Tournament Information
On January 13-15, 2010 Grand Slam Tackle and Marine Center hosted the 4th Annual Jupiter Billfish Tournament at the Square Grouper Tiki Bar in Jupiter FL. The Jupiter Billfish Tournament is a catch-release sailfish tournament. Forty-two boats entered the tournament and were able to fish out of the Jupiter inlet, Palm Beach inlet and the newly added St. Lucie inlet. There were two grand prize categories, Grand Prize Live Bait and Grand Prize Dead Bait along with six other Calcutta categories available for the anglers to enter.
This year forty-two boats completed our tournament! It was an exciting two days of fishing with a large “purse” on the line; the first day from the moment lines hit the water the bite was ON! The radio room was buzzing with constant calls most double and triple headers! After fighting for two solid days of fishing the team on the Cowpoke moved ahead by one fish! Cowpoke walked away the Grand Prize Dead Bait winner as well as the winner of all six of the Calcutta categories. Cowpoke fished out of Pirates Cove Resort and Marina and has now added a little “luck” to our newly added inlet! The Cowpoke team won $120,175.00!!!! The highest amount ever paid in Jupiter Billfish Tournament history to date raising the “proverbial bar” in payouts for the Jupiter area giving $200,550.00 total. Grand Prize Live Bait was awarded to Team Bahama who also received 2nd place in the Total Release Calcutta Category (regardless of bait type). The anglers on the Team Bahama went home with $7,550.00. Fishing Day One 2nd place was awarded to the team on the Sea Check. And the top angler prize of $1,000 was awarded to Scott Rhein on the Scooter whoalso took home 3rd place Day One and 2nd place Day Two. Day Two 1st place winner was team Hotty Toddy winning a total of $32,215and 3rd place Day Two were the anglers from the Fa-la-me! An overall total of 364 sailfish were caught, 231 fish on day one and 133 fish on day two it was a tremendous two days of fishing!
We would like to extend a sincere thank you to all of our presenting sponsors; HMY, Pirate’s Cove Resort and Marina and Henley’s Custom Marine, our volunteers and participants as we could not have done this without you! A big thank you to Castaways Marina and the Square Grouper Tiki Bar for helping us host this exciting event. Be sure to mark your calendars for the next Grand Slam tournament, the KDW tournament on May 14-15, 2010 located at Carlin Park in Jupiter, FL.
