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...

Lines out...

Stan at MarlinNut.com has pondered - "did you not pay the fish today?" We never pay fish to bite on days that end in "Y" my friend...

On a serious note, today was a bit slower with 15 marlin caught and released. Here is a recap of the day - (these results are unofficial until the tapes are reviewed by tournament control):

Bad Company - 4
Club Ted - 2
Angel and the Bad Man - 2
After Midnight - 2
C-Bandit - 1
Ruckus - 1
Scrambler - 1

Tomorrow, i.e. Wednesday ends in "Y" so sorry Stan we will not be paying any marlin to bite. We need to leave that up to great anglers...

Tight lines... More fun and marlin tomorrow

Best of luck to all the teams....

2pm update

The fishing has slowed down - but that will not slow down tournament control. I have the word - Zane Grey T-shirts, ABC T-shirts, Zane Grey hats and the Fishworks Zane Grey Button downs are on sale until a hook up is called in....

T-shirts: 10 (5 bucks off)
Hats 8 (2 bucks off)
Fishworks 40 (5 bucks off)

Shoot me an email to reserve your shirt. Sizes and quantities are limited.

The mariln aren't biting so get bit with Tournament Control gear...

Tight lines

After Midnight

Another great team gets on the board - After Midnight has just called in their first catch and release...

The wind is picking up and getting a bit cool and the bite has slowed since the morning.

Tight lines and more to come...

Add on another one...

Bad Company has just caught and released their 4th marlin of the day.

The total count is now at 10 marlin caught and released before 11am...

Here is a quick recap -

Team Bad Company - 4
Angel and the Bad Man - 2
Club Ted - 2
Ruckus - 1
C-Bandit - 1

Tight lines

Setting hooks

Hooked up right now is

Bad Company is hooked up with 2

3 other marlin have been caught and released -

Club Ted (got a quad - that is two quads for the day) - and just like Bad Co they lost 2 and released 2

Coming in strong with another catch and release is team Angel and the Bad Man bringing their catch total to 2...

Tight lines

The bite is on....

Ruckus just caught and released a fish brining the total to 5 marlin caught and released today..

Bad Company with 2
Angel and the Bad Man with 1
C-Bandit with 1
Ruckus with 1

It soooo good to be...

There is a theme starting on the water - first was Bad Company then Angel and The Bad Man and now C-Bandit... The Bad Boys of the water are hooking up...

9:15 update... Angels and Bad Men

A new team is in the hunt and on the board - Angel and the Bad Man have caught and released a marlin. There are several teams with more one or more hook ups putting them all in the hunt for first place and for the daily jackpots (for those that chose to play).... All they need to do is weigh a marlin - 2 points for every pound to 165 (minimum qualifier) and then 3 points for every pound past 165. The scales are open and this is any teams tournament to win!

Tight lines and more to come...

8:30 update -

Team Bad Company started the morning off with a bang! A quad hook up for the team - two lost and two released. The action is hot, hot, hot, hot!!!!

Tight lines and more to come....

Day 2: Shotgun bang!

The smooth voice of tournament control set the anglers loose on the cool blue pacific waters - all them eager to hunt down more marlin. Just like yesterday 5 teams went West and the rest went South East... Around tournament control veteran, Grant Hunner, has a cup a hot joe on the fact that a marlin hook up will be called in no later then 7:45... Just an hour and 15 to prove him write or wrong...

Stay tuned for continued, up to the minute coverage of the Riviera Zane Grey Invitational Marlin Tournament...

Day 1: Lines out

It is 4pm - the lines are out and day 1 is in the book...

Taking lead is Good Karma with 5 marlin caught and released

Coming a close second is Bad Company with 4 marlin caught and release

Right there is TBC is Ohana, last years champions, with 4 marlin caught and released...

There are several other boats that caught and released fish today (Ruckus, C-Bandit with 2, Club Ted and Warrior - out of Missoula, MT) so everyone is in the money - all they need is to boat a fish...

The total count for fish released was 19 on day 1...

