Fishing only their second Bahamas Billfish Championship tournament, Frank Holtham’s Inappropriate tallied 2,400 points with four blue marlin releases to win the Treasure Cay Championship, the final leg of the five tournament series. Veteran BBC captain, Jack Plachter guided the Viking 61 to blue marlin each of the three days and two on day one of the tournament sponsored by HMY Yacht Sales and Viking Yachts.

For their win, the Hackensak, New Jersey team won a Randy Rich designed First Place trophy and as Top Release Team for the Treasure Cay Championship, Inappropriate  was presented with an original bronze trophy awarded by BBC sponsors Murray Products, High Seas Technology and PipeWelders. Steve Lewis of the Lewis Marine Group presented Top Crew trophies to Capt. Jack Plachter  and Pete Zebinski.
Finishing second was the Spicewood, Texas team Deguello with 1,900 points. Gary Domel’s Cabo 48 with Capt. Bill Diamond at the helm caught and released two blue marlin on day one and another blue and a sailfish on day three. One hundred points behind Deguello was team My Doris. Capt. Bobby Brown, another veteran BBC captain, led Mark Modist’s Cabo 40 to an early tournament lead with three blue marlin releases on day one. In addition to the Randy Rich acrylic trophies, the top three teams all received gift certificates from Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecast and BoatMat Corp.

In addition to winning the tournament, team Inappropriate was awarded the Smith Merritt Insurance and International Special Risks ‘Customer Appreciation Award.’ Smith Merritt and ISR award a Carey Chen print to their insured scoring the highest points at each individual leg of the BBC. At the Treasure Cay Championship, all three winners were Smith Merritt ISR customers.

During the three day tournament the 34 participating boats caught a total of 37 billfish - 33 blue marlin, 3 white marlin and only 1 sailfish. The Bahamas Billfish Championship utilizes time and date stamped digital images to validate species and release times of all billfish. Affidavits signed by all participants fishing on each team releasing fish further confirms that the billfish was released in accordance with IGFA and Bahamas Billfish Championship rules.

Now celebrating its 37th season, the BBC is the oldest billfish tournament series in the world. Anglers can fish any or all of the tournaments with cumulative points determining the overall Bahamas Billfish Champions. In an effort to give-back to the Bahamian people, the Bahamas Billfish Championship has two endowed scholarships that enable Bahamian students the opportunity to pursue a degree in marine biology or advanced education in marine technologies.

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