TBF receives close to 15,000 tag and release data cards each year and works hard to process them in time to tabulate for our annual Tag and Release Award Ceremony in February. While TBF cannot calculate the winners yet, we again are highlighting the “Top Five” in many of the competition categories. This list constitutes the tag and release records processed by TBF as of September 10, 2010.

TBF hopes these Top Five lists re-energize the billfishing community to tag and release more fish before the end of the competition on October 31, 2010. Please remember to fill out your data cards legibly and accurately and always keep a copy of your card. The last date that TBF can receive tag and release cards for this competition year is November 9, 2010.

The Billfish Foundation Tag and Release Competition Update From Tag and Release Cards Entered as of 09/10/10:

OVERALL

OVERALL RELEASE CAPTAIN

1 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL
2 Yoan Alcala – Duluth, GA
3 Wade Richardson – Belleville, TX
4 Nicolas Winkler – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
5 Julio Castro – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

OVERALL TAGGING CAPTAIN

1 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL
2 Ray Peterson – Plantation, FL
3 Ron Hamlin – West Palm Beach, FL
4 Bouncer Smith – Miami, FL
5 Gavilan Obdolia Cordoba – Pinas Bay, Panama

OVERALL RELEASE ANGLER

1 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL
2 Gary Carter – Duluth, GA
3 Steve Fancsy – Harrow, Canada
4 Harry Mason – Summerland Key
5 Joe O’Brien – Manomet, MA

OVERALL TAGGING ANGLER

1 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL
2 Betsy Crudele – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
3 Julie Crudele – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
4 Angel Antonio Fullana – Santurce, PR
5 Dennis Poulton – Bakersfield, CA

OVERALL FEMALE TAGGING ANGLER

1 Betsy Crudele – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2 Julie Crudele – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
3 Victoria Roberts – Stevensville, MD
4 Martha Macnab – Balboa Island, CA
5 Olivia Ingram – Jupiter, FL

OVERALL FEMALE RELEASE ANGLER

1 Monique Comfort – Jupiter, FL
2 Lisa Everett – Nags Head, NC
3 Carole Speicher – Leola, PA

OVERALL TAGGING YOUTH ANGLER

1 Bo Ingram – Jupiter, FL
2 Tyler Sudbrink – Greensboro, NC
3 Ricardo R. Sola Laniado – Guayaquil, Ecuador
4 Taylor Lapnow – Wilton, CT

OVERALL RELEASE YOUTH ANGLER

1 Robbie Angus – Kerikeri, New Zealand
2 Danny Stubbs – Hollidayburg, PA

TOP TAGGING ANGLER- ATLANTIC

Blue Marlin
1 Mark Lyons – Santa Fe, TX
2 Fernando Lama – Doral, FL
3 Betsy Crudele – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
4 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL

Sailfish
1 Betsy Crudele – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2 Julie Crudele – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
3 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL
4 Joshua Loughren – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
5 Francois Horent – Port Gentil, Gabon

White Marlin
1 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL
2 Victoria Roberts – Stevensville, MD

TOP RELEASE ANGLER- ATLANTIC

Blue Marlin
1 Gary Carter – Duluth, GA
2 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL
3 Ted Haigler – Edenton, NC

White Marlin
1 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL

TOP TAGGING CAPTAIN- ATLANTIC

Blue Marlin
1 Stanley Carvahlo – Negril, Jamaica
2 Brett Falterman – Kenah, TX
3 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL
4 Scott Hitch – Boca Raton, FL
5 Gary Clifford – St. Georges, Grenada

Sailfish
1 Ray Peterson – Plantation, FL
2 Bouncer Smith – Miami, FL
3 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL
4 Bertrand Bouchard – Port Gentil, Gabon
5 Matt Haworth – Port Arsansas, TX

White Marlin
1 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL
2 Jimmie Roberts Jr. – Stevensville, MD
3 Gary Clifford – St. Georges, Grenada

TOP RELEASE CAPTAIN- ATLANTIC

Blue Marlin
1 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL
2 Martin Bates – Sao Vincente, Cape Verde
3 Clark Snead – Edenton, NC
4 Barry Daniels – Manteo, NC

