2010 Tournament Statistics and more…

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT STATISTICS

• Growth of the Tournament – 2010 has brought another amazing turnout of 58 boats combined with Local and International Registrations.
• 32 Boats Participated from Trinidad, Tobago, and Barbados.
• 169 Anglers from Finland, The USA, Canada, Jamaica, United Kingdom, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago. Comprising of:
  165 Male Anglers, 4 Female Anglers and of which 4 are Junior Anglers.
• We want to express our appreciation to all our anglers and boats.  The boats from Barbados and Trinidad thanks for making the effort to participate.  Our local boats thanks for once again coming out in our numbers to represent Tobago.
• Highlights: We saw 31 boats for our Bimini Start on Thursday. Congratulations to Female Angler Jeanne Aleong of Ega Beaver on a well fought 7 hour fight on Fishing Day 2.
• Species of Fish Caught or Tagged and Released  – Blue Marlin, Sailfish, White Marlin, Wahoo, Dolphin and Yellowfin Tuna.  A White Marlin was released by Angler Ryan Agar on Why Worry. We have not seen this many Tuna in a long time…
• Total Weight of Fish Brought to Scale 1,415.1  lbs.; Double last year’s overall weight!
• Statistics – 18 Blue Marlin, 1 White Marlin, 4 Sailfish, 12 Dolphin, 23 Yellowfin Tuna, 3 Wahoo.

LOCAL TOURNAMENT STATISTICS:

• 25 Boats Participated in the Local Division of the event.  We hope to see even more of the Local Tobago Fishermen here next year.
• Highlights: Total weight of fish brought to scale was 1,089.3 lbs. Congrats to Elton Phillips and Seon Barry onboard So Jah Say from Castara on their Catch of two giant Groupers weighting 264 and 236 lbs. Both pulled in on hand line.

* Overall, we have seen 2,504.7lbs bought to scale.

THANK YOU:

At the Closing of this, our Fifteenth event of the Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of those persons and entities that have truly supported and worked with us to make this Tournament a great success.

A special THANK YOU to our dedicated and valued Sponsors:

• To the generous support from the Tobago House of Assembly – Divison of Tourism and Sport and Youth affairs.
• Sterling Service Limited who sponsored the Prize of a Mercedes-Benz B-Class for the record Breaking Blue Marlin
• The Tourism Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago
• The Team at Vemco, Distributor of Gatorade, the official hydrator of the Tournament
• Carib Brewery - For coming on board with Battery, Black wolf and the official beer of the tournament.
• Digicel – Who have continued to support our local division.
• National Petroleum Marketing Company Limited for facilitating the Fuel requirements for the Participating Boats
• Amco – Dewar’s 12, Grey Goose,
• Matouk’s
• Tobago Water – The official water of the tournament.
• Lewis Appliances, D. Mankee Ltd., Yeti Coolers, Bar Code, BHP Billiton
• Blue Waters Inn, FCB, Republic Bank, J. Wong, G1 Enterprises
• Bodo Muche Studio, Black Bart Lures, Momoi’s High Catch Line

There are many more Sponsors involved in the Tournament that are too many to be mentioned, but who’s assistance is extremely important to the success of the event; Thank You for your contributions and support. We appreciate all of your efforts and hope to have you with us for our 15^th event!

We would like to warmly thank Our Judge, Mr. Robert Miller for his contribution to this Tournament.

A very special part of our Tournament for the last 8 years is Charlotteville!

Our Thanks to:

• Charlotteville Village Council
• The entire Fishing Community of Charlotteville and all of its Residents and Visitors
• Sharon and Walter of Sharon and Phebes Restaurant for their tremendous efforts
• Bayview Supermarket, Charlotteville NP Gas Station
• All of the Water Taxis who provided service to the participants, Thanks for a Great Job all of you and a special Mention to Anto for the extra service provided
• Charlottevilla, Blue Waters Inn, Man-O-War Cottages
• TEMA for all the coordination efforts throughout the tournament.
• Charlotteville Police Station
• Customs and Immigrations for accommodating us and to all other contributors. Thanks for your support and accommodations!

To our Anglers, we are happy to have had your support over the years! We hope you had a Wonderful TIGFT Adventure and we hope to see you back again in 2011!

2010 Results posted

The final results for the 15th 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!!

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.

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