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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
Date: March 4, 2015 Contact: Ashley Bretecher
Tournament Director
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS – Leg II of the second annual Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown beat the previous year by over 600 billfish Los Sueños Resort and Marina, located at Playa Herradura on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Coast, is home to the annual Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown billfish series, presented by Poms & Associates. The second leg of this year’s triple header, held February 25‐28, 2015, beat the total releases from the same leg in 2014 by 629 billfish. Forty participating teams comprised of 161 anglers released a total of 1,688 billfish, including 21 marlin and 1,667 sailfish, in just three days of fishing! This was the fourth highest number of billfish released during a Triple Crown tournament and the 761 billfish released on the third and final day represented the third highest number of fish on any single day of the Triple Crown; this record is held by the first day of the third leg in 2014, when 836 billfish were released by 37 teams in just eight hours. DAY 1 The docks were grumbling going into Day 1, with the all too familiar phrases “Fishing is slow” and “I hope the fishing gets better”. The week before, boats were reporting double and sometimes triple digit releases. The last few days immediately prior to the tournament though, boats were coming back with as little as two. Come tournament time, history repeated itself once again and as soon as lines hit the water at 8:00 am on February 26th the bite went off with Billfish calling in the first release at 8:09 am. Exactly one hour into the first day, it was Billfish calling in again to report the release of fish #50 at 9:00 am. By 10:00 am, Team Galati had gained an early lead with 800 points, followed by Southern Pride, Trophy Box and Xta Sea, each with 700 points. A total of 90 sailfish had been released. At 10:24 am, Tranquilo released the first marlin of the tournament, Trophy Box called in the first triple, followed by Team Galati and Enjoy each with a double, bringing the fish count to 118 in two and a half hours. At 4:00 pm when lines out was called, Tarheel and Family and Friends were both still hooked up to marlin. Tranquilo had secured a first place finish for the day with 3300 points (23 sails, 2 marlin), but Tarheel had Trophy Box on the edge of their seats. The confirmed marlin released at 4:08 pm by Tarheel, bringing them to 2900 points (24 sails, 1 marlin), bumped Trophy Box out of their second place standing and into third for the day with 2800 points (28 sails). Family and Friends also released their marlin at 4:12 pm for 1000 points for the day. A total of 463 billfish were released, including 454 sails and 9 marlin.
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DAY 2 There were exactly 118 releases in just under two and a half hours on Day 2 as well, including one marlin by Jaruco, for 581 billfish overall. By 10:30 am, Team Galati was still in first place with 4100 points (1500 on Day 2 alone), Tranquilo was in second with 3900 points, and Tarheel in third with 3200 points, on time, over Trophy Box. A little over an hour before lines out the teams had achieved a total of 823 billfish releases, including 13 marlin and 810 sails, and they didn’t let up. At the end of the day, Gringo Honeymoon released their last sail precisely at 4:00 pm and 10 more teams released fish after that, including Trophy Box, Sea Angel and Morgasm each with a marlin release. Morgasm’s marlin was the last release of the day at 4:35 pm. A two‐day total of 927 billfish overall, including 17 marlin and 910 sails had been released. At the top of the leaderboard going into Day 3 was Team Galati yet again, with 5600 points (3000 points Day 2 with 30 sails), followed by Tranquilo with 5300 points (2000 points Day 2 with 20 sails), and Trophy Box in third with 5200 points (2400 points Day 2 with 14 sails and 2 marlin). There were 464 billfish released on Day 2 alone, including 456 sails and 8 marlin. Trophy Box and Tarheel went into Day 3 tied for the top spot on the Signature Championship leaderboard, with 15,400 points each. DAY 3 Fishing was excellent over the first two days, but it nearly doubled on Day 3. While 118 fish were released in two and a half hours on the first two days, 211 were released in the same amount of time on the third and final day of the competition. The leaderboard remained relatively constant with head‐to‐head competition between what we’ve jokingly nicknamed