| Rancho Leonero entries
score big in Bisbee's East Cape Tournament
published in the August 16th, 2002 issue of Western
Outdoor News, By Gene Kira
EAST CAPE - John Ireland's
Hotel Rancho Leonero had only three boats entered in
last week's East Cape Bisbee's offshore tournament,
but he wound up with the two top prizes for the only
qualifying billfish weighed.
The Rancho Leonero resident
boat Sonrisa, with Mike O'dell, Cooke Bausman,
and Fred Green, took the $60,394 top prize with a 425-pound
blue marlin. The skipper was Lorenzo Marron with
Felipe Gonzales as deck hand.
And, the Rancho Leonero fleet
cruiser, Canelo (named after Ireland's dog),
came in second, with $4,017 for a 307-pound blue, landed
by fleet skipper Hector, and team members Keith Jones,
and Randy and Matt Davis.
The yellowfin tuna category
was won by local East Cape angler, Richard Bottini,
on the Makaira, with a 95-pound fish, and the
dorado category was won by a 67-pounder caught by Fred
Valor on the Awesome. Eash of those fish
won a $7,770 prize.
In all, 37 teams competed
for $139,350 in prize money, on August 7 through August
10, but Tricia Bisbee reported that some money was returned
to entrants because the two winning teams had not entered
the optional daily jackpots. The tournament winner,
Sonrisa, qualified for the World Billfish Tournament
Grand Championship Tournament and the Rolex/IGFA Invitational
Tournament, both scheduled for Cabo San Lucas.
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