TGFT at the Miami International Boat Show

Gerard “Frothy” de Silva and Ricardo Huggins of the Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament will be on hand at the 2010 Miami International Boat Show promoting “Fishing Destination – Tobago” to raise awareness of the incredible sport fishing available in the region. Boat show dates are 11-15 February at the Miami Beach Convention Center and our booth will be found in the Big Game Room.

Come by to learn more!

TGFT 2010 Press Release

We are happy to announce the dates for the 2010 TIGFT!

We celebrate our 15th Anniversary of the Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament from 11th – 14th March, 2010 in the picturesque Charlotteville Village of Tobago!

• Wednesday, 10th. March, 2010 -Registration will begin at 2:00 pm at the “Tournament village” located at the band stand in Charlotteville and will be followed by the Captain’s Briefing at 6pm.

• Thursday 11th. March, 2010 – Fishing will begin at 7:00am on, with a Bimini Start which is worth 400 points.

• Friday 12th March , 2010 – Full day of Fishing begins at 6:30am followed by Anglers Party at 7pm.

• Saturday 13th March, 2010 – Our Lay Day activities will be held on the Charlotteville Community Grounds with a Cook-Up at 1:30pm.

• Sunday, 14th. March, 2010 - Last day of Fishing begins on at 6:30am. The Awards Ceremony will be held at the Charlotteville Basketball Court at 8:00pm the same day.

TIGFT is a qualifying event for the IGFA / Bonnier International Tournament of Champions and is also a member of the Southern Caribbean Billfish Circuit.

Read the full press release (PDF)

2009 Tournament results posted

The final results for the 14th Annual Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament have been posted! Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and a big thank you from the tournament committee to all of our anglers, members, staff, friends and, of course, the wonderful Charlotteville community for helping us make this another successful event. See you next year!!

TIGFT Photo Updates 2009

Fishing Day Two: 20th March 2009

Unofficial Updates @ 12 Noon

Afunday – 1 Dolphin / Big Deal (Barbados) – 3 Dolphin, 1 Blue Marlin / Challenge II – 1 Blue Marlin / Happy Hunter – 2 Dolphin, 1 Wahoo, 1 Blue Marlin / Hard Play – 1 Dolphin, 1 Blue Marlin / Limited Edition – 1 Blue Marlin / Miss Abby – 1 Dolphin / Ocean Spray – 1 Dolphin, 1 Marlin / Southern Cross – 1 Blue Marlin / Trip Out – 1 Blue Marlin / Why Not – 1 Blue Marlin / Mar Caribe – 1 Blue Marlin (Landed at 423 Pounds – brought to the scale early!).

Lots of Marlin Action!!

Reported by Lost

Afunday Lost 1 Dolphin and Lurhd Away Lost one after fighting for 1 hour.

Lines up at 4pm today.

Fishing Day One (Cont’d): 19th March 2009

Unofficial Updates @ 3:30pm

Catalyst – 1 Dolphin / Challenge II – 1 Dolphin /  Dun Diggin – 1 Dolphin / Hard Play – 1 Dolphin (2nd for Day One) /Legacy – 1 Wahoo / Luhrd Away – 1 Dolphin /Pair a Dice – 1 Blue Marlin (2nd for Day One) / Viking 4 – 1 Wahoo / Zingo – 1 Dolphin

Reported but Lost

3 Unidentified

* News Just In!! Afunday is hooked up and fighting a Blue Marlin at 30 minutes to lines-up!

Pictures coming soon.

TIGFT Fishing Day One: 19th March 2009

Un-Official Updates @ 10:30am

Challenge II – 1 Blue Marlin, 1 Wahoo / Dream Catcher – 1 Sailfish / Hard Play – 1 Dolphin /  Hard Play II – 1 Blue Marlin / Legacy – 1 Blue Marlin / Limited Edition – 1 Blue Marlin / Pair a Dice – 1 Blue Marlin, 1 Wahoo / Southern Cross – 1 Blue Marlin / Terminated - 1 Dolphin / Why Worry – 1 Blue Marlin, 1 Wahoo / Work Shop – 1 Wahoo / Blue Magic – 1 Tuna, 1 Dolphin / Big Deal (Barbados) – 3 Dolphin.

Reported but Lost

2 Blue Marlin, 1 Sailfish, 7 Unidentified Species.

* Stay Posted for further updates! *

TGFT Sponsor News

The Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament committee proudly announces that Black Bart International and Penn Reels will be supporting us again as our rod & reel and lure suppliers for the 2008 tournament! We’d like to thank them for their support of our competition and look forward to working with these two exceptional companies again next year.

2007 Tournament Recap

The 2007 tournament broke another couple of records for us, in the number of boats and anglers participating AND the record number of tournament billfish caught for Trinidad & Tobago. Thirty-eight boats participated for a total of 184 anglers, 174 male and 14 female (another new record).  Day One saw Zingo, out of Trinidad & Tobago, jump to the front of the pack with 1000 pts. from two blue marlin and a sailfish. Anglers Roger Frost and Christopher Ellis combined for the catches.  The boats Charge Up and Palawan followed closely behind with 800 pts. each. Also, David Brash of Papa San brought to scale a blue marlin that weighed in at 569.8 lbs!

On Day Two, Why Worry reversed their slow start and took Best Boat for  Day Two with 1200 points and moved into third place overall behind Mischief, in second with 1230.63 pts., and Charge Up, who moved into first on a blue marlin released by Edgar Dapremont.

Day Three saw Viking IV take Best Boat with two Blue Marlin releases for 950 points, and they also moved up to take first place overall with 1802.70 points. Charge Up came up blank and Mischief and Gone Again both added a blue marlin each to move up into second and third place overall. Larry Coehlo of Gone Again secured Best Male Angler and Best Tag & Release Angler with his last day catch of a blue marlin, also earning Gone Again Best Tag & Release Team honors!

Over the course of the tournament, we had 44  Blue Marlin released, 2 brought to scale, and 14 Sailfish, breaking the record set last year for most billfish caught in a tournament for Trinidad & Tobago!!

We appreciate all those boats that made the trip to Charlotteville from Grenada and Barbados and we hope that you’ll bring even more boats with you next year!

Congratulations and thanks to all who participated in this year’s tournament, we hope to see you all again next year.

Here’s a comment sent to us from James Pierce of Barbados:

“Dear Frothy, Dave, Teija, Della, Ramona, TGFT Committee Members and the People of Charlotteville,

Everyone made it home safely around midday yesterday after a pretty rough trip, and I would now like to personally thank everyone for the warm welcome and hospitality extended by you in what I can only describe as the most enjoyable tournament I have ever been in. Note that I do not make this statement lightly as I have fished in the IGFA Offshore Championships in Cabo, as well as many tournaments in Florida, the Bahamas, and the rest of the Caribbean, and the camaraderie is truly what sets you apart from all others. The way you have involved the entire community and are starting to move the whole fishing community to a new sustainable use of the ocean’s resources, much in the way it was done in Cabo San Lucas, is wonderful to watch and be a part of. I am not sure if we could achieve the same thing in Barbados.”

TGFT lands a new sponsor!

The Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament would like to proudly welcome Black Bart Lures to our family of sponsors and thank them for their support in our continuing quest to host a world-class game fishing tournament year after year. Capt. Bart Miller and his team have been creating first class fishing gear for the past four decades, and the experience of fishing with that gear never fails to impress.

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