the “Four T’s” ‐ Team Galati, Trophy Box, Tranquilo and Tarheel. By 1:30 pm, the fleet had released 1381 billfish and the leaderboard had Team Galati in first on time, tied for points with Trophy Box (each with 7100 points), Tranquilo in third with 6800 points and Tarheel 700 points back in fourth with 6100 points. At 1:46 pm Trophy Box knocked Team Galati out of their comfort zone and took over the top spot. Roughly an hour later, the teams reached 1500 billfish releases. It looked like Trophy Box had solidified the win, especially after reporting a triple at 2:45 pm. Team Galati starting bridging the gap at 3:06 pm with a sailfish release and sealed the deal with a single sail at 3:45 pm, almost immediately followed by a double at 3:47 pm. Tarheel fought valiantly, making up quite a bit of ground with a triple at 3:49 pm, followed by a quadruple at 3:56 pm. No one was going home early. In fact, there were 11 sails released after lines out, including a double by Penny Perfect and a quadruple by Sea Angel. Blue Eagle released the last fish of the tournament at 4:06. At the end of the day, the 161 anglers had released a three‐day total of 1688 billfish, including 21 marlin and 1667 sails. On Day 3 alone, there were 761 billfish released, including 4 marlin and 757 sails; the third highest number on any single day of a Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown tournament. Chasin Tail took the honor of top boat for Day 3 with 27 sails and 1 marlin for 3200 points. Team Galati finished first overall with 8000 points after releasing 80 sails, Tranquilo in second on time, achieving 7900 points (69 sails and 2 marlin) just three minutes prior to Trophy Box, who ended in third, also with 7900 points (69 sails and 2 marlin).
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BACK STORIES Team Galati’s anglers Bob Hixson; Pat Healey, Drew McDowell and Don Gemmell of Viking Yachts, and Carmine Galati of Galati Yacht Sales, have been participating in the Los Sueños billfish tournaments since their inception in 2004, although not always together. Capt. Tony Carrizosa has been on stage seven times total and has the record for the most first place finishes of any captain in Los Sueños tournament history (four since 2007), including a first place win during Leg I 2007 on Stephanie Lee, the Series Championship 2007, and second place during Leg I 2013 on Rebel. 2009 was the first time this year’s team joined forces on Game On and together they have placed first three times, including Leg I 2011 on Game On, Leg II 2014 on Team Galati and now. They also placed third during Leg II 2009. Team Galati finished ninth during the first leg of the 2015 Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown and this time around moved up to third in the race for the Signature Championship going into the third and final leg of this year’s triple header. Tranquilo participated in a Los Sueños tournament for the first time during the last year of the Los Sueños Signature Billfish Series in 2013, finishing in the middle of the pack. This year, with Captain Victor Julio Lopez at the helm and anglers Bill Pino, Ken Coffer, Amanda Coffer and Craig Johnson manning the rods, they finished fifteenth during the first leg of the 2015 Signature Triple Crown, but made up a lot of ground during the second leg, finishing second overall and fifth in the running for the Signature Championship. Trophy Box was a new addition to the Los Sueños boat list in 2015; however, owner Gray Ingram, and fellow anglers Watson Caviness, Paige Robertson, and Jimmy Fields are familiar faces on the docks. The Trophy Box team upped their game this year. Captain Ronnie Fields is no stranger to the limelight either, having stood on stage more than any other captain in the history of Los Sueños tournament fishing – no less than ten moments in the spotlight since 2010. He has amassed three first place finishes (Big Oh Leg II Signature Billfish Series 2010, Big Oh Marlin Invitational 2010, Bandolera Signature Billfish Series Leg II 2012), one second place finish (Big Oh Leg I Signature Billfish Series 2010), four third place finishes (Big Oh Signature Billfish Series Leg II 2011, Bandolera Signature Billfish Series Leg I 2012, Trophy Box Leg I Signature Triple Crown 2015, Trophy Box Leg II Signature Triple Crown 2015) and two series championships (Big Oh Signature Billfish Series 2010, Bandolera Signature Billfish Series 2012). Trophy Box finished third during Leg I 2015 and is in second place in the race for the Signature Championship going into Leg III. On behalf of the tournament committee, congratulations to this leg’s tournament winners and all of their challengers!
