With an amazing 10 releases on the fourth and final day the team representing Spain's Marina Rubicon Marlin Cup 2006 broke away from the middle of the 62 boat field to win the eighth annual International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Offshore World Championship.

The amazing day of "being in the bite" on the waters of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, equaled the 10 release record set by the defending champions last year also on the final day.

Jose Gomez set the pace for the team from Lanzarote, Spain, with six of the marlin releases for 1800 of the points. With his teammates Jeronimo Valasquez,??Federico Acevedo,??Joaquin Bachiller, and Martin Pastor Navas they produced a total of 4500 points, one release better than the second place team.

Copa del Gobernador San Jose del Cabo which had led the first day with eight marlin releases for 2400 points, spirited to a second place finish releasing five marlin in the final round. The team made up of Oscar Daccarett, Modesto Mirando, Daniel Fisher and Jobe Villavencio ended the tournament with 14 marlin for 4200 points

In third place was the Caicos (Turks and Caicos) Classic Release Tournament team, with 3600 points. The team comprised of Bruno Ramos, Erick Soderbon, Frank Mallorca, Nelson Fonseca and Mike Moskowitz beat out Brazil's Cabo Frio Marlin Invitational team which also had 3600 point but finished fourth based on "last fish caught first" scoring. Both teams had 12 marlin releases.

The Marina Rubicon Marlin Cup 2006 team won engraved watches and trophies. Eighteen other prizes were presented to the three top male and female anglers, top three captains and top three places for the heaviest tuna, wahoo and dorado.

Each catch-and-release of a marlin (blue, black and striped) or a swordfish equaled 300 points. The catches are scored and released alive at the boat in accordance with the IGFA tournament rules.

Teams also received "weight" points for tuna, wahoo or dorado caught with local charities receiving the donations of all fish weighed at the Cabo docks.

The IGFA OWC attracted many of the world's best angling teams who won one of 132 IGFA sanctioned qualifying offshore events held in 40 countries across the globe during 2006. The prestigious four-day tournament hosted what is believed to be the single largest contingent of international anglers and teams (30 countries represented) in a fishing competit