Reel Tackle Wins Kingfish tournament

Reel Tackle Wins Kingfish tournament

Well Services Group of Companies Kingfish tournament 2016

One hundred and forty eight (148) anglers battled it out on thirty seven (37) boats all along the North Western coast of Trinidad in the 10^th Annual Well Services Group of Companies King Fish Tournament which was held on June 11^th. The tournament was hosted at the Trinidad and Tobago Yacht Club.

Team “Reel Tackle” captained by Michael De Freitas won convincingly with a total of 42.30 points. Captain Fernando Navarro along with his team on "Feeding Frenzy" placed second with 37.20 points. Team "Remedy" captained by Jessie De Freitas placed third with 36.90 points.

There were twenty (20) Junior Anglers who competed in the tournament. Isaiah Aleong of team "Tantrum" got the better of them all.The best angler prize was won by Vishan Jaedo of team "Reel Tackle".

A total of 233.15 lbs of Kingfish and 50.7 lbs of Cavali and 10.5 lbs of Dolphin, made the scale (a total of 294.35 lbs)

320 lbs of the catch was donated on Saturday to 6 charities (Christ Child Convalescent Home, Rainbow Rescue, Our Lady of the Wayside ,Marion House, Sophia House and Blanchisseuse Community).

Full results:

Heaviest in each species	Angler	Boat	Pounds
Cavali	Scott Abdulla	Wahoo	24.15
Dolphin	Stephan Agostini	Ton nen	10.5


Title	Angler	Boat	Points
Best Male Junior Angler	Isaiah Aleong	Tantrum	12.85
Best Male Angler	Vishan Jaedeo	Reel Tackle	42.30


Heaviest Kingfish	Angler	Boat	Pounds
5th	Nicholas Crooks	Predator	16.7
4th	David Brash	Morocha	21.45
3rd	Geoffrey Pollard	Trendsetter	21.8
2nd	Peter Reid	Braveheart	32.9
1st	Dean Fakoory	Feeding Frenzy	37.2


Best Boats	Angler	Boat	Points
3rd	Jesse De Freitas	Remedy	36.90
2nd	Fernando Navarro	Feeding Frenzy	37.2
1st	Michael De Freitas	Reel Tackle	42.3