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CASH PRIZES & AWARDS The weather was ideal for the awards ceremony on Saturday night. It was held under the stars on the white sand in front of the Los Sueños Beach Club. Guests enjoyed a phenomenal buffet dinner and a live musical performance by Cristóforis. Immediately preceding the presentation of trophies, prizes and checks to the tournament winners, guests enjoyed the highly anticipated dock show filmed and produced by Rich Christenson and Michael Butler. The ceremony was closed out by a spectacular fireworks display by Faisa and a jam‐packed after party with DJ Charlie Stevens was hosted at the Terrace Lounge in the Los Sueños Marina Village. Tournament winners took to the stage to receive a total of $127,000 in cash, as well as other prizes provided by tournament sponsors. 1st $63,000 Team Galati: 8,000 points, 80 sails 2nd $38,000 Tranquilo: 7,900 points, 69 sails and 2 marlin 3rd $26,000 Trophy Box: 7,900 points, 69 sails and 2 marlin Trophies by Gray Taxidermy Other prizes and awards by: Costa Rica Dreams‐ a fishing trip with accommodations in a Del Mar condominium; Tunaskin‐ apparel; Rick Bogert‐ framed prints of the 2nd annual Triple Crown tournament art; Vanmark, Inc.‐ gold pendants; Costa– sunglasses for the winning anglers; and Flor de Caña‐ aged rum for winning teams and top angler. TOP ANGLER The top angler for Leg II made the Wall of Champions alongside his teammates on Tarheel during the first leg of the 2015 Signature Triple Crown. This time though, E. Smyth McKissick graced the stage alone after releasing 26 sails and 1 marlin for 3100 individual points, 200 points ahead of the closest runner up Jimmy Fields of Trophy Box who released 24 sails and 1 marlin for 2900 individual points, and 600 points ahead of the third top angler Carmine Galati of Team Galati, who released 25 sails for 2500 individual points. This was an incredible start to Smyth’s Los Sueños billfishing legacy. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The entire tournament organizing committee would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who came together to support this event. Our gratitude goes out to all the anglers, captains, mates, observers, technical advisors, cameramen and videographers, Los Sueños staff and of course, our sponsors (in alphabetical order): Caterpillar/Gregory Poole, Chantilly Air, Costa Sunglasses, Costa Rica Dreams Sport Fishing, Costa Rica Luxury Rentals & Tours, CR Primo Fishing Tackle, Flor de Caña, Galati International Yacht Sales, Gato Gordo golf cart rentals and sales, Gray Taxidermy, Los Sueños Resort and Marina, Marriott, Moto Desmo Costa Rica (Ducati and
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Vespa), MTU/Tractomotriz, Poms & Associates, Rick Bogert, Scotiabank, Secure Title Latin America, Sevenstar Yacht Transport, Tunaskin Aquatic Apparel, Vanmark Inc., Viking Yachts, Weather Routing Inc. For more about our sponsors, please visit www.LStournaments.com and click on Sponsors. OWC QUALIFYING EVENT The top team from each leg of the Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown will be eligible to compete in the 2015 Offshore World Championship. For further information, please visit www.offshorechampionship.com. ABOUT THE LOS SUENOS SIGNATURE TRIPLE CROWN 2015 marks the 2nd Annual Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown billfish tournament series, presented by Poms and Associates Insurance (www.pomsassoc.com). The Triple Crown consists of three annual tournaments, in January, February and March each year, and is fished out of the world class Los Sueños Resort and Marina in Costa Rica. The dates for 2016 have been set. Mark your calendars! Leg I: January 20‐23, Leg II: February 24‐27, 2016 and Leg III: March 30‐April 2. NOTE: The dates for Leg III in 2016 were moved back by one week to avoid overlapping with Costa Rica’s Holy Week. For future Signature Triple Crown events, the tournaments will be held on fixed weeks each year, Leg I registration on the third Wednesday of January, Leg II the fourth Wednesday of February and Leg III the fourth Wednesday of March. ABOUT LOS SUEÑOS RESORT AND MARINA Los Sueños Resort and Marina is the premier luxury real estate resort in Costa Rica. Nestled on the Central Pacific Coast, Los Sueños is an 1,100‐acre oasis offering incredible ocean, rainforest and golf course view properties; a gorgeous waterfront Marina Village commercial area with restaurants, shops and lively entertainment; a large private beach club for residents; an 18‐hole championship golf course; a superb 201‐room Marriott Hotel; and much more ‐ all within close proximity to world record‐setting sport fishing waters. Information on Los Sueños Resort and Marina is available online at www.lsrm.com. For further information, please contact Ashley Bretecher, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications, Los Sueños Resort and Marina, Toll‐free: 1‐866‐865‐9759, Direct Tel: 011‐506‐2630‐4005, Fax: 011‐506‐2630‐4010, or e‐mail: [email protected].
