The Cayman Swordfish Challenge is two nights of fishing, Fri 19 thru Sun 21 April 2013. It’s a team event with a captain and at least one angler. Entry fee is CI$500 per team of four including the team captain + CI$100 each for any additional anglers.

CI$20,000 in Cash Prizes!

$5000 Heaviest Total Weight (1 or 2 fish combined)

$3000 2nd Heaviest Total Weight (1 or 2 fish combined)

$2000 3rd Heaviest Total Weight (1 or 2 fish combined)

$2000 Most Releases 1st evening

$2000 Most Releases 2nd evening

$2000 Heaviest Total Weight 1st evening (1 or 2 fish combined)

$2000 Heaviest Total Weight 2nd evening (1 or 2 fish combined)

$1000 Single Heaviest Swordfish caught in Cayman Brac

$1000 Single Heaviest Swordfish caught in Grand Cayman

Schedule

THU 18 APR              1) Registration 2) Captain’s meeting 3) Bait & tackle rigging: 6.30pm at Kirk Marine

FRI 19 APR                 Fishing starts at 12 noon

SAT 20 APR                Fishing stops at 12 midnight. Fishing starts at 12 noon

SUN 21 APR               Fishing stops at 12 midnight. Rest day

MON 22 APR             Prize Giving 6pm at Morgans Harbour

Rules

Only conventional manual rod and reels allowed. Line must be 130 lb or less.

No electric or hydraulic reels allowed on boats.

Hours of fishing will be 12pm (noon) until 12am (midnight).

All hook-ups must be reported to the tournament control by radio, phone or satellite phone (Control # provided at registration)

All fish boated or released must be reported to the tournament controll boat by radio or phone.

All anglers must bring their boated fish or photos of releases to the weigh station: GCM (Barcadere Dock) CYB (Carib Sands Dock)

Releases must be verified by a photo of the fish which includes the daily T-shirt. Each additional fish photographed must be preceded by a photo of the angler. Cameras will be provided by the tournament.

This is a team boat tournament. The rod may be passed from angler to angler.

All fish must be a minimum of 48 inches from the fork of the tail to the tip of the lower jaw. No boat will keep more than two fish per night. All others must be released.

Awards will be given for the best total weight of max two fish, heaviest single fish and most releases.

Baits must be rigged with no more than two single hooks,both of which must be secured to the bait. No double hooks allowed

Each boat must have a team captain. The team captain will be responsible for registration and payment of fees. All cash prizes will be paid to the team captain.

The weigh station opens at 12am (midnight). The weigh master will be available (on call) for any fish hooked before the close of the tournament and arrives at the weigh station before 5pm.

In the event of a tie, the prize will be awarded to the first fish caught or released.

Weather rule; Winds above 15knots will cancel the evenings fishing. If Friday and Saturday fishing is canceled, then Sunday evening will be fished as a make up evening. If weather cancels 2 evenings fishing, then 1 evening will constitute a successful tournament

All anglers must have fun!

Entry

Entry into the competition is simple, just download the entry form from the website at: http://caymanswordfish.com/entry.html

fill out the boat information and the entry form, fax it to 345 949 8810 and you done. The CI$500 entry fee can be paid at the seminar which is on Thursday 18 April 2013, – see Schedule.

In 2012 the Swordfish Challenge was  “a success beyond all expectations”. Over two nights, 9 boats and 35 anglers in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac experience the Islands’ abundant swordfishery. When a tournament takes place, everybody from directors to sponsors to anglers want the same thing. They all want fish and happy people. Everybody involved with the Cayman Islands Swordfish Challenge 2012 got their wish. Nine boats and 35 anglers fished the waters of Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac for the evenings of 30 and 31 March catching 10 fish. With half the boats catching fish, this is a great success in any swordfish tournament. Two key added circumstances made this event even better. First, the fish averaged 100 pounds, and, secondly, three swordfish were tagged and released both nights.

Contact: For more information please contact King Flowers on 345 916 2177

If that isn’t enough fishing, the 16^th Annual Cayman Islands International Fishing Tournament begins Thu April 25^th – Sunday April 28^th 2013. Prizes in this event are over US$200,000. For details on this event and others go to: http://www.fishcayman.com/home.html