Team OBX Victorious at PCCA Guatemala; Southern Pride Wins Overall Series
Number of tournaments in sportfishing are as aggressive as the Presidential Problem of Central The united states, and this calendar year proved that when again the PCCA hosts the world’s most proficient light tackle anglers. With a stellar Day A few efficiency, Staff OBX
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Team OBX, winners of the Presidential Challenge of Guatemala!
emerged victorious in Guatemala with a 3-day complete of 4,200 points aboard the Rum Line with Capt. Chris Sheeder. They also completed 3rd in the Costa Grand Champion standings for the time with seven,650 points. The team’s roster this year consists of Mike Viveiros, Dell Dembosky, Craig Johnson, Gary Tarpley, Ebby Hall and Mike Huling. In 2011, Group OBX competed in the Presidential Problem of Costa Rica, the Aruba Caribbean Cup and the PCCA Guatemala.
Casa Vieja Lodge won second.
In second area in the tournament was the Casa Vieja Lodge team, anchored by Lodge supervisor and executive chef Juan Cruz-Anon with 4,two hundred factors. They fished the Makaira with Capt. Jason Brice and also had an exceptional third day to wrap up the event. Further team members involved Yefry Garcia and Chico Alvarenga.
Group TBF, third location.
Finishing 3rd was The Billfish Basis staff, fishing on the Intensity with Capt. Mike Sheeder at the helm they tallied three,900 points for the tournament. Staff members include Steve Fanscy, James Cambridge and Andrew Cox.
For the tournament there ended up 346 sailfish, a few blue marlin and two striped marlin introduced, all employing Berkley 20-pound examination line and non-offset circle hooks. Certified observers have been aboard each vessel to guarantee compliance to all tournament policies.
Casa Vieja Lodge served as the tournament’s host, with great cocktail parties every afternoon following fishing in addition to a sumptuous welcome dinner and gala awards celebration at the conclusion of the tournament. Casa Vieja as soon as once more proved that its status as a entire world-class vacation spot is richly deserved. Zacapa also joined this year’s occasion as a major sponsor, supplying a great deal of leading-shelf rum throughout the tournament.
PCCA Guatemala Best Angler Yefry Garcia.
In the Costa Grand Champion Staff division, the Southern Pride emerged victorious with 8,300 factors, just fifty points ahead of the Sea Angel staff at eight,250. The Southern Pride fished in all four PCCA activities this yr, winning the Caribbean Cup in Aruba for the second time in a row in 2011. The Sea Angel in turn won PCCA Costa Rica and the
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2nd spot PCCA angler Russell Petranto.
Papagayo Cup for a stellar yr on their personal, fishing three of the four Presidential tournaments.
Congratulations to all who competed in the 2011 Presidential Problem tournament collection. Around $ twenty five,000 was raised for billfish conservation and an
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Third area PCCA angler Craig Johnson.
crucial satellite tagging challenge was accomplished this 12 months in Aruba. The Presidential Problem Charitable Foundation is a 501c3 non-revenue charity whose ambitions are two-fold: elevate consciousness of sportfishing tourism throughout Central The usa and the Caribbean, and also to serve as a fundraiser for marine conservation in these locations in addition to funding nearby development assignments in the towns wherever the tournaments are held. For much more details, please check out www.preschallenge.com.
Final Outcomes
Very first Area Team: Crew OBX, four,two hundred points
2nd Location Team: Casa Vieja, 4,two hundred factors
Third Area Group: Team TBF, three,900 points
Initial Area Angler: Yefry Garcia, two,000 points
2nd Spot Angler: Russ Petranto, one,700 points
Third Location Angler: Craig Johnson, 1,700 points
1st Area Boat: Rum Line, Capt. Chris Sheeder four,200 factors
2nd Spot Boat: Makaira, Capt. Jason Brice 4,two hundred factors
Third Spot Boat: Intensity, Capt. Mike Sheeder three,900 factors
Eagle Claw Grand Champion Angler
Initial Place: Arturo Moreno
2nd Location: Mike Viveiros
Third Place: J. Godwin
Costa Grand Champion Crew
1st Spot: Southern Pride
Second Place: Sea Angel
3rd Place: Staff OBX
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