Photos: ILTT Fishing Tournament Underway
The 46th International Light Tackle Tournament [ILTT], one of Bermuda’s oldest and most well established fishing tournaments, had its first day of competition on the 12th of June. Tournament honors will be fiercely contested with anglers representing Bermuda, the United States and the Bahamas.
The Bermuda Anglers Club, the Island’s oldest fishing club, hosts the event which is fished over four days – 12th and 13th of June and the 15th and 16th of June.
Highlights of the tournament so far include a White Marlin release by local angler Danny Fox and some beautiful Yellowfin Tuna in the 50lb plus range. Many of the tournament competitors hope to land line class world record catches. In Bermuda waters there is a good chance of a world record Almaco Jack. The winning team qualifies for the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Offshore Championship Tournament that is being held in Mexico next year.
Anglers yielding the best catch can look forward to winning trophies for a number of categories, including: -
- Championship team
- Second place team
- Third place team
- Daily high point team
- Daily high point fish (that’s the heaviest fish each day)
- Daily high point rod (that is the individual angler amassing the most points each day)
- Overall high point fish
- Overall high point rod
- Overall high point boat
The overall high point rod (the angler with the most points in the tournament) wins a watch donated by Crisson Jewellers to be presented at the prize giving on June 17th. All teams use the same tournament line – 12lb breaking strain monofilament. Spectators are invited along each day to watch the daily weigh-in at the Spanish Point Boat Club at about 4pm.
Photos from June 13, click to enlarge:
