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Makin' Reel Memories

Living Up to Its Name

Team Makin' Reel Memorie wasted no time establishing a firm lead in last week's Harbour Island Championship. Angler

Kathy Jossim grabbed 1,200 points for the Team by catching and releasing two blue marlin on day one of the tournament. Harbour Island is the second leg of the four tournament Bahamas Billfish Championship.

Jossim released her first blue at 10:05 and her second at 3:45. In the meantime, Luis Bacardi on the Rum Bum was busy getting a Grand Slam. Bacardi started the day with a blue marlin release at 9:46. Shortly after ten o'clock, he released a sailfish. He completed the 'slam' at 3:05 releasing a white marlin.

Although teams Makin' Reel Memories and Rum Bum remained quiet, Joe Posillico's Team Torta made their presence known on days two and three by catching two white marlin and a blue.

The final day of the tournament started with the Farmingdale, New York Viking in second place with 1,000 points. The 57 Bertram Rum Bum was in third place with 900 points and Makin' Reel Memories, a 60 Hatteras, was holding on to first place with 1,200 points.

To read the complete press release click here.

Click to view photos from the Harbour Island Championship

Watch the YouTube video click here.

Up Next Treasure Cay

The top contenders for the 2013 Bahamas Billfish Championship title will all be fishing the Treasure Cay Championship. Pandemonium, Makin' Reel Memories, Rum Bum and Cowpoke are registered for the competition hosted by Bank of America and Bertram. Last year's Champion, Fa-La-Me will be fishing their first BBC tournament of the 2013 season.

In addition to four action-packed days of fishing, a full calendar of social events and activities are planned for the week. Lay day activities start with a BBC 'Best Ball' Golf Tournament. Then at 5:00 there will be crab races and a 'Pot Luck' dinner before heading to the Coco Beach Bar for a Colton James Acoustic Concert.

Through his music, Colton promotes the responsible enjoyment of our oceans. Colton James is a fisherman. He is as passionate about enjoying the ocean as he is about protecting it, sharing it and learning about it. During the Treasure Cay Championship, Colton will be a participating angler aboard the 63 Bertram Sharkbait.

The Colton James Acoustic Concert takes place at 8:00 PM, May 29^th at Treasure Cay's Coco Beach Bar. The concert is open to the public and is being sponsored by Bank of America and Bertram.

Click here to see the complete Schedule of Events

2014 Bahamas Billfish Championship

Preliminary Tournament Schedule

Guana Cay Championship May 4 - 9, 2014

(Orchid Bay Marina)

BBC 2014 Leg #2 May 18 - 23, 2014

(Location to be announced)

Treasure Cay Championship June 1 - 6, 2014

(Treasure Cay Resort & Marina)

Marsh Harbour Championship June 15 - 20, 2014

(Abaco Beach Resort & Boat Harbour)

Registration and entry forms for 2014 Bahamas Billfish Championship will be available online at the BBC website.

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More Ways to Keep Score

The Bahamas Billfish Championship App for your Android device is available in the Google Play Store. And in the Apple App Store, there is an update for the BBC App for iPhones BBC App and iPads. Both are free downloads.

BBC Apps are an easy way to stay up to date with the fishing and overall standings for the BBC series. Along with receiving each tournament score update on the website, you can now get live updates on the tournaments and the overall series standings right on your mobile device.

Get notifications on your favorite teams when a score is posted for them! The BBC App technology makes it easy to access live standings and real-time scoring on Apple and Android devices regardless whether you're out fishing or for the folks back home that want to know how your team is doing.

Don't have a Smartphone or Tablet? Keep up with the live action via your computer and web browser. Click here to visit the BBC scores and standings at Reel Time Apps.