Results, Junior Angler Fishing Tournament 2017

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GAME FISHING ASSOCIATION

#59 Pinewood Drive, Goodwood Gardens, Diego Martin, Trinidad, W. I.

Tel/Fax: (868) 632-6608 E-Mail: info@ttgfa.com Website: www.ttgfa.com

Press Release

The Trinidad and Tobago Game Fishing Association/TTGFA, together with the Ministry of Sport, held its 19^th Annual Junior Angler fishing tournament on Saturday 8^th July, 2017 at the Trinidad and Tobago Yacht Club in Glencoe.

There were 22 boats entered in the tournament with a total of 60 Anglers (47 male & 13 Female) ranging from 5 to 16 years old.

A total of 563 lbs of fish made it to the scale of which 434 lbs. were King Fish, 18 lbs Carite, 40 lbs Cavali, 26 lbs of Bacchine and 42 lbs of Bonito. Over 250 lbs of the day’s catch were donated to various charities.

Below is a full list of results:

Heaviest in species:

Species	Angler	Boat	Weight
Bachine	Brooke Chong Ashing	Family 3	2 lbs.8 oz
Bonito/Tuna	Jade Llanos	Intrepid	6 lbs.
Carite	Jayda Seecharan	Earn your stripes	3lbs 4oz.
Cavali	Lucian Farfan	No Flyers	13lbs.4oz
KingFish	Alexander Hadad	Sea Hunter	30 lbs.

Best in age group 5- 7 Female

1^st Shiloh Salandy Fish Finder

Best in age group 5- 7 Male

5^th Noah Sheppard Georgie Lass

4^th Luke Young Emmanuel

3^rd Ethan Collier Luhr'd Away

2^nd Tristan llanos Intrepid

1^st Lucian Farfan No Flyers

Best in age group 8-10 Female

5^th Jayda Seecharan Earn your Stripes

4^th Victoria Hadeed Earn your stripes

3^rd Jade Llanos Intrepid

2^nd Lizzy Wortman Wicked

1^st Lacey Rae George No Flyers

Best in age group 8-10 Male

5^th James Collier Luhr'd Away

4^th Kane Conyers Luhr'd Away

3^rd Elijah Baksh Anticipation

2^nd Shea Scully Emmanuel

1^st Luke Ching Ashing Family 3

Best in age group 11-13 Female

4^th Savannah Sheppard Lead us Knot

3^rd Andrea Thompson Fish finder

2^nd Sophie De Gannes Wicked

1^st Makaira Wallace Wicked

Best in age group - 11-13 Male

5^th Ethan Gibbon Summer Bay

4^th Mikael Young Emmanuel

3^rd Max Dobring Anticipation

2^nd Jane Decle Sea Hunter

1^st Alexander Hadad Sea Hunter

Best in age Group - 14-16 Male

5^th Andrew Adams Scatter Brain

4^th Adam Abdulla Satu Lagi

3^rd Marcus Navarro Scatter Brain

2^nd Scott Wortman Over due

1^st Luke De Gannes Overdue

Best Boat Category

3^rd No Flyers 58.4 Points

2^nd Wicked 73.8 Points

1^st Sea Hunter 103.8 Points

Special Prizes

Heaviest Sapate Malique Baksh Anticipation

Heaviest Grouper Elijah Baksh Anticipation

Heaviest Gar Fish Chad Ferreira Scatter Brain

Photo attached. Best Boat Winners – Team Sea Hunter – (L- R) Nicholas Telfer, Alexander Hadad, Marylin Sheppard (Vice President – TTGFA), Kane Decle, Robert Hadad