2015 Fujairah Offshore Fishing Tournament

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, Fujairah International Marine Club and Palma Holding organized the 2015 Fujairah Offshore Fishing Tournament – the only Offshore World Championship Qualifying Event in the UAE 

 

The event took place on 18th to 21st November 2015 after the tournament was postponed due to the weather conditions. 

 

102 anglers of different ages were briefed at RJJ’s German & Peruvian Bar Restaurant on the 18th November by Major Ahmed Ebrahiem, Managing Director of FIMC, welcomed the anglers and gave them the brief about the tournament, the prizes, and also announced that the Fujairah Offshore Fishing Tournament will be a yearly event in the FIMC calendar. He thanked the sponsors of the tournament, Gulf Craft, Adventure HQ, Blue Waters Marine, Knot Big Enuff, Fujairah Aviation Services, Fujairah Free Zone, Fujairah Chamber of Commerce, GTC Commercial Brokerage (Global Tourism Club), Novotel Fujairah, and  RJJ’s German & Peruvian Bar Restaurant for their support. Mr. Kareem Derbas, CEO of Palma Holding then explained the rules and answered a few questions.

 

Day 1: 20 teams gathered before the sunrise to prepare their boats and line up in front of FIMC for the Flag and Bimini start at 6:30am. As the flag rose boats sailed off in different directions and quickly disappeared over the horizon. Around 4:15 pm the boats returned to the marina for the weighing and scoring. Sea Prince set standards high with an impressive 520 points as they successfully landed a Marlin, followed by Team Natalisa with 250 points  for landing a Sailfish.

Day One Catch: 1 Marlin, 1 Sailfish, 23 Tuna and  28 Dorado

 

Day 2: Teams gathered to put their strategies together to increase their scores. They lined up and set off. By 4:30pm the boats started to return. Team Soolyman raised the bar with an amazing 2 Marlins and Team KBE2 came in with a Sailfish.

Day  Two Catch: 2 Marlin, 1 Sailfish, 14 Tuna and 21 Dorado

 

Day 3: The most exciting day as the teams were all aiming to the improve on their final score and position. Team Soolyman captured another 2 Marlins securing their win of the Fujairah Offshore Fishing Tournament. Team Sea Prince hooked a Grand Marlin and fought for around 5 hours but unfortunately failed to land it. Team Changler got a  late hook and managed to land a Marlin and Team Sashimi landed a Sailfish.

Day  Three Catch: 2 Marlin, 1 Sailfish, 26 Tuna and 44 Dorado

 

Major Ahmed Ebraheim along with Mr. Kareem Derbas handed out the prizes to the winners.