Best of luck to all the teams tomorrow and thanks so much for reading...

Day 1: the 2:30 update....

The wind is still blowing, the sun is beating down and the 80's classic - The Heat Is On is running in through my head... Why you ask? In the past hour the heat has really been turned on with 4 more marlin caught and released.... Since the 1:15 update the following teams have been bit:

Team Bad Company (www.badcoteam.com)
Warrior
C-Bandit
Ohana (Last years Riviera Zane Grey Champions)

Both Bad Company and Ohana now have caught and released 4 marlin. Good Karma is still in the lead with 5 marlin released.

With 1.5 hours left today's jackpot could go to anyone....

Tight lines

Day 1: 1:15 report

Still in the lead is last years Catalina Classic champions - Good Karma with 5 marlin.

Getting on the board today was last weeks 2cnd place winner of the ABC - Gambler with one marlin released.

No marlin have been weighed as of yet - 15 marlin have been caught and released of 1:15.

More to come....

Day 1: 14 marlin and counting

As of high noon Good Karma has taken control with 5 marlin caught and released.

Ohana has caught and released another marlin as well.

Here is a complete update of marlin caught and released from 7am to 12.

Bad Company
Club Ted
Ruckus
C-Bandit
Ohana (double hook up)
Bad Company
Bad Company (double hook up - one marlin was lost)
Good Karma
Good Karma
Good Karma
Ohana
Good Karma
Good Karma

It has been a busy day on the water. The wind is still blowing, the sun is shining and marlin are biting...

More updates to come so please stay tuned...

Double down

The defending champions, Ohana had the first double hook up of the day and not to be out done - Team Bad Company has recorded the second double hook up of the day.

Day 1, 2.5 hours into the Riviera Zane Grey and the competition is fierce. This is not marlin fishing, when the best are on the water it is marlin hunting...

More to come...

hungry marlin are biting...

For the 9am update -

Club Ted is still hooked up
C-Bandit released a marlin at 9:04
The defending champions, Ohana are currently on a double hook up
And Ruckus just hooked up at 9:03

The Zane is starting where the ABC left off....

More to come

More bites

Bad Company hooked up again at 8:51 - that is number two on the day.

It sound like C Bandit and Club Ted are hooked up as well.

The wind is howling, the sun is shining and the tailers are up....

More to come...

The bite is on...

After making pulling a crazy Ivan at the shotgun start Team Bad Company has already caught and released a marlin. Currently there are 5 teams in the Cat Harbor area - looks to be the hot spot of the morning so far... More to come

Day 1 - shotgun start

You are hard pressed to find anything more majestic or exciting as watching a modern day gold rush, i.e. the shotgun start of the Riviera Zane Grey. With over 120k on the line the best anglers of the west have run out into the Pacific searching for the winning marlin(s).

Stay here for up to the minute action.

About the Zane Grey

The Riviera Zane Grey Invitational Marlin Tournament is the most exclusive fishing tournament in California.

Zane Grey, a classic literary writer famous for his most popular book Riders of the Purple Sage, arrived in Catalina for the first time in 1918. Zane not only proved to be a fantastic writer, but quite a fisherman also. He developed a passion for "Big Game" fishing and became a legend in California sportfishing for his angling accomplishments. Tuna, Marlin, Swordfish and Sharks were among some of his record-breaking catches that led him to develop tackle and design the first "sportfisher".

This tournament was designed to memorialize the great writer and to acknowledge his leadership role in modern day sportfishing. Being that his passion and his home were in Catalina, it was only natural that we name the tournament after him. Limited to a maximum of 45 teams, participants represent the best marlin fishermen in the West. Boasting a cash purse over $350,000.00, anglers engage in friendly competition over the four day event.A modified release format rewards points for released marlin and fish weighed over our minimum weight. The tournament has achieved a 75% release rate of all marlin in the past seven years. The Riviera Zane Grey Invitational Marlin Tournament is the first marlin tournament in California to award major cash prizes for released marlin.