Fujairah Offshore Fishing Tournament

Fujairah International Marine Club held yet another tremendous event as 29 teams and 130 anglers from over 20 countries competing to become The Fujairah Offshore Fishing Tournament champion and the champion will receive an exclusive invitation and an airline ticket to participant in The Offshore World Fishing Championship 2015 in Quepos, Costa Rica where only the best in the world participates. 

The event started on Thursday 16th October with Captains Briefing where rules and regulations were explained in details. Major Ahmed Ebrahiem, Managing Director of Fujairah International Marine Club welcomed the participants to Fujairah as he was wishing them a safe event, anglers then showed their excitement and readiness for the event.

 

The first day of the tournament resulted in over 100 Dorados (Mahi Mahi), several large Barracuda, one Yellow Fin Tuna, several Amberjack - with one of the Amberjacks ending up being the heaviest fish of the tournament, a large fish that weighed 26kilos caught by Team Hot Rod. Although no billfish was caught on day one, there was one Marlin and three Sailfish hooked and lost. That made the teams work harder for billfish on Day 2.

 

On day 2, the billfish chances were presented to many teams. There were 7 Marlin raised with 3 hookups, but all lost. There were 12 Sailfish hookups with 1 Sailfish successfully released by Ocean Active. Another Yellow Fin Tuna was weighed (heaviest of the tournament at 11 kilos), many more Dorados (Mahi Mahi) and several Barracudas and two Rainbow Runners. 

 

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Hamad Bin Saif Al Sharqi, along with Major Ahmed Ebrahiem, Managing Director of Fujairah International Marine Club, and Mr. Kareem Derbas, CEO of Palma