IGFA Offshore World Championship. 11 May 2010, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur.

PRLog (Press Release) - May 12, 2010 -
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, 11 May 2010, Picante Sport Fishing (www.picantesportfishing.com) The IGFA (International Game Fish Association) Offshore World Championship, often considered the “Olympics” of big-game fishing, is taking place this week in Cabo San Lucas Mexico. The international teams have qualified by winning one of the over 110 IGFA sponsored events and were then invited to participate in this, the most prestigious blue-water sport-fishing event in the world . Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the "marlin capital of the world" is where the best big game anglers head each May to compete in the IGFA Offshore World Championship.

After the end of  fishing on Day two, the top 3 teams  overall were Lyford Cay Offshore Tournament, with 1026.80 points, and IGFA OWC 2009 Champions ,with 996.60 points and Harbourside Rotary Tuna, with 900 points.  Fishing in Cabo San Lucas is amazing. Besides the 25 Striped Marlin there were a large number of Wahoo caught with a total of 14 weighed. The overall hook-up conversion rate was 69.44%.

Congratulations to the Picante Charter Fleet for having 6 in the top 10 captains. The following is the list of the top 10 Captains/Boats:

1 Alfredo Ruiz              19 Toy        992.40            Picante Fleet
2 Emiliano Arenas      Picante 45     900.00     Picante Fleet
3 Lupe Gomez Zenteno    Cabolero     640.30
4 David Lieras              Picante             600.00      Picante Fleet
5 Gilberto Burgoin      Vaquero             600.00
6 Jose Nuñez              Cisco        600.00     Picante Fleet
7 Daniel Carrera              Picante Pride  364.80    Picante Fleet
8 Gilberto Castro             Karma        347.50      Picante Fleet
9 David Zarate             Pura Vida     340.60
10 Fidencio Barrera          Piscado III     334.40

Tune in tomorrow to see how it all goes. And check out the IGFA Tournament web site at http://igfa10.catchstat.com  for all the winners then pick a team and root for them.

Picante has been in the winner's circle many times in it's 16 years history of charters and competitions. You can obtain more information about Picante at www.picantesportfishing.com.
Picante is  a proud Corporate Sponsor of the International Game Fish Association

Michael Cartusciello
www.picantesportfishing.com
(714) 442-0644
michael@picantesportfishing.com

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