THE PISCES FLEET OFFICE is a place to charter a boat year- round, or to sign up in Cabo for the jackpot. The office, located on the marina near the Hotel Costa Real and Solomon’s Landing, also houses the Tuna Jackpot Wall which displays the 218.9- pound yellowfin tuna mount of the fish that won the first-ever Tuna Jackpot by the panga team Estrella Del Mar. Here, Pisces Fleet’s Tracy Ehrenberg shows off the Jackpot Wall. Ehrenbergs’ Pisces Fleet office serves as official Cabo Jackpot signup site; boasts “Wall of Tuna” for tourney’s top finishers The official on-site office for signing up in Cabo prior to the check-in day is the Pisces Sportfishing Fleet office located on the malécon in the marina near Plaza Las Glorias. Said Jackpot Director Kit McNear, “Having Tracy down in Cabo year-round allows teams to sign up prior to the event in Cabo. All locals, pangeros or yacht owners should sign up early so they don’t miss out.” The Pisces Fleet has access to all of the charterboats in Cabo and can operate as a central booking agent as Tracy and her staff are familiar with every boat and crew. The Fleet office is not only a place to charter a boat and sign up, but it also houses a Tuna Jackpot Wall which displays the 218.9-pound yellowfin tuna mount of the fish that won the first- ever Tuna Jackpot by the panga team Estrella Del Mar. The tuna mount is just above a wall plaque with the names of the teams that caught the biggest fish each year. The perpetual plaque this year had a new name added, that of the El Loco II, which brought home the 206-pound yellowfin. Past team winners over the years, in order of winning, were aboard the Estrella Del Mar, Blue Thunder, Stimulator, Gricelda, Fish Tales Too, and the Afishinado. Call Tracy Ehrenberg and her staff at the office at 001-52- 62414- 31288.
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■ Sponsored byAVET reels, Berkleyline and G.Loomisrods, the event willbe 100 percent cashpayback, plus rodsand reels to thetop four finishersBerkley line, G.Loomis rodsand Avet reels will be used —and up for grabs with a fullcash payback at the check-in,starting at noon and ending at6:30 p.m.
“We had a blast doing it lastyear for the first time and we’rebringing it back. It’s just anotherway to gamble,” said Jackpotco-director Pat McDonell.
Cost is $10 for one practicecast followed by your “official”cast. Anglers wanting to makeadditional attempts have to goto the back of the line, if there isone. By 6 p.m. those who quali-fied will enter a playoff, whichwill be whittled down to fouranglers who automatically winthe $600 rod/reel/line outfits,followed by the finals for thecompetition for the cash justbefore start of the 6:30-7:30Captains’ Meeting.
Last year $800 was awarded,plus the four rod/reel outfitsused in the competition. MarkStreahle of New Jersey took thecash by drilling the top of thedouble-tiered inflatable hoop.And along with Jordan Souza ofSan Diego, Jeff Wooldridge ofDallas and local skipper KevinFall of the Success, the finalists allreceived the rod/reel combos.Streahle, by the way, donated$200 of his winnings to the localchildren’s charity — Los Niñosdel Capitan — that later receiveda total of $23,150 in charityfrom auctions and Corona beerat the awards dinner.
The setup for the contestwill again consist of two float-ing 3-foot diameter hoops witha one-foot diameter inner hoop— one hoop for each casteraiming from a reasonable dis-tance away.
Said McDonell. “Last year
we had 300 people watchingthe finals and it was a blast,so save your $10 bills andstart practicing.”
16 _WESTERN OUTDOOR NEWS _ July 28, 2006
THE PISCES FLEET OFFICE is a place to charter a boat year-round, or to sign up in Cabo for the jackpot. The office, locatedon the marina near the Hotel Costa Real and Solomon’s Landing,also houses the Tuna Jackpot Wall which displays the 218.9-pound yellowfin tuna mount of the fish that won the first-everTuna Jackpot by the panga team Estrella Del Mar. Here, PiscesFleet’s Tracy Ehrenberg shows off the Jackpot Wall.
Ehrenbergs’ Pisces Fleet office serves as officialCabo Jackpot signup site; boasts “Wall of Tuna”
for tourney’s top finishersThe official on-site office for signing up in Cabo prior to thecheck-in day is the Pisces Sportfishing Fleet office located on themalécon in the marina near Plaza Las Glorias.
Said Jackpot Director Kit McNear, “Having Tracy down in Caboyear-round allows teams to sign up prior to the event in Cabo. Alllocals, pangeros or yacht owners should sign up early so theydon’t miss out.”
The Pisces Fleet has access to all of the charterboats in Caboand can operate as a central booking agent as Tracy and her staffare familiar with every boat and crew.
The Fleet office is not only a place to charter a boat and signup, but it also houses a Tuna Jackpot Wall which displays the218.9-pound yellowfin tuna mount of the fish that won the first-ever Tuna Jackpot by the panga team Estrella Del Mar.
The tuna mount is just above a wall plaque with the names ofthe teams that caught the biggest fish each year. The perpetualplaque this year had a new name added, that of the El Loco II, whichbrought home the 206-pound yellowfin. Past team winners overthe years, in order of winning, were aboard the Estrella Del Mar, BlueThunder, Stimulator, Gricelda, Fish Tales Too, and the Afishinado.
Call Tracy Ehrenberg and her staff at the office at 001-52-62414- 31288.
CAST YOUR LOT: 2nd annual Casting Contestat check-in will liven up the check-in
The setup for the contest will again consist of two floating 3-foot diameter hoops
with a one-foot diameter inner hoop —one hoop for each caster
aiming from a reasonable distance away.
MARC MILLS, CENTER, GAVE G. LOOMIS RODS and Shimano reels tocasting finalists Kevin Fall, Jeff Wooldridge, Mark Streahle and Jordan Souza.
CASTING COMPETITION winner Mark Streahle shows the form that won $790.
