Anyone fishing the Miami Swordfish Tournament?

[novomarine]

I agree with Nick C... and I think, no one should fish any tournament where the promoter or his family is fishing.... period..... when that happens and the promoter wins, everyone will think something was up..... I've heard that many times before..... and the only way to find out for sure is to pay for an independent polygraph of the whole crew... as far as pictures (I'm not saying that anyone did that) all swords look alike... it's very easy to take a picture of the same fish at different spots in the boat... a video camera should be mandatory for all tournaments...

[Teambusyman]

[mvidaljr0219]

Team Busy Man This Is For You.....

Congrats buddy, you deserve this especially all the hard work you have gone through. Sailfish here we come.

[pj7336]

We pulled through in the Miami tournament... Now its time for sail fish season lets see what excuses there gonna come up with to bring us down during the sail season.

[novomarine]

Originally Posted by Teambusyman

YOU have heard what before????

I dont know if you know but in the Islamorada tournament that boat broke down and they got to the wiegh station 30 minutes late and it cost them 3rd place....do you think anything was wrong there??? no they were treated just like any other boat in the tournament. I dont want to argue with anyone on this forum or cause problems but i feel that this should be cleared up as this WHOLE crew put alot of hard work and effort for this win for this bullshit talking. There was no favortism at all in this tournament everyone was on an even playing field.

If there was a handicap it was in our end as the boat goes a whopping speed of 20 knots but she pulled through

If you feel there should videos then maybe you should come out next year fish the tournament and propose your idea.

Thanks to all for the congratulations.

I believe my post was very clear on "what I've heard"...... this is not about this case specific, it is just common sense.. if you are the promoter you should not fish your own tournament, nor allow a family member to do so... that avoids any and all suspicions, along with the video evidence.... and an independent polygraph....

[Nick C]

Funny you should say that. You must have a lot of tournaments under your belt.
As far as video, not ever is a pro with the camera like you lol. Anyhow, you didn't fish so why does it matter? Congratulate the guys! They managed to catch two fish, while most of buoy boat fleet caught jack chit! You want to know what's really BS about this hole thing? We really won, but didn't enter hahaha.

[Nick C]

And how about in Islamorada when they got dq'ed because they blew a turbo on the way in and made it back late.
And when Capt. Peeples DQ'ed his biggest sponsor back a couple years ago when they failed the poly.
Just sayin. Seems like they play fair in this one.

[Teambusyman]

[Disco Lady]

.COÑO!!!!!!! Lets all be friends and go catch another sword.

Capt.Luis Herrera

[GT Fish]

Was having a lil fun...ill let it be...

[Disco Lady]

CoÑo!!!!!!!!!!!

[Disco Lady]

[Capt.Luis Herrera


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[Teambusyman]

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[Disco Lady]

It's all cool Teambusyman Thanks for your opinion on the baits.

Team Baycal 2 place winners of the Miami Swordfish Tournament

Capt.Luis Herrera
Big Game Baits!

[TOPPDAWG]

New rules in release tournaments? !!!!! Must weigh in at least one fish to qualify?

[GENERALturtle.]

Congrats to the winners. WTG DL. We pulled off a good one that ate a live runner at about 11:00 and had another lil hit on a squid.

Someone stole all my food, drinks and rigged squid outta the truck at Miami Beach marina. Hope i find out who it was. Fatto anyone with information that leads to the beating of suspect.

[Disco Lady]

That sucks! Turtle sorry to hear that.


DL,

[Swordone]

Congrats to the winners!

Tough fishing out there Friday night. Fished north the 00 -04 were covered in buoys. Watched them catch one fish that ended up 100' from my spread by the time they caught it.

Saturday sent a hand crank down 1700' at lines in at 7, was hooked up by 7:06. Pulled that one off 10' ft from the leader at 8:20.

Nothing else till about 12:30 when we had one in the lights and it bit the tip rod but pulled that one off as well.

[CompleteAngler]

We did manage to pull off a double after making a bold move and wasting an hour running to the promised land. Both hit at 300', a live bait and a squid. During the fight we had a 150lb-200lb swim thru the light, we tried pitching baits out but she faded away. What chaos having a double and a third fish swim right behind the boat.

