TAG & RELEASE STANDINGS – 11/1/14

Every year, The Billfish Foundation (TBF) recognizes the captains, mates and anglers (including youth and ladies) who tag and release the most billfish in each of the world’s oceans. The competition is categorized by billfish species, ocean, and whether the fish were tagged or released untagged.  Award winners are recognized at TBF’s Annual Tag & Release Awards Ceremony held during the Miami International Boat Show presented by the TBF Tag and Release Sponsors: Bisbee’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fund, Casa Vieja Lodge, Costa Sunglasses, Pelagic, and SIMRAD.

The Billfish Foundation’s Annual Tag and Release Ceremony will be held Friday, February 13, 2015, in the Treetop Ballroom at Jungle Island. The evening will kick off at 6:30 PM with cocktails followed by the award presentation and dinner. Proceeds benefit TBF’s tag and release program.Get your tickets for the 2015 Tag & Release Award Ceremony here.

Honoring our Tag & Release sponsors (in order from left to right) Casa Vieja Lodge, Bisbee’s Fish & Wildlife Foundation, PELAGIC, and Costa.

Please remember the deadline for TBF to receive your tag and release data is November 15th!  You can either submit them via snail mail or online via www.tagbillfish.org.

The standings below reflect Tag and Release Cards entered into the TBF Database as of 11/1/2014.

