KILIFI CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL FISHING COMPETITION REPORT

The Weetabix sponsored event attracted a splendid entry of 21 boats.

A total of 29 Sailfish, 7 Striped Marlin, 1 Blue Marlin and 1 Black Marlin were tagged, and a 43 kg Black was boated un-hooked having committed suicide against Inca's prop.
A total of 182.6 kg of non-billfish were landed, including107.8 kg of Wahoo.

The overall winner, for the second year in a row, was Simba fished by Paul Worthington, Mark Allen and Mtawali Zia, with a total of 3,003 points.

Boats were streamed into First Overall (Simba), 1-3 Professional (Tega, Albatross, Sea Horse)  and 1-3 Amateur (Dingbat3, Minerva, Tudor Home Boyz).

Further prizes were awarded to First Boat Starting from Kilifi on both days, which Dingbat3 won receiving the Weetabix Plate & Shs.20,000/- ; Minerva got the David Partridge Memorial Trophy & Shs.10,000/- for the leading Amateur boat fished by Kenya residents.
Best Overseas Angler (as for last year, on Simba) was Paul Worthington with a Marlin & 2 Sail.
Most billfish tagged again went to Mtwali Zia on Simba with 3 fish.
Gina Faber got the Best Lady Angler on Sea Horse with 2 billfish tagged, a 13.4 kg Wahoo & 2 Felusi, totaling 1235 points.
Jo Harris got weighed-in and as a result won a case of wine for the highest angler/fish weight ratio with her 1.2 kg Skipjack.
As for last year, the Wooden Spoon went to the Horsfalls on Sue Sue who promise they are now going to take professional coaching!

SCORE SHEET:

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Dear ORI Tagging Member

The time has come to upgrade to the new age of emails and leave behind the snail post. For this reason we have created two spreadsheets for those of you who have email and are literate in Microsoft excel. The first spreadsheet (spreadsheet 1) is to record all tagged fish on, i.e. tag releases. Simply transfer the data from the white tag cards onto the spreadsheet and return it to me. Many of you are already familiar with this procedure. IMPORTANTLY, PLEASE KEEP YOUR ORIGINAL TAG CARDS incase a mistake is made either by you or me. The second spreadsheet, which none of you have seen before, is for recaptured fish. Instead of sending us those old style yellow forms please enter the tag recapture information on the spreadsheet attached (see spreadsheet 2) and send it back to me as for the previously mentioned spreadsheet for tagged fish. Both these spreadsheets are designed to make life easier for you and me, as well as save us valuable money. If you are unable to get to a computer often enough to convert your tag information into the above attached excel spreadsheets then please continue to send your data via post as you have done before. Please feel free to email this document to your fellow taggers.

 Look forward to seeing some nice returns

 Kind regards

 STUART DUNLOP
Tagging Officer
Oceanographic Research Institute
Direct Tel: +27 (31) 328 8159   Fax: +27 (31) 328 8188
E-mail: oritag@ori.org.za
1 King Shaka Avenue, Point, Durban 4001 KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
PO Box 10712, Marine Parade 4056 KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

Taggers:

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SGDSAA DEVELOPMENT ANGLING SEMINAR LEARN ABOUT DEE4P SEA ANGLING FROM THE PROS!

A full day introducing the basics of Deep Sea Anglers will take
Place at the Nomads/ERBFC ClubHouse in Benoni on
Saturday 21st May 2011 at 9.00am
R150 per adult and R100 per Junior
The practical section of this development programme will
Take place at Shelly Beach from the 14th-16th July 2011
R3000 per angler wanting to take part.
Interested persons can contact
Dave Brown 0828990111
01 011-4252052

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The first tri-facet SADSAA (South African Deep Sea Angling Association) Nationals were hosted by Mpumalanga Deep Sea Angling Association from the 22 – 26 November 2010.
Combining the Heavy Tackle-, Light Tackle Billfish and Gamefish Nationals, the tournament proved to be a great success. Wian Terblanche provides a full report.

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Hi Guys,
 
We thank you for participating in the 2011 Billfish Classic and for helping to make it such a success. We sincerely hope you enjoyed the event. Congratulations to the winners and condolences to those who did not manage to catch a fish this year, but as they say - thats fishing, we hope you will come back next year and catch a few big ones. If you have any suggestions as to how we can improve on this event we would love to hear from you.
 

Pic of one of the fish on the winning boat, Tycoon.
 
Our sincere thanks go to our sponsors and we ask you to support them next time you are shopping for their products:
 
COLUMBIA CLOTHING
BASS AIRWAYS
ILAND LURES
FORD/RITCHIE AUTO
SKI-BOAT MAGAZINE
MERCURY - NEL'S MARINE - RAYMARINE
CLUB MARINE Insurance
VANGUARD Marine & Leisure
Z - CRAFT
CAPTAIN MORGAN - BRANDHOUSE
EVINRUDE
BELL EQUIPMENT
PULSATOR LURES
STARBRITE Marine Care Products
LOWRANCE
 
WORLD TROLLING CHAMPIONSHIPS - FEBRUARY 2012
Marius Vermaak mentioned in his address at the opening and closing that we have to assemble +/- 30 boats to participate in the World Trolling Championships which we are hosting immediately following next year's Billfish Classic in 2012. Whilst this is not a chartering opportinuty we can say that more than your costs will be covered. We would be very obliged if you are interested you could reply to this email, with the following details, after which we will further communicate with you. Thanking you in anticipation  
BOAT NAME
REG NO
TYPE OF BOAT (HULL & SIZE)
SKIPPERS FULL NAME
TELEPHONE
EMAIL
HOME TOWN
 
DATES FOR 2012 : BILLFISH CLASSIC  21 - 25 FEBRUARY 2012
                              FIPS-M WORLD TROLLING CHAMPIONSHIPS : 28 FEB - 3RD MARCH 2012
 
We will be compiling a DVD of the photos taken at the catch board as well as those of the released fish, some of the guys had some stunning photos;  will let you know as soon as this is avilable.
 
Thank you again for joining us in Richards Bay and we look forward to seeing you back again next year
 
Best regards
 
 
Jackie Pratt
SADSAA Billfish Classic
Tournament Secretary
Cell 0836546922
Fax: 0866852076
Email: jaxpratt@ivanhoe.co.za
www.sadsaa.com

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