More than 30 fishing boats and their crews – a total of 111 anglers, set out to the high seas for the fourth Barcardere Classic one of the Cayman Islands Angling Club (CIAC) most exciting annual fishing tournaments.

With a total of $27,000 in prize money, each crew didn’t worry too much about paying the entrants’ fee. It was, after all, two days of what Cayman’s best fishermen (and women) love doing:  going out to battle nature, and try their hand at catching some of the biggest fish around.

“More than 50 Wahoo’s were weighed in on the first day of the tournament. It was a great start to the 2012 tournament season,” said CIAC President
Franklin Thompson.  After the weekend was over, and sometimes many hours on the decks of their craft, there were generous prizes in each category.

A $6000 prize for the heaviest wahoo, weighing in at 67.7 lbs went to Eric Maierhofer of Runaround, and $3000 for the second-heaviest wahoo was won by Rob Jones of Strike Force. Third place in the Wahoo category and a $1000 went to Simon Wetherell of Team Tukka, with a 63.1 lbs fish.

Daniel Kirconnell of Blue Diamond won the top prize of $2,000 for the heaviest dolphin, at 27.9 lbs.

Second prize of $1,000 went to Leon Dilbert of Miss Nyah, with a
25.5lb dolphin.

Waylon Bush won $2,000 for the heaviest Yellowfin Tuna at 93.5 lbs, and Jason Powery of Morning Spirit won the second place prize of $1,000.

The prize for the Lady angler with the heaviest fish went to
Jenny Elvidge.  There were also prizes for the best Junior Angler, and a raffle for two tickets to any Cayman Airways destination, sponsored by the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism.