De Verteuil snares 81-lb wahoo

RICHARD DE VERTEUIL snared the heaviest wahoo at the Trinidad and Tobago Game Fishing Association-organised RBTT Bank Wahoo Tournament.

He will collect the $1,600 prize cheque for the feat. Moon Shadow, the craft from which De Verteuil cast his lines, took the Best Boat (wahoo only) prize of $2,000 at the tournament which was contested last weekend. De Verteuil hooked a wahoo which tipped the scales at 81 pounds 10 ounces, to best Richard Lazzari’s catch of 67 pounds eight ounces which earned him the $1,300 runner-up prize. Ryan Edghill, with his 65 pounds 10 ounces catch got the $1,100 third prize.

Marilyn Sheppard, who hooked an 18 pound wahoo got the $600 best woman angler prize; while Kevin McLean who snared an 58 pound 10 ounces wahoo was the top junior angler and will collect $600. Junior angler runner-up Michael De Freitas with a 39 pound 12 ounces catch collected $400. Apart from Moon Shadow, Sid Johnson in Barbie Doll got the runner-up Best Boat prize of $1,700; while Robert McLean in Tequila, which was third, collects $1,300. The heaviest dolphin, weighing 19 pounds 12 ounces, was caught by angler Gary McLean, while Gerry Johnston, with his 22 pound eight ounce catch, took the heaviest kingfish prize. Anglers will share over $45,000 in prize money at a presentation ceremony at the Trinidad and Tobago Yacht Club today from 7.30 pm.