Thirteen boats went out early Sunday morning to catch fish and compete in the Golden Hook Fishing Club’s Big 7 Fishing Tournament. The anglers were fishing for blue and white marlin, sailfish, wahoo, mahi, yellowfin tuna and kingfish. No billfish were caught, according to Jeremy Janusziewicz. The rules call for billfish and undersized fish to be released.
Sean Kelly from DPNR Fish and Wildlife weighed and recorded each fish. Wahoo was the most popular fish, followed by mahi. (Susan Ellis photo)Trish Rhodes, on Edgar Bengoa’s Golden Eagle, caught the largest fish of the day — a 43-pound wahoo. The second place fish was 28-and-a-half pound wahoo caught by Roger Charles. (Susan Ellis photo)Turtle Daze and Joel Ureta’s crew hooked the third largest fish — a 28-pound wahoo, Sunday. (Susan Ellis photoThe crew of Ruffian caught 26 fish, mostly wahoo. (Susan Ellis photo)Cleaning and fileting fish began after the fish had been weighed. Ruffian, with Capt. Christ Stanton, brought in 220 pounds of wahoo and mahi to win Best Boat. (Susan Ellis photo)Fishermen from Doug Mackay’s Betty Ann, left, and other fishermen set up stations to clean and cut up their catch. Betty Ann brought in 93 pounds of wahoo and mahi to win second place. (Susan Ellis photo)Ronnie Love (white shirt) telling fish stories after coming in third on Reel Love with Capt. Jose Sanches. They caught 49 pounds of mahi and wahoo. (Susan Ellis photo)
Golden Eagle and Ruffian each won $845 for largest fish and best boat. Gemini took home $585 for second-largest fist and Turtle Daze received $325 for the third-largest fish.
