The Latest Catch

During the past 42 years, Bisbee Tournaments have had many momentous events, including breaking the Million Dollar Ceiling in two of the three events:

The Black and Blue       2003 Que Sera $1,165,230 first Million dollar check ever awarded in a Sportfishing Tournament!

The East Cape Offshore 2022 Stella June $1,286,385 

The Los Cabos Offshore 2018 TBA

LCO time has finally arrived, and our Bisbee Team is confident this will be another one for the record books.

Around two dozen teams arrived for our "Pre-Registration Day," only to realize they were the Guinea Pigs for introducing Bisbee's new "High-Tech Registration Solution!" 

Team STELLA JUNE'S angler, Hugo Pina, boated a 375-pound black marlin on the second day of the three-day event earning the Team a colossal $3,430 per pound payday equaling $1,286,385 of the $1,614,425 shared among the 6 winners of the 97 Teams competing.

This raised the expectations of the Bisbee Teams for another record-breaking year for the two remaining events held in Cabo San Lucas during the last half of October.

For the THIRD time in its 23-year history, the Bisbee LCO total awards equaled over a MILLION DOLLARS as well as increasing to 186 TEAMS breaking last years record of 122. Also of note is that 60+TEAMS were FIRST TIMERS in competition for the total payout of $1,961,600.

AWARDS REFUND EXPLANATION & AWARDS BANQUET CHANGE REMINDER

Just a reminder that tonight’s Awards Cocktail Celebration will be at the Maria Corona Restaurant (same place shown in the magazine at 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm (NOT 7:00 pm to 9:00 as published in the magazine).

We will have plenty of great food, but we will be done early enough for you to go to dinner afterwards should you like. Parking is limited so walking, Uber or Taxi will be a smart move for you.

As for the unclaimed prize money, all money has been claimed except for the $5,000. Daily Jackpot. The Dorado category gets rolled into the Tuna category.

Of the $5,000. Daily Jackpot ($10K in entry fees for the two days), “100% of the available prize money is being refunded”. This is $8,500. per team. You may use that money for the Black & Blue this week or receive a refund check when we all get back home. Just let us know what you want to do.

Thanks very much for being with us, we still can’t believe how much this tournament grew and next year is going to be equally insane, I’m sure.

Looking forward to seeing you this evening at 5:30 and on Tuesday for the Black & Blue as well!!!

All the best,

Wayne, Tricia and the Bisbee’s crew

When registration began at 3 p.m. on Thursday, a few teams were waiting in line to add or delete team members, make their final payment, or pick up their swag. CatchStat had signaled earlier that the LCO tournament was on track to set attendance and jackpot records, so everyone was eager to see what the final counts would be. 

BISBEE’S RULES ADDENDUM - EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 14 TO OCTOBER 23, 2021

For the 2021 Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshore and Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Tournament

This is a change/addition to what is published in the 2021 tournament magazine’s rules regarding the points/prize money deductions for non-qualifying marlin weighing less than 300 lbs. (specifically rule #18 of the 2021 published “General Tournament Rules”).

Rule #18 remains as is, with the following change/addition:

As the Bisbee Cabo Offshore and the Bisbee Black and Blue drew closer, Tournament Director Wayne Bisbee observed, "The number of teams that registered for the East Cape Offshore in August was 96, an increase of 42%. In addition, the payout was the largest ever at $1,582,975, so we anticipate our Cabo registration numbers will increase as well.  And, of course, as numbers increase, so do the payouts. So, we should have great tournaments this year!   

First, this past Thursday, we had an absolutely awesome movie premier event for “Blue Miracle” at the historic Granada Theater in Dallas, TX.