Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3626 Dec 8- 22 2017 | Page 31

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Dec 8 - 22, 2017
BAJA ROUNDUP
Dec. 8 - 22, 2017
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2017 Tuna Shootout Offers
Fun And Prizes Aplenty For
East Cape Anglers
“
2
017 Tuna Shoot Out saw a
record 53 teams register to
see who would catch the biggest
tuna,” reported Eddie Dalmau of
Van Wormer Resorts. “The win-
ning team of Dustin Stumpf with
Bill Sils, Tim Adams and Alan
Stumpf from Washington fished
onboard the Mi Pistola with Cap-
tain Danny Marron and Deckhand
Raul Marron. The winning yellow-
fin tuna weighed in at 81.3 lbs. and
took the grand prize worth $18,550
USD.”
“Second Place went to the team
on the El Loco II Mark Wojcik
with Robert Wojcik from Illinois
with a 54.4 lbs. yellowfin tuna.
Third Place went to the team on
the Mahi Mahi Cody Jardine with
Mike Anderson and David Gonza-
les with a 54.2 lbs. yellowfin tuna.
The $300 Jackpot went to the team
on the Fresh Catch Maxx Amborn
and Ron Amborn from California
with a 27.1 lbs. yellowfin tuna. The
team won $6,630.00 USD. The
$500 Jack-
pot went to
the team on
the Maria
Teresa Marc
Correll,
Robert
Williams,
and Israel
Castro from
Califor-
nia with a
20.0 lbs.
yellowfin
tuna. The
team won
$8,075.00
USD,” said
Dalmau.
“The
$1,000 &
$2,000 jack-
pot went
to the team
on the Don
Julio Mike
Francois battled this jumbo tuna from the decks of the Red Rooster III on
November 16.
Photo courtesy of RED ROOSTER III SPORTFISHING, San Diego.
Tuna have been the primary target for anglers fishing aboard the Excel this November, but
there have been some awesome dorado in the mix too.
Photo courtesy of EXCEL LONG RANGE SPORTFISHING, San Diego.
Bernier, Sean Feeney, Brandon
Hearn and Gareth Christensen from
California with a 19.9 lbs. yellow-
fin tuna. The team ended up being
the big winners of the tournament,
taking home $21,250.00 USD. It
was a good year for Team Don
Julio, as you might remember they
were the team that won the Dorado
Shoot Out,” Dalmau pointed out.
“Lot of fun was had by all at the
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2017 Tuna Shoot Out. We had a
total of 53 boats participate in this
year’s event, weighed 11 yellowfin
tuna and 3 dorado. There was a to-
tal of $54,505 USD awarded at this
year’s tournament. Both the num-
ber of teams and prize money were
records for this event! We would
like to thank all of the participants
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