Overall Release Captain

1 Pete Rae
2 Josh Temple
3 Chris Van Leeuwen
4 Manuel Diaz
5 Dean Panos

Overall Tagging Captain

1 Josh Temple
2 Chris Sheeder
3 Ronnie Fields
4 Eddy Lawler
5 Francisco Alvarenga

Overall Release Angler

1 Pat McCotter
2 Keith Brandner
3 Bill Easum
4 John Duvall
5 Tiffany Sisolak

Overall Tagging Angler

1 Keith Brandner
2 Gray Ingram
3 Darryl Schroeder
4 Sandra MacMillan
5 Alejandro Gonzalez

Overall Release Lady Angler

1 Tiffany Sisolak
2 Sandra MacMillan
3 Joan Verrnon
4 Sally Kurz
5 Martha Macnab

Overall Tagging Lady Angler

1 Sandra MacMillan
2 Jo-Ann Riley
3 Kumie Saegusa
4 Martha Macnab
5 Sandra Hiler

Overall Release Youth Angler

1 Bo Ingram
2 Shawn MacMullin
3 Jonathan Gaskill
4 Brown Gaddy
5 Charles Gaddy

Overall Tagging Youth Angler

1 Shawn MacMullin
2 Bo Ingram
3 Nick Brackman
4 Aidan Burke
5 Josh Golden

Top Tagging Angler- Atlantic Ocean

Blue Marlin

1 Gray Ingram
2 Bo Ingram
3 Sandra MacMillan
4 Chris Haley
5 Mario Frering

Sailfish

1 Kasey Swan
2 Sandra MacMillan
3 Andy Southwell
4 Kerry Dyer
5 Dawn Samuels

Swordfish

1 Rick Gudoian

White Marlin

1 Laurent Sahyoun
2 Sandra MacMillan
3 Jeff Citron
4 Jefferey Stolarz
5 James Allement

Top Release Angler- Atlantic Ocean

Blue Marlin

1 Gray Ingram
2 Sandra MacMillan
3 Bo Ingram
4 James Weir
5 James Turner

Sailfish

1 Gray Ingram
2 Chris Kubik
3 Andy Southwell
4 Rob DeYoung
5 Wesley Davis

White Marlin

1 Sandra MacMillan
2 Tommy Montague
3 Willo Rubi
4 Will Stark
5 James Turner

Top Tagging Captain- Atlantic Ocean

Blue Marlin

1 Ronnie Fields
2 Chris Hood
3 Olaf Grimkowski
4 Antonio Amaral
5 Ben Horning

Sailfish

1 Fin Gaddy
2 Bouncer Smith
3 Rom Whitaker
4 Danny Ford
5 Gary Clifford

Swordfish

1 Mark Pagano
2 Sean O’Connor
3 Bouncer Smith

White Marlin

1 Christian Benazeth
2 Gary Richardson
3 Jerry Lanzerotti
4 Scott Leon
5 Tim Richardson

Top Release Captain- Atlantic Ocean

Blue Marlin

1 Ronnie Fields
2 Scott Leon
3 Matt Mauldwin
4 Tim Richardson
5 Bertrand Bouchard

Sailfish

1 Dean Panos
2 Fin Gaddy
3 Rom Whitaker
4 George Wells
5 Dennis Endee

White Marlin

1 Scott Leon
2 Dennis Endee
3 Tim Richardson
4 Fin Gaddy
5 Mickey Foster

Top Tagging Angler- Pacific Ocean

Black Marlin

1 Brady Wild

Blue Marlin

1 Keith Brandner
2 James Brown
3 Tony Carpenter
4 Ron Kawaja
5. Greg Brandner

Sailfish

1 Darryl Schroeder
2 Alejandro Gonzalez
3 Melanie Gregory
4 Scott Kozak
5 Shawn MacMullin

Striped Marlin

1 Martha Macnab
2 Kumie Saegusa
3 Blake Quinn
4 John “Jack” Duvall
5 Nick Brackmann

Top Release Angler- Pacific Ocean

Black Marlin

1 Barry Alty
2 Bill Pullman

Blue Marlin

1 Pat McCotter
2 Keith Brandner
3 James Brown
4 Tony Carpenter
5 Joan Vernon

Sailfish

1 Bill Easum
2 John Duvall
3 Tiffany Sisolak
4 Gray Ingram
5 Scott Kozak

Striped Marlin

1 T John “Jack” Duvalls
2 Chris Bays
3 Pat McCotter
4 Steve Slawkin

Top Tagging Captain- Pacific Ocean

Black Marlin

1 Tim Richardson

Blue Marlin

1 Josh Temple
2 Chuck Wigzell
3 Sean Holden
4 Skeet Warren
5 Chip Van Mols

Sailfish

1 Chris Sheeder
2 Francisco Alvarenga
3 David Salazar
4 Nicho Alvarenga
5 Richard Chellemi

Spearfish

1 Chuck Wigzell

Striped Marlin

1 Bernabe Ruiz
2 Jaime Gonzalez
3 Sean Holden
4 Tony Araiza
5 Carl Schloederer

Top Release Captain- Pacific Ocean

Black Marlin

1 Brett Alty
2 Tim Richardson
3 Pete Rae

Blue Marlin

1 Pete Rae
2 Josh Temple
3 Chris Bays
3 BC Angel
4 Bubba Carter

Sailfish

1 Chris Van Leeuwen
2 Manuel Diaz
3 Brad Phillips
4 Mike Day
5 Pete Rae

 Striped Marlin

1 Chris Bays
2 Eduardo Cesena Burgoin
3 Pablo Cesena
4 Carlos Ruiz
5 Rafeal (Cha Cha) Sanchez

Top Tagging Angler – Indian Ocean

Black Marlin

1 Scott MacGowan
2 Jo-Ann Riley
3 Chee Meng Yap
4 Peter Nagle
5 Luke Groen

Sailfish

1 Jo-Ann Riley
2 Scott MacGowan
3 Henry Riggs-Miller
4 Steve Palumbo
5 Geoff Ellens

Top Release Angler – Indian Ocean

Black Marlin

1 Murray Teasdace
Sailfish

1 Henry Riggs-Miller

Top Tagging Captain- Indian Ocean

Black Marlin

1 Eddy Lawler
2 Bernard Vale
3 Scott MacGowan
4 Ross Newton
5 Jo-Ann Riley

Blue Marlin

1 Eddy Lawler
2 Ross Newton
3 Bernard Vale

Sailfish

1 Jourdain Ellens
2 Rolly Pierre
3 Scott MacGowan
4 Eddy Lawler
5 Ross Newton

Striped Marlin

1 Eddy Lawler
2 Bryan Matiba

Top Release Captain – Indian Ocean

Black Marlin

1 Eddy Lawler
2 Ross Newton

Blue Marlin

1 Ross Newton

Sailfish

1 Rolly Pierre

Youth Tag Divisions

8 and under

1 Brown Gaddy
2 Charles Gaddy
3 Caden Alexander

9-10

1 Aidan Burke
11-12

1 Kaleb Richardson
2 Jonathan Gaskill

13 – 15

1 Shawn MacMullin
2 Bo Ingram
3 Patrick Haley
4 Greer Beasley

16 – 17

1 Nick Brackmann

Youth Release Divisions

8 and under

1 Charles Gaddy
2 Brown Gaddy

13 – 15

1 Bo Ingram
2 Shawn MacMullin