FINAL RESULTS, DAILY FISH TOTALS AND DETAILED INFORMATION FOR THE WINNING TEAMS ATTACHED. FOR PHOTOS VISIT HTTP://LSRM.SMUGMUG.COM OR WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/LOSSUENOSRESORT.
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1st Place: Boat Name: TEAM GALATI
Make: Viking
Model: 66
Captain: Tony Carrizosa
Anglers: Bob Hixson
Pat Healey
Carmine Galati
Drew McDowell
Don Gemmell
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2nd Place: Boat Name: TRANQUILO
Make: Spencer
Model: 57
Captain: Victor Julio Lopez
Anglers: Bill Pino
Ken Cofer
Amanda Cofer
Craig Johnson
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3rd Place: Boat Name: TROPHY BOX
Make: Island Boat Works
Model: 56
Captain: Ronnie Fields
Anglers: Gray Ingram
Watson Caviness
Paige Robertson
Jimmy Fields
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Top Angler:
E. Smyth McKissick TARHEEL
Scores Last Updated At Saturday, Feb 28, 2015 07:45 PM
# Boat Name S MLast
Time
Day 1
ResultsS M
Last
Time
Day 2
ResultsS M
Last
Time
Day 3
ResultsS M
LEG
IILEG I TOTAL
1 Team Gala 26 0 3:47 PM 2600 30 0 3:16 PM 3000 24 0 3:47 PM 2400 80 0 8000 7000 15000
2 Tranquilo 23 2 3:34 PM 3300 20 0 4:01 PM 2000 26 0 3:48 PM 2600 69 2 7900 6100 14000
3 Trophy Box 28 0 3:47 PM 2800 14 2 4:03 PM 2400 27 0 3:51 PM 2700 69 2 7900 10200 18100
4 Tarheel 24 1 4:08 PM 2900 17 0 3:50 PM 1700 28 0 3:56 PM 2800 69 1 7400 10800 18200
5 Pescadora 17 0 3:51 PM 1700 18 0 3:27 PM 1800 21 0 3:25 PM 2100 56 0 5600 8200 13800
6 Chasin Tail 12 0 3:45 PM 1200 12 0 4:03 PM 1200 27 1 3:55 PM 3200 51 1 5600 7300 12900
7 Rum Runner 17 0 3:37 PM 1700 8 0 3:30 PM 800 31 0 3:57 PM 3100 56 0 5600 0 5600
8 Mjoliner 11 1 3:42 PM 1600 12 0 3:17 PM 1200 25 0 3:54 PM 2500 48 1 5300 4800 10100
9 Enjoy 19 0 4:03 PM 1900 15 0 3:50 PM 1500 19 0 4:01 PM 1900 53 0 5300 6500 11800
10 Fish Tank 7 0 3:16 PM 700 13 0 3:28 PM 1300 31 0 3:46 PM 3100 51 0 5100 6900 12000
11 South Paw 8 0 3:41 PM 800 8 1 3:28 PM 1300 28 0 3:35 PM 2800 44 1 4900 3900 8800
12 Spanish Fly 16 0 3:39 PM 1600 16 0 4:01 PM 1600 17 0 3:42 PM 1700 49 0 4900 4700 9600
13 Sea Angel 9 0 3:26 PM 900 7 1 4:20 PM 1200 23 1 4:04 PM 2800 39 2 4900 8000 12900
14 Tijereta 22 0 3:29 PM 2200 9 0 4:01 PM 900 17 0 3:49 PM 1700 48 0 4800 7600 12400
