Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The call is made... Stop fishing!!!!

the call has been made - there are still teams hooked up...

please go to catalinatournaments.com for the official results - they should be posted by6:30 or 7.

Action is the game...

With 10 minutes of fishing left C-Bandit has released a marlin (3 marlin today)... To steal from my friends at TNT - "we know drama!"

Update

Bad Company's single turned into a double and they lost both....

Then Bad Company hooked up again along with Angel and the Badman...

The drama, the excitment, the money....

Not to be out done

And not to be out done and completing the race they started at the ABC - Team Bad Company just hooked up chasing Gambler for the daily...

These is another neck n neck race....

know when to hold them, know when to fold them

Gambler, just landed a very quick catch and release - 4 for the day for one of the premier West Coast teams...

24.... tick, tock, tick, tock

Like the final hour of 24hr with the hero's life on the line - each team is fighting hard to get the right marlin....

As the time ticks down -

Scrambler just released their marlin as did C-Bandit...

Time keeps ticking away, tick, tick, ticking away....
C-Bandit still hooked up - the pier people are praying for a big one... The cameras are ready and the scale opened up...

Scrambler just hooked up and Chaser just released - and too everything, turn, turn, turn...

Great day of fishing...

Ruckus releases

C-Bandit is still on as well as Chaser -

Ruckus broke the trend releasing their marlin at 1:39.

It is coming down to the wire....
With their first release of the tournament, Exta Sea is on the board. This team took 3rd in the ABC last week. We are proud to see them continue to succeed on the water.

Other teams on the hook up are -

C-Bandit
Chaser
Ruckus

There is only 1.5 hours left until lines out...

They just keep letting go

Gambler just let go of their second marlin

Bad Company keeping in step released their marlin as well...

C-Bandit is still hooked up to their marlin...

Cool wind from the south east and a busy day in C1....

Let 3-dom ring!!

Gambler just released their first of two hooked up marlin and in the spirit of 3 Bad Company hooked up - keeping 3 marlin hooked up:

Gambler
C-Bandit
Bad Company

More to come....

3 are fighting...

C-bandit just hooked up and Gambler is still fighting their double. C1 is turning into a marlin fight club - we are all hoping anglers win...

Doubling down

The Gambler, just doubled down with two hook ups... The watchers and listeners are wondering to themselves and aloud - will one of these finally be a "keeper?"

You will know as soon as I do...

Letting go...

Chaser has released their marlin - official time, 9:57.

Recap:

Good Karma - 1
Bad Company - 2
Chaser - 1

The wind, out of the east, has a bit of a chill in it... But that is not stopping the best of the best as they fish Riviera Zane Grey....

Two more to release

Bad Company has officially released their two marlin -

Chaser is still fighting their marlin -

More to come...

Good Karma - first to release

Good Karma is the first to release their marlin. Good Karma will receive 7 strand EAL lure for being the first team to release ... nice job all the way around Good Karma

The board is lit - the scale is open - the people are waiting, asking, begging, wanting to see a marlin... Only time will tell

More releases to come...

Adding to the list....

Good Karma has hooked up as well....

Team Bad Company is still fighting their double

Chaser is still fighting their marlin as well...

All of this is happening in C1 still...

Stay tuned for up to minute results of who has hooked up and who has released their marlin...

Guess who's hooked up, hooked up again?????

Team Bad Company (www.badcoteam.com) has doubled down Vegas style with the first hook up of the morning and they have made it a double. The team is all the way up in C1 - the West end of the island - almost all the hook ups happened there yesterday...

Chaser followed up Bad Company with their own hook up....

The bite is getting....

More to come and tight lines...

Final day of fishing - shotgun start

6:30 am - the final day of fishing has officially begun.... This is the final day of fishing and a marlin has yet to be boated. Teams are going in all different directions searching for the big marlin....

The water is warm, the weather on the island is warm and muggy - seems to be another perfect day for early hook ups....

Tight lines...