{"id":280243,"date":"2018-07-18T06:02:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T20:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=280243"},"modified":"2018-07-18T06:02:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T20:02:29","slug":"king-fisher-debbie-i-prevail-in-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/king-fisher-debbie-i-prevail-in-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"King Fisher, Debbie I prevail in derby"},"content":{"rendered":"
King Fisher\u2019s anglers and their supporters pose with their 379-lb marlin caught last Saturday during the 34th Annual Saipan International Fishing Tournament. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

King Fisher and Debbie I still emerged victorious in the 34th Annual Saipan International Fishing Tournament held over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Debbie I, which won last year\u2019s grand prize, faltered on its back-to-back bid, but came out on top of the total weight category with their 303.4-lb catch, which include a 184.8-lb marlin. The Guam-based boat is captained by Roque Chaco with Randal, Ray, and Anthony Chaco, and Romy Wagan as his anglers.<\/p>\n

King Fisher, on the other hand, took the first place honors in the marlin category. Its 379-lb bill fish last Saturday was among the last-minute catch to have made it at the weigh station at the Smiling Cove Marina. Spectators waited anxiously, as the more than eight-feet marlin was weighed, with people hoping it would surpass 10-7\u2019s prized catch. It didn\u2019t, leaving the Tak Nakazato-captained King Fisher to settle for the No.1 finish in the marlin category instead of the giant perpetual trophy where all the grand prize winners\u2019 names were etched.<\/p>\n

Joining King Fisher in the Top 3 in the marlin division were Francisco Mendiola\u2019s O\u2019Dear and Diego Benavente\u2019s Victoria. O\u2019Dear reeled in a 334-lb marlin last Sunday, while Victoria brought to the dock its 302lb catch last Saturday.<\/p>\n

In other categories, the first place winners were Padre De Familia (skipjack tuna), O\u2019Dear (yellow fin tuna), Bella (wahoo), and Olei (mahi).<\/p>\n

The Francisco Mendiola-skippered Padre De Familia came to Smiling Cove dock with its 16.6-lb skipjack tuna last Saturday. Bunita of captain Mike Fleming had the second heaviest catch in the same category with its 16.1-lb tuna, which was also caught on Day 1 of the tournament. Debbie I completed the Top 3 with its 15.9-lb tuna that was reeled in, too last Saturday.<\/p>\n

In the yellow fin division, O\u2019Dear\u2019s 57-lb catch came last Sunday and it beat the 55.8lb of the Marky Ngiraklang-captained Olei. Both boats are from Guam, while Saipan\u2019s Sweet Candy of captain George Moses got the third place honors with its 54.8-lb yellow fin.<\/p>\n

In the wahoo category, Bella, which is lead by Superior Court Associate Judge Perry B. Inos Sr., brought home a 26.3-lb wahoo last Saturday to prevail against the 23.9-lb wahoo of Sweet Candy and 23.8 pounds of Heinz Hofschneider\u2019s Cabo Express.<\/p>\n

In the mahi category, Olei was the runaway winner with its 12.2-lb catch, while Victoria and 10-7 came in at second and third after reeling in 4.1 lbs and 3.9 lbs, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Top 3 placers in each category received trophies patterned after the fish they caught and cash and in-kind prizes during the awards ceremony held at the Pacific Islands Club Saipan last Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

King Fisher and Debbie I still emerged victorious in the 34th Annual Saipan International Fishing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":280245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[21982,21983,17798,12438],"class_list":["post-280243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-anthony-chaco","tag-romy-wagan","tag-roque-chaco","tag-sweet-candy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}