1st Mate Dwaine Thompson, Captain Vernon Wilson, Glen
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Ambergris Caye was
filled with avid anglers last Friday who were anxious to put out to sea
in search of "The Great Blue Marlin," and a chance to win $100,000 in
prizes at the 11th
annual Belikin Spectacular fishing tournament. Although it was announced
at the end of each day's competition that not a single marlin or sailfish
had been caught, the anglers continued to sail the deep blue sea,
determined to score a big catch. One fishermen commented, "The fish
weren't biting because the moon was full and the tide was high."
The official awards ceremony was held on Sunday
evening at the Belize Yacht Club in San Pedro Town. Master of Ceremonies
Adrian Heusner of the Belize Game Fishing Association congratulated the
winners and presented their prizes. Winning the first place prize of
$3,000 was the team from Camelot. The
second place prize of $2,000 was won by the anglers aboard
Big Trouble, captained by Bob Spindler.
The third place prize of $1,500 was given to the crew of
Get Some and their captain, Adrian
Heusner. In fourth place, winning $750, was the
Outreach fishermen. Coming in fifth
place was the Wide Open team who
received $500.
Although the grand prize marlin was not caught, every
team was still able to hook some big ones. The winning anglers and the
boat on which the fish were caught are as follows: Heaviest Dorado - 12.5
pounds - Dee Ann Musa of Carib Lady;
Heaviest Wahoo - 37 pounds - R. McCory of
Camelot; Heaviest Tuna - 6.5 pounds -
Adrian Heusner of Get Some; Heaviest
Kingfish - 32 pounds - Bob Spindler of Big
Trouble.
The prize for Top Female Angler went to Dee Ann Musa
of Carib Lady, who reeled in the
Heaviest Dolphin at 12.5 pounds. Top Junior Angler went to Andrew Roe for
catching a 35-pound Wahoo aboard
Camelot.
The Top Dog award went to the crew of
Outreach (alias "The
Jetsons") for snagging a 15-pound
barracuda. Angler Glenn Schwendinger of Rendezvous Restaurant &
Winery in San Pedro told The San Pedro
Sun, "It was slow fishing but at least everyone had time
to get to know each other this year. It's always a ëspectacular'
time!"
This year's Calcutta prizes went to
Camelot with first place winnings of
$15,150. Second place monies went to Big
Trouble, winning $7,575.
On behalf of the Belize Game Fishing Association, Mr.
Adrian Heusner offers special thanks to tournament sponsor Bowen &
Bowen, to the Belize Yacht Club for hosting the ceremony, to Weigh Master
Chetin Encalada, and to "Tournament Base" Leslie Rudon.
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