 Zues Opens Overall BBC Lead
at Harbour Island
Sandy Smith's team Zues scored 2,600 points during the Harbour Island Championship to capture First Place for the tournament and maintain their impressive lead in the overall standings of the 2011 Bahamas Billfish Championship. Smith, from St. Cloud, Florida, led his team in catching and releasing three blue marlin, one white marlin and six sailfish during the tournament which was the third leg of the BBC's five tournament Series. Team Zues caught qualifying billfish each day keeping the pressure on the rest of the fleet and the points consistently accumulating.
The Harbour Island Championship sponsors were on-hand to present the Randy Rich designed First Place trophy to team Zues during the awards ceremony at the Coral Sands Resort. Sponsor representatives making the trophy presentation were Vanessa Darling of International Special Risks, Casey Sinclair of Smith-Merritt Insurance, Lisa Verbit and John Domenico of Bank of America's US Trust and Mike Romanchuk of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.
As the Top Release Team for the Harbour Island Championship, Zues received a Hy Jacobson original teak sculpture presented by BBC sponsors Murray Products and the Al Behrendt Marine Group. Top Crew trophies, sponsored by the Lewis Marine Group, were awarded to Capt. Glenn Cameron and the crew of Zues.
Catching and releasing four blue marlin for 2,400 points was Mike Sandifer's Makin' Reel Memories, a 60 Hatteras. The Second Place team, from Jacksonville, Florida, caught their blues on the first two days of fishing and led the tournament until the final hours when Zues caught and released two sailfish giving Smith's team the 200 point margin.
Gary Angel's Sea Angel, a Weaver 60 from Baytown, Texas, finished third with 2,100 points after releasing three blue marlin, one white marlin and one sailfish. In addition to the Randy Rich trophies, the top three finishers all received gift certificates from Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service (ROFFS) and Bacardi Anejo compliments of Bacardi International and Bahamas based Bristol Wine and Spirits.
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