The Lady Anglers sure came out on top in the Bisbee Black & Blue Marlin Tournament and went home with the bulk of the cash prize loot. Biggest fish, a 774 lb. blue marlin was taken aboard the "II Success" by lady angler Linda Williams, earning $368,675.00. It was the biggest fish of the week and the largest ever weighed in by lady angler in the B&B. 104 teams were in the 3-day fishing event. Martha McNabb, fishing "Retriever" settled for 2nd place and largest cash payout with her 525 lb. blue marlin that was worth $1,185,862.00, having entered all the cash jackpots. "Titan", the first sailboat to ever compete in the event captured first place in the release division, collecting $63,537.00 for 3 blue marlin releases. Overall reports reflected for the 104 boats released 58 blue marlin, 3 black marlin along with dozens of striped marlin and sailfish. On the final day of the event, Austin Angel & his family team, fishing aboard the "Sea Angel", captured $966,680.00, with a 313 lb. blue marlin, having entered an across the board bet in all jackpots. While a 5th place fish, the optional jackpots can make a huge difference in the cash payouts. Unquestionably, it was the ladies night to shine at the 2013 Bisbee Black & Blue Marlin Tournament.

The MDM groups, fishing Saturday & Sunday aboard 28 local sportfishers, reflected top-notch fishing results that included some 300 fish or so and produced 1 black marlin, 5 blue marlin, 69 stripers and 225 dorado in their mixed bag catches. Additionally, the combined fishing effort of the Gaviota Sportfishing Fleet and Fish Cabo Fleet for a total of 44 days fished reflected 1 blue marlin, (250 lbs.) 43 stripers, (41 released) 2 Wahoo, 47 yellowfin tuna and 174 dorado. It has been a terrific fishing week for many anglers and shaping up for more to come.

Cabo Climate: Partly cloudy days but plenty of sunshine for the area. Temps ranged from 68 nights to 90 daytime highs with light & variable surface winds from 5-13 mph, flowing from the southeast to westerly directions.

Sea Conditions: Excellent sea conditions with excellent sea temps that ranged from 82 to 84.5 degrees and stretched from the Finger Bank, (55 miles NW of Cabo on the Pacific side to Las Frailes on the Sea of Cortez side.

Best Fishing Area: The better fishing remains on the Pacific side of Cabo. The Jaime Bank was one of the better spots for billfish and the Herradura was best for the yellowfin tuna. Dorado were scattered around to all areas on the Pacific side.

Best Bait/Lure: Most of the black & blue marlin were taken on larger artificial lures and rigged baits from the tuna tubes, pre-caught before the tournament days started. Most of the sailfish and stripers were taken on live baits. Dorado were taken on both, artificials, feathers and live baits.

Live Bait Supply: There was no problem with the live bait supply with good caballito availability for the anglers at $3.00 per bait pricing.