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2012 Winners
Congratulations to Adam Marton and Tony Como who where guided by Captain Nesto (pictured below). They were the Grand Champions for the First Annual Bonefish Tarpon Trust Tagging Tournament at El Pescador.
Congratulations is also in order for the second and third place winners.
Tourney Results
- First Place
- Adam Marton and Tony Como who where guided by Captain Nesto
- Second Place
- Bill Williams with Guide – Captain Sinoe
- Third Place
- Jenn and Hackney Parker with Guide – Captain Cesar
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE! AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE INCREDIBLE SPONSORS FROM THE FLY FISHING INDUSTRY THAT GAVE SO GENEROUSLY TO A GREAT EVENT!
About the Tournament
El Pesador 1st Annual Invitational Tagging Tournament to benefit Bonefish & Tarpon Trust from AM Films on Vimeo.
If you are interested in supporting Bonefish & Tarpon Trust through a contribution please send checks made out to Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, C/O AM Films, 230 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611 or visit www.tarbone.org
Tournament Information
When: Thurs, Jan 12th – Mon, Jan 16th, 2012 Martin Luther King weekend
Where: El Pescador, Ambergris Caye, Belize
What: A 3 day tagging tournament
Why: To raise money for Bonefish and Tarpon Trust whose mission is to support research to help understand, nurture, and enhance healthy bonefish, tarpon, and permit populations.
Cost: A 4 night / 3 day fishing package based on shared room and shared guide at El Pescador is US$2110 per person.
Rates include 4 nights of lodging in a beachfront double occupancy room in our main lodge, 3 days of guided fishing, roundtrip land, air and sea transfers between Belize City and El Pescador, hotel tax, sales tax where applicable, 3 meals per day and hors d'oeuvres, local Belizean beverages consumed at our bar (including soda, beer and rum), complimentary use of all amenities (pools, wi-fi, kayaks, bikes, etc) and a welcome drink. Rates do not include fishing license, park fees if applicable, gratuities or purchases in the fly shop.
El Pescador will donate US$250 for every paying angler entering the 1st Annual Invitational Tagging Tournament to Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. The total sum raised will be donated in the tournament winner's name to BTT. The winner with then receive the corresponding benefits associated with that level of membership.
El Pescador has worked with BTT and their tagging program since 2009. We tag permit, bonefish and tarpon in order to answer basic questions about population, growth rates and movements.
The tournament requires anglers and guides to not only measure the fish before release, but to tag them as well. This is a charity tournament benefitting Bonefish Tarpon Trust. Information about tagging as well as scientific and conservation issues affecting Bonefish, Tarpon and Permit around the world can be found at www.tarbone.org
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