East Cape - Mid summer blues
The 18th annual East Cape Bisbee has been and gone. Almost everything that can be said has but
I'm going to weigh in with my take on this years event.
It was by far the most action packed and exciting tournament
in the East Cape's history. This was the
first year qualifying marlin over 300lbs were brought to the scale everyday,
the first time a fish 430lbs wasn't big enough to win the daily and also the
first time a daily didn't roll at least one day.
Game fish jackpot was also very competitive with several
qualifying yellowfin each day. Jen Wren
III got extremely lucky weighing the second largest dorado of the event. Lucky because the boat with the largest was
not entered in the gamefish pot which allowed Team Jones Fish to cash a check
for $45,900. Jones is no stranger to
cashing checks finishing 3rd on Vaquera in a field of 186 teams last November
at the Los Cabos Tuna Jackpot. The
Bisbee's split the prize money and wrote checks to more different teams than
ever before. Congrats to my friends
Andrew, David, Martha, Arturo, Theresa and Alex for all doing a great job. Looks like we mostly kept it in the family.
So... why was this such an action packed event? Because East Cape is experiencing the best
fishing in many years. It has been
nothing but smiles. No more anglers
returning frustrated or with long faces.
No more blaming the moon phase, the tide, the bait, the off color water
or any other lame excuse that can be dreamed up. It has just been solid fishing all season.
Now it is midsummer and our weather continues to be
outstanding. Humidity is up with
Tropical Depression Jova passing by a couple hundred miles south of Cabo San
Lucas. It is breezy today but so far
there has not been one day this season weather has kept us off the water.
Midsummer blues on the bite
Tom Hughes, Team Jones Fish with a winner
Tournaments are fun, the winners circle is more fun
Gary Graham captured this great shotgun start image. I think that is us third from the right.
Meanwhile, before and after the tournament and still going on, quality tuna are cooperating.
Nice sized tuna are a bit line shy and our Accurate Valiants are punishing them
Wahoo in the hood. Win a VW on August 26th we are available for a last minute entry.
Now the tournament is over and the blues won't leave us alone
Sam and Zane ready for sashimi.
Author: Mark Rayor
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