2022 Aqua Inspiration Quepos C.R.
Proud Sponsor of Aqua Inspiration Youth Career Day
After months of planning, the International Game Fish Tournament Observers, Inc. (IGFTO), Junior Achievement-Costa Rica , and Marina Pez Vela Youth Career Day, titled Aqua Inspiration, kicked off on Wednesday,...
June 1-3, 2022
2021 Pescadora Quepos Costa Rica
Vessel Agitator wins the 2021 Pescadora Billfish Championship
February 18, 2021, Marina Pez Vela, Quepos, Costa Rica: The Pescadora Billfish Championship kicked off with a meeting of captains and observers, followed by a welcoming party. The ladies only tournament donated a...
February 2021
2021 Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown Leg 1 and Ladies Only Tournament
19 January 2021
Location: Los Sueños Resort and Marina
Playa Herradura
Costa Rica
GeoLoc: 9.6569° N
84.6610° W
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January 2021
Quepos Pescadora February 2020
22 February 2020
Location: Pez Vela Marina
Quepos
Costa Rica
GeoLoc: 9.25.35° N
084.10.22° W
This was my first trip to Quepos, Costa Rica and the first time IGFTO Observers were invited to participate in the Second Annual Pescadora Ladies Tournament.
Expectations...
February 20-22, 2020
2020 Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown Leg 1
19 January 2020
Location: Los Sueños Resort and Marina
Playa Herradura
Costa Rica
GeoLoc: 9.6569° N
84.6610° W
This was my second trip to Costa Rica in two years; expectations were very high given the first time last year. Departing Pensacola, FL...
January 15-18, 2020
2019 Presidential Aruba Caribbean Cup - 10th Anniversary
22 October 2019 Location: Varadero Marina/Boatyard
The Fish House Island Bar and Restaurant Oranjestad, Aruba GeoLoc: 12.4983° N
70.0172° W Departing Pensacola, FL outbound for Oranjestad, Aruba takes a little coordination. For this Observer, a short hop...
October 17-20, 2019
IBT66 | San Juan, Puerto Rico August 2019
15 August 2019 San Juan, Puerto Rico 18˚33.15N/066˚17. 24W
Left Long! Left Long! The Captain shouted down from the bridge.
I saw it at the same time – a big dorsal fin slicing...
August 14-18, 2019
Casa de Campo/La Romana, Dominican Republic 2019
In a tournament marked by rough seas, windy squalls, and seaweed – god, was there seaweed, Captain Brent Gaskill from North Carolina guided his team aboard the 64’ custom Jarrett Bay, Builders Choice , to a comfortable victory during the three days of fishing in the prestigious Casa...
April 10-14, 2019
2018 Presidential Aruba Caribbean Cup Oranjestad, Aruba
Aruba, Jamaica, oh I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama….. oh, sorry, I got carried away (Beach Boys circa 1989). Aruba, one of the jewels of the Caribbean with it’s beautiful beaches, friendly people, laid-back lifestyle, Dutch heritage and, oh, by...
October 18-21, 2018