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 The
Buccaneer
Cup Sailfish Release Tournament
is one of the oldest and most prestigious billfish
tournaments in the country. It is recognized for being one
of the earliest billfish tournaments to adopt an all release
format, setting the pace for others to follow. More
recently, it took another bold step by becoming 100%
non-profit. All proceeds generated by the Buccaneer Cup are
donated to the Recreational Fishing Alliance to this
important organization continue its work to protect the
rights of saltwater anglers and to fight for common sense
conservation in the fishery management process.
As a political action organization for recreational
saltwater fisherman, the RFA brings together a large
grassroots membership along with a growing list of companies
in the marine industry, including many of the leading boat
and yacht builders, to form a powerful lobby with a full
time staff of professionals engaged in the political and
regulatory process.
 Your
participation in the Buccaneer Cup will help us continue to
set new standards for tournaments in the years to come. A
truly first class event it will run concurrently with
The Florida Fish for Life Billfish Tournament, also
completely non-profit and benefiting colon cancer research.
Join us at The Sailfish Marina and prepare to fish with a
greater purpose - to support the RFA the leading
organization fighting for our fisheries and the very future
of our sport.
Gary
Caputi
Tournament
Chairman
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2010
Buccaneer Cup Press Release and Results! |
UNBELIEVABLE SAILFISH ACTION MARKS
BUCCANEER CUP AND FISH FOR LIFE TOURNAMENTS!
Twenty-seven Teams Catch & Release 585 Sails in Three Days.
Contact: For Immediate Release:
Fred Miller (FFL) fredrm@comcast.net
Gary Caputi (BUC) caputifish@comcast.net
“The fishing was spectacular,” said Florida Fish for Life
tournament director Fred Miller, “unlike anything I’ve seen in
any tournament in recent memory!”
The Palm Beach Double Shot is the simultaneous running of the
Florida Fish for Life Billfish Tournament, a cancer charity
event in its seventh year, and one of Florida’s most famous
events, the 47th Annual Buccaneer Cup Sailfish Release
Tournament, a fund raising event for the Recreational Fishing
Alliance for the past five years. It kicked off with a
captain’s meeting and party at the Buccaneer Restaurant on
Singer Island on Wednesday, January 20th.
“We thought the first day of fishing set the pace with an
incredible 184 releases for 26 boats,” said Buccaneer
tournament director and well known fishing writer and
photographer Gary Caputi, “but it was only a warm up for what
was to come. The first day the ocean was snotty with strong
south winds, but the fish were snapping toward the northern
end of the tournament boundary at Ft. Pierce Inlet. Teams
fishing live bait and trolling were calling in releases so
fast our radio room based in Stewart was hard pressed to keep
up with the pace, but did an outstanding job.”
Day two, the weather turned to the west, the seas calmed a
little and the bite only got more frenetic. The radio was
abuzz with releases being called in and without the highly
professional performance by the trained observers from the
International Game Fish Tournament Observers, Inc. it could
have become unmanageable. When the smoke cleared after lines
out at 4 PM 240 more sailfish had been hooked, caught and
released in accordance with tournament rules.
The Fish for Life, which is a two day event, ended on Friday
with 424 releases tallied for 26 boats, an incredible
accomplishment that highlighted how good the fishing and the
teams entered really were. The winners of the event were
FA-LA-ME with 7800 release points, SEA HAG with 7800 points
and KRAZY SALTS with 7200 points. The first and second place
point’s tie was broken by time of the last release, the two
fish separated by a mere 5 minutes!
Saturday was the final day for the Buccaneer Cup,
traditionally a three day event, with light east winds that
picked up later in the day. The tournament had already
experienced strong south and west winds and now it was 180
degrees in the other direction, but nothing stopped the fish
from biting. The radio reports started the moment lines went
in the water with the BONESHAKER team trolling up an amazing
14 fish by midday on the heels of 17 the day before. Team
ORION was forced to leave their big Hatteras at the dock due
to a minor technical difficulty and live bait from their 32’
SeaVee with incredible results. They released an amazing 21
tying the BONESHAKER lead due to the point’s differential (200
for live bait and 300 for dead bait releases). The tie breaker
was the two hour difference in their last catch.
At the end of the day 161 sailfish releases were added to the
first two day’s for a total of 585 releases, a record setting
performance that placed the event above and beyond anything
others held in the past few years or longer!
The winners of the 47th Annual Buccaneer Cup were the
BONESHAKER with an incredible 11,400 release points; the
FA-LA-ME with 10,800 points and KRAZY SALTS with 9,600 points.
The awards dinner was held at the exclusive Sailfish Club of
Palm Beach where hosts Gary Caputi and Fred Miller presented
trophies and cash prizes amid a jubilant atmosphere of
friendship and camaraderie. The talk of the evening was a mix
of conversations about the incredible fishing experienced by
all the teams involved and the great time they had fishing
these two extremely well run events.
Event Sponsors: Viking Yachts; Caterpillar Marine Power (Ransome,
Pantropic Power & Gregory Poole); American Custom Yachts;
Cummins Marine; HMY Yacht Sales; Miller Subaru; Ocean Yachts;
Release Marine; Black Bart; Isle of Capri Resort Casino;
Hi-Sea Fishing Line; American Fishing Wire; Floscan
Instruments; Interlux Paint; Onan Generators; Canyon Gear
International; Old Harbor Outfitters; Hatteras Press.
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2010
Buccaneer Cup Results |
1ST PLACE BOAT
BONESHAKER
JOE LEHNER
SCOTT FAWCETT CAPT |
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1ST PLACE ANGLER
KYLE FISHER
SEA HAG |
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FIRST SAILFISH RELEASE
NATE ROBERTS
OSPREY |
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2ND PLACE BOAT
FA-LA-ME
FRANK RODRIQUES
ROB MORE CAPT |
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2ND PLACE ANGLER
DAVID BERARD
ANEJO |
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LAST SAILFISH
GREG BOGDEN
MISS ANNIE |
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3RD PLACE BOAT
KRAZY SALTS
DAVID ANDERSON
KEITH GREENBERG |
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3RD PLACE ANGLER
MARK MC DEVITT
ANEJO |
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LARGEST FISH
BILLFISHER
10 LB DOLPHIN |
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TOP LADY ANGLER
SANDRA MC MILLIN
SANDMAN |
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MOST RELEASE POINTS DAY ONE
FA-LA-ME |
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TOP CAPTAIN
SCOTT FAWCETT
BONESHAKER |
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MOST RELEASE POINTS DAY TWO
BONESHAKER |
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TOP MATE
DAN HALL/SKEBO EKLE/PATRICK PRICE
BONESHAKER |
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MOST RELEASE POINTS DAY THREE
BONESHAKER |
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