IGFA Offshore World Championship - May 2010, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Picante Sportfishing, a proud Corporate Sponsor of the International Game Fish Association, would like to announce that the 2010 IGFA Offshore World Championship, often considered the "Olympics" of big-game fishing, is taking place this week in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The international teams have qualified by winning one of the over 110 IGFA sponsored events and were then invited to participate in this, the most prestigious blue-water sport-fishing event in the world. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the "marlin capital of the world" is where the best big game anglers head each May to compete in the IGFA Offshore World Championship.

After the end of fishing on Day two, the top 3 teams overall were Lyford Cay Offshore Tournament, with 1026.80 points, and IGFA OWC 2009 Champions, with 996.60 points and Harbourside Rotary Tuna, with 900 points. Fishing in Cabo San Lucas is amazing. Besides the 25 Striped Marlin there were a large number of Wahoo caught with a total of 14 weighed. The overall hook-up conversion rate was 69.44%.

Congratulations to the Picante Charter Fleet for having 6 in the top 10 captains.

Tune in tomorrow to see how it all goes. And check out the IGFA Tournament web site at http://igfa10.catchstat.com for all the winners then pick a team and root for them.

Picante has been in the winner's circle many times in its 16 years history of charters and competitions. You can obtain more information about Picante at www.picantesportfishing.com.

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*(Caption: Picante 45 Top Boat and Captain of the day.)

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