Bisbee’s Black and Blue 2013 Tournament Ends in Dramatic Fashion
Anglers from across the globe descended on Los Cabos this past week for the 33rd annual Bisbee’s Black & Blue 2013, one of the richest fishing tournaments on the planet.
The competition was founded by Bob Bisbee back in 1981. Then, six teams competed for a purse of $10,000. Now more than 150 teams enter each year with the hope of pulling in millions. The largest payout to date for Bisbee’s or any other sportfishing tournament was in 2006: $4,165,960 U.S.
This year, the three-day Cabo San Lucas 2013 tournament ended in dramatic fashion, something that is becoming a bit of a tradition for Bisbee’s. On the last day of competition, the last fished weighed just happened to be the biggest. And by big, we mean huge. From her 60-foot Hatteras II Success, Linda Williams of Alta Loma, California, battled for nearly two hours to pull in a monster. Several thousand cheered during weigh-in when it was announced Williams’s catch weighed a whopping 774 pounds, a new record for any female angler in the history of Bisbee’s Black & Blue. The blue marlin had a girth of 72 inches and measured 125 inches from the lower jaw to the fork of the tail.
A release from Bisbee’s quoted Williams as having said, “This was a fish of a lifetime and one definitely on my bucket list, especially in the Black & Blue …I love this tournament and I love the people.”
On the final day, Austin Angel from Texas also reeled in an impressive 313-pound blue marlin. The Bisbee release quoted him as saying, “It doesn’t get any better than this…I’m fishing with my dad and little brother in the Black & Blue and we weighed a qualifying fish. Great day!”
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