Sailfish
1 Eddie Herbert – Hillsboro, FL
1 Bertrand Bouchard – Port Gentil, Gabon

White Marlin
1 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL

TOP TAGGING ANGLER- PACIFIC

Black Marlin

1 John Richardson – Belleville, TX
2 Juan Jose Domenech – San Salvador, El Salvador

Blue Marlin

1 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL

Sailfish

1 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL
2 Angel Antonio Fullana -Santruce, PR
3 Cliff Mountain – Tiki Island, TX
4 Steve Fancsy – Harrow, Canada
5 Buddy Schultz – Tiki Island, TX
5 Denny Crockett – Belleair, FL

Striped Marlin
1 Dennis Poulton – Bakerfield, CA
2 Blake Quinn – Los Angeles, CA
3 Martha Macnab – Balboa Island, CA
4 Ricardo Cilloniz – Lima, Peru
4 Spencer Quinn – Newport Beach, CA
4 Riley Buck – Ketchum, ID

TOP RELEASE ANGLER- PACIFIC

Black Marlin

1 Barry Alty – Gold Coast, Australia

Sailfish
1 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL
2 Gary Carter – Duluth, GA
3 Steve Fancsy – Harrow, Canada
4 Joe O’Brien – Manomet, MA
5 Harry Mason – Summerland Key, FL
Striped Marlin
1 Gray Ingram – Jupiter, FL
2 Stephen Palmer – London, United Kingdom
3 Monique Comfort – Jupiter, FL
4 John Angus – Keri Keri, New Zealand
5 Henry King – Eastchester, NY

TOP TAGGING CAPTAIN- PACIFIC

Black Marlin
1 Gavilan Obdolia Cordoba – Pinas Bay, Panama
2 Dagberto Arango – Pinas Bay, Panama
3 Jose Mosquera – Pinas Bay, Panama
4 Gilberto Secaida – Pinas Bay, Panama
5 Alberto Alvarez – Pinas Bay, Panama

Blue Marlin

1 Gavilan Obdolia Cordoba – Pinas Bay, Panama
2 Gilberto Secaida – Pinas Bay, Panama
3 Alberto Alvarez – Pinas Bay, Panama
4 Chris Donato – Port Villa, Vanuatu
5 Junior Palacios-Flaco – Pinas Bay, Panama

Sailfish

1 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL
2 Ron Hamlin – West Palm Beach, FL
3 Chico Alvarenga – Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
4 Robert Brinkmeyer – Stuart, FL
5 Juan Fulgueira – San Juan, PR

Striped Marlin

1 Brett Walker – Irvine, CA
2 Luis Manuel Araiza Fiol – Baja del Sur, Mexico
3 Alex Rogers – bakersfield, CA
4 Ricardo Cilloniz – Lima, Peru
5 Bernabe Ruiz – Detroit Lakes, MN

TOP RELEASE CAPTAIN- PACIFIC

Black Marlin

1 Wade Richardson – Belleville, TX

Blue Marlin

1 Wade Richardson – Belleville, TX
2 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL

Sailfish

1 Ronnie Fields – Lake Park, FL
2 Yoan Alcala – Duluth, GA
3 Chris Sheeder – Miami, FL
4 Brad Philipps – Guatemala City, Guatemala
5 Mike Sheeder – Miami, FL

Striped Marlin

1 Julio Castro – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
2 Nicolas Winkler – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
3 Jose Ramon Alucano – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
4 Roberto Sandez – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
5 Julio Gonzalez – Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

TOP TAGGING CAPTAIN- INDIAN

Black Marlin

1 Bernard Vale – Coral Bay, Australia
2 Ross Newton – Broome, Australia
3 John Pearce – Phuket, Thailand

Salifish

1 Ross Newton – Broome, Australia
2 Bernard Vale – Coral Bay, Australia
3 John French – Derby, Australia

Striped Marlin

1 Simon Hemphill – Luanda, Angola
2 Patrick Hemphill – Luanda, Angola