Two of Cayman’s most prominent
community service clubs are set to host their annual fishing tournament.
The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman and
Lions Club of Grand Cayman are coming together to host the Fishing for
Community Service fishing competition. The event is scheduled for this Saturday
and Sunday 20-21 November.
Fishing action takes place in
Cayman’s waters with anglers from both Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac eligible to
compete. Anglers are expected to head off shore from as early as 7am both days
and fish until about 4pm. Their catches will then be displayed at weigh
stations from 4-6pm.
Camana Bay will host Grand Cayman’s
weigh station while the Alexandria hotel hosts the other station in Cayman
Brac. The tournament allows wire-lines thus no catches will be eligible for
line class records.
Nevertheless many cash prizes are
slated to be available for both adult and junior anglers. For the adults
CI$2000 is on offer for the biggest wahoo, dolphin and yellowfin tuna catches.
Second-place in any section reaps CI$1000 while third place nabs CI$500.
Like last year the heaviest catch
for a female angler earns CI$1000 while the second-biggest nabs CI$500. For the
junior anglers top prize is CI$300 for the biggest wahoo, dolphin, yellowfin
tuna and barracuda catches. Second place in any category reaps CI$150 while
third place earns a gift certificate.
Registration for the tournament
took place yesterday on both islands. Abacus restaurant in Camana Bay hosted
the Grand Cayman sign-up while the Alexandria hotel was the site in Cayman
Brac. Competition fees are CI$400 for each competing boat of four anglers and
CI$150 for each additional competitor while junior anglers age 14 and under are
charged a CI$25 fee.
The prize-giving ceremony for the
tournament takes place on Wednesday 24 November at 7pm at the Abacus
restaurant. The Cayman Islands Angling Club and Camana Bay are the main
supporters of the tournament.
The competition serves as the final
event on the local fishing calendar and comes after the last angling event in
August. At the annual Billfish release tournament the Bahari crew would nab
first place overall for the second straight year. At the rod this time out was
Mark Jewell, who earned the group a US$3,000 prize.
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