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“Bring me a Damn FISH!” …Wayne Bisbee
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Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
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Bisbee Black & Blue, Tournament, argest, Millions,
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Black & Blue wrap up
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<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The &ldquo;virtual crowd banner&rdquo; awaited the arrival of a qualifying fish weighing over 300 pounds as it hung over the Weigh Station for the three days of the Black &amp; Blue tournament. And this was not counting the pre-fishing days the 127 teams scoured the waters off the tip of Baja on boats skippered by some of the finest Captains in the world.</p> <p>Waiting impatiently, Wayne Bisbee, Tournament Director, each passing day would grumble, &ldquo;Bring me a damn fish!&rdquo;</p> <p>The teams tried valiantly.&nbsp;&nbsp; Live bait, dead bait, or artificials all had their moments! &nbsp;The team on Whatta Journey hooked one on a live dorado leading to a five-hour ordeal that ended poorly with a fish that failed to make it to the scale.</p> <p>There were even a few cases of &ldquo;panic,&rdquo; where fish were brought to the scale in desperation failing to meet the minimum weight.</p> <p>In the Largest Billfish category, all 127 teams were tied at the end of the three-day tournament.</p> <div style="display: none;"><a href="https://www.artrock.pl/recenzje/869/archive_take_my_head.html">website</a></div> <p>When the final lines out was announced on the last&nbsp;day, congratulations were in order, not for fish taken but to each of the Team members for conforming to the government protocols while participating in the Bisbee family Black &amp; Blue, the largest billfish tournament in Mexico offering the largest single days payout in the history of billfish tournaments in the world.</p> <p>With the largest number of teams ever entered in the Bisbee Black &amp; Blue, it&rsquo;s no wonder that Wayne Bisbee was pacing at the scales each day muttering, &ldquo;Bring me a damn fish!&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <p><img style="margin: 10px auto; display: block;" src="https://cdn.bisbees.com/thatbajaguy/2020/BlackBlue-wrapup/fireworks.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="510" /></p> <p>Later Friday night, there were fireworks over the IGY Marina, honoring the 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the Bisbee Black &amp; Blue.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Despite there being no qualifiers weighed in, many teams were competing in the Release Division. Names and points are listed below:</strong></p> <p>1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SHOE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 900</p> <p>2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Overtime&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 600</p> <p>3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Carpe Diem&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 300</p> <p>4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; True Grit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 300</p> <p>5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cap'n Hook&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 300</p> <p>Award checks will be distributed Saturday afternoon between 5-6pm. Followed by the Rich Christensen, award winning videographer's video presentation of the 40<sup>th</sup> Bisbee Black &amp; Blue Tournament,</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DON&rsquo;T BE LATE</strong></p> <p><img style="margin: 10px auto; display: block;" src="https://cdn.bisbees.com/thatbajaguy/2020/Day%20two/BF&amp;WCF%20POS.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="338" /></p> <p><strong><em>The </em></strong><em>ONLINE<strong> SILENT AUCTION will remain open until Noon October 24 &hellip; </strong></em>&nbsp;<a href="https://bisbees.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ea951d9322e6976dc9fb7ef0&amp;id=07be8dc924&amp;e=dc0c5b15bd">START BIDDING NOW</a></p> <p>The&nbsp;Bisbee&rsquo;s Fish &amp; Wildlife Conservation Fund in the past 7 years has undertaken some extraordinary projects and made a remarkable contribution to every one of them!</p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://bisbees.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ea951d9322e6976dc9fb7ef0&amp;id=71d023285c&amp;e=dc0c5b15bd"><strong>Green Scholarship Program</strong></a> provides underprivileged Los Cabos students with college scholarship opportunities here in Cabo San Lucas. Funds raised by this auction/fundraiser help make that happen, as well as Bisbee&rsquo;s revolutionary new&nbsp;<a href="https://bisbees.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ea951d9322e6976dc9fb7ef0&amp;id=65fc6763b4&amp;e=dc0c5b15bd"><strong>RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Tagging Program</strong></a>&nbsp;and the &nbsp;<a href="https://bisbees.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ea951d9322e6976dc9fb7ef0&amp;id=71d07a0942&amp;e=dc0c5b15bd"><strong>Nkwe Tactical Training Academy</strong></a>&nbsp;wildlife anti-poaching Ranger-training program in South Africa.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The &ldquo;virtual crowd banner&rdquo; awaited the arrival of a qualifying fish weighing over 300 pounds as it hung over the Weigh Station for the three days of the Black &amp; Blue tournament. And this was not counting the pre-fishing days the 127 teams scoured the waters off the tip of Baja on boats skippered by some of the finest Captains in the world.</p> <p>Waiting impatiently, Wayne Bisbee, Tournament Director, each passing day would grumble,<em> &ldquo;Bring me a damn fish!&rdquo;</em></p>
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10/24/2020 3:33:40 PM
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