The first fish was about 52" on the livie hooked in the pec fin. The second was about 57" hooked down its throat. Both swam away to catch this weekend.

Release No. 1
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Release No. 2

[Teambusyman]

Nice pics nelly DOG!!! any other night and those bad boys would have gotten the steel and ice treatment!!

[WhItEoUt 23]

Originally Posted by TOPPDAWG

New rules in release tournaments? !!!!! Must weigh in at least one fish to qualify?

I agree 100 percent Springer.Release's should win the release calcutta but not the whole damn tourney.Your job in a swordfish tourney is to bring weight to the scale period who ever weigh's the heaviest fish wins that simple it dont matter if one fish was weighed or twenty were weighed sounds like some one got the short end of the stick...............

[CompleteAngler]

Well the guy that caught the biggest fish wasn't in any of the calcuttas.
This tournament was designed to see who can catch the most, just like the BBC.
There is a calcutta for the biggest fish boated, but the overall tournament goes to the one who can put points on the board.
If i put both in the boat, they would have weighed more than 115lbs.

And in a swordfish tournament it isn't who brings in the single heaviest fish, they are all different. Look at the Daytime Tournament, bring in 2 to the scale. So a combined weight wins. If i caught one 250lb daytiming and someone caught two 130lbers, i would say he kicked my ass, he had the skill to catch more.

[Captain Juan]

Nelson,

Congrats, but your logic below is also flawed -

If i put both in the boat, they would have weighed more than 115lbs.

Why, because there was a 60" minimum, correct?

Also, didn't the tourney require "date and time stamped" photos?

If not, a tee shirt at the end of the gaff in the shot is not totally air tight either.

Tight lines.

Juani

[WhItEoUt 23]

Originally Posted by CompleteAngler

And in a swordfish tournament it isn't who brings in the single heaviest fish, they are all different. Look at the Daytime Tournament, bring in 2 to the scale. So a combined weight wins. If i caught one 250lb daytiming and someone caught two 130lbers, i would say he kicked my ass, he had the skill to catch more.

Really, Full moon adventures tournament Single heaviest fish weighed wins seperate divison for realese's,Destin Shootout heaviest fish weighed wins seperate divisons for realease's,Swordfish club heaviest combined weight weighed wins all these tourney you must weigh a fish and these are the biggest sword tournaments in florida.Theres a reason why people aint fishing Ricks tourneys anymore and its becuse every dam year theres a controversy with who won,The tourneys i mentioned above you wont hear one bad thing about them becuse there ran buy stand up guys who make a level playing field for all the particpants.........

Dave

[No Patience]

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[novomarine]

Originally Posted by Captain Juan

Nelson,

Congrats, but your logic below is also flawed -

If i put both in the boat, they would have weighed more than 115lbs.

Why, because there was a 60" minimum, correct?

Also, didn't the tourney require "date and time stamped" photos?

If not, a tee shirt at the end of the gaff in the shot is not totally air tight either.

Tight lines.

Juani

AIR TIGHT..... ok let's all come up with ideas for future tournaments.

video requirements...

1 before calling a hook up, turn on your camcorder and videotape the call with the answer confirmation number over the radio.. have two participants confirm the radio transmission.

2 when the fish is near the boat, videotape uninterrupted until the fish is on board, place a newspaper of that day on the fish, take measurements of the fish, keep videotaping until a radio confirmation is given over the radio.. and have two participants confirm the radio transmission.

3 if the fish is going to be release: when the fish is near the boat, videotape uninterrupted until the fish is under control use the newspaper to date the fish, release the fish, call it in wait for a confirmation over the radio.... and have two participants confirm the radio transmission.

[Darkside]

Joe I think you are going overboard with the video thing. Dead on the Dock with polygraph exams are the normal procedure for us.

[WhItEoUt 23]

[WhItEoUt 23]

Originally Posted by No Patience

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[novomarine]

Originally Posted by Darkside

Joe I think you are going overboard with the video thing. Dead on the Dock with polygraph exams are the normal procedure for us.

ok.. ok.. the video thing is a bit much.... how about water boarding the winning crew to see if they confess????