15Xta Sea 11 0 3:54 PM 1100 15 0 3:50 PM 1500 21 0 3:53 PM 2100 47 0 4700 6100 10800
16 Tuna Bite 10 0 3:13 PM 1000 12 0 3:48 PM 1200 25 0 4:01 PM 2500 47 0 4700 5800 10500
17Uno Mas Smith 11 0 3:31 PM 1100 19 0 1:52 PM 1900 13 0 2:42 PM 1300 43 0 4300 5200 9500
18 Let it Ride 15 1 3:45 PM 2000 6 0 2:32 PM 600 17 0 3:03 PM 1700 38 1 4300 3600 7900
19Billfish 9 1 3:49 PM 1400 14 0 3:29 PM 1400 15 0 3:43 PM 1500 38 1 4300 7900 12200
20 Scandalous 13 0 3:40 PM 1300 7 1 3:03 PM 1200 17 0 3:39 PM 1700 37 1 4200 5400 9600
21Family and
Friends5 1 4:12 PM 1000 9 0 4:02 PM 900 23 0 3:55 PM 2300 37 1 4200 6600 10800
22 SeaFix 19 0 3:39 PM 1900 11 0 3:06 PM 1100 10 0 3:37 PM 1000 40 0 4000 5800 9800
23Wire We Here 6 0 3:58 PM 600 10 0 3:29 PM 1000 19 1 3:49 PM 2400 35 1 4000 10300 14300
24Miss Behavin 10 0 3:51 PM 1000 11 0 3:45 PM 1100 18 0 3:03 PM 1800 39 0 3900 3800 7700
25 Jaruco 9 0 12:43 PM 900 8 1 3:11 PM 1300 16 0 3:52 PM 1600 33 1 3800 0 3800
26Dragin Fly 10 0 2:59 PM 1000 10 0 3:45 PM 1000 18 0 4:01 PM 1800 38 0 3800 6100 9900
27High Hook 9 0 2:37 PM 900 11 0 3:45 PM 1100 17 0 3:41 PM 1700 37 0 3700 6000 9700
28Macushla 7 1 3:34 PM 1200 12 0 3:24 PM 1200 13 0 3:49 PM 1300 32 1 3700 4000 7700
29 Southern Pride 13 0 3:55 PM 1300 10 0 3:51 PM 1000 13 0 3:37 PM 1300 36 0 3600 6600 10200
30HT Hook 7 0 3:51 PM 700 12 0 3:42 PM 1200 15 0 3:10 PM 1500 34 0 3400 4200 7600
31On Loca on 8 0 3:47 PM 800 13 0 3:32 PM 1300 13 0 4:02 PM 1300 34 0 3400 4100 7500
32Gunsmoke 1 1 3:31 PM 600 10 0 2:59 PM 1000 17 0 3:41 PM 1700 28 1 3300 3100 6400
33Uno Mas Osborn 2 0 3:54 PM 200 10 0 4:00 PM 1000 16 1 3:58 PM 2100 28 1 3300 4500 7800
34Gringo
Honeymoon9 0 3:54 PM 900 5 0 4:00 PM 500 18 0 3:42 PM 1800 32 0 3200 4200 7400
35 Fuujin 9 0 3:47 PM 900 10 0 3:05 PM 1000 12 0 3:37 PM 1200 31 0 3100 5700 8800
36Blue Eagle 4 0 3:30 PM 400 9 0 3:56 PM 900 18 0 4:06 PM 1800 31 0 3100 4400 7500
37A er You 5 0 3:50 PM 500 7 0 3:11 PM 700 17 0 3:46 PM 1700 29 0 2900 3700 6600
38 Penny Perfect 8 0 3:52 PM 800 5 0 2:15 PM 500 14 0 4:03 PM 1400 27 0 2700 0 2700
39Morgasm 3 0 3:07 PM 300 5 1 4:35 PM 1000 12 0 3:28 PM 1200 20 1 2500 4800 7300
40High C's 2 0 12:29 PM 200 6 1 3:59 PM 1100 6 0 1:44 PM 600 14 1 1900 0 1900
454 9 463 456 8 464 757 4 761 1667 21 1688
Tournament Scores
3/4/2015 11:18 AM