50 Annual Toneo Internacional de Pesca Puerto Vallarta 2005

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 Deep sea fishing…..What a sport; and what a difference a day can make. From hero on day one; to third stringer or out of the running in just 24 hours. As an avid racing sailor I thought sailing was high on skill and luck but fishing brings a new meaning to this fact. It has even more variables, I reckon. Wednesday was signing in day and the Sheraton Hotel, one of the sponsors, was the rallying point and hosted the final dinner on Saturday night. The processing of 285 fisherman or ‘rods’ hosted on 102 boats (both figures are a record) took some time and we were lucky to be early for this. This event is hosted by the local Club de Pesca of Puerto Vallarta where many elitist Vallartenses have laboured hard to make this 50th anniversary tournament the biggest ever in every regard including prizes. SAILFISH: First Place to Sr.Jose Alfonso FONS weighing 51.60 Kg. aboard DISCOVERY Prize a new Mercedes Benz B-200 Turbo. 2nd place to Sr. Felipe PALACIOS Quintero (Felipe’s restaurant) weighing 50.80 kgs aboard YAIMAICA he won a new pick-up truck Chevy Meriva 3rd place went to Sr. Oscar Arturo AMARAL weighing 45.60 aboard OSCAR (owner of OSCAR’s restaurant) Prize Chevy C-2 three door MARLIN : First Place to Mr. Clarke SMITH weighing 173.20; prize a Silverado Pick-up 1500, 2nd place Stefan KNEFFEL weighing 172.30 winning a Corsa sedan 4 door and 3rd place to the person I replaced aboard KEEMO SABE Bob PATE aboard DAMNIFANO who ended up with $5000. in cash. TUNA: First place to Jeff CORTES with a 79.30 kg fish, prize an Astra 4 door; 2nd place to Oscar DIAZ weighing 59.60 Mercury outboard 60HP 4 stroke engine. (he also won third place with another tuna and won an additional $2500 in cash) DORADO: First place to Rafail ARECHIAGA Esquivel weighing 20.10kgs. 2nd place to Juan Fernando CALDERON weighing 16.70 and 3rd to Hector Arriaga with a weight of 15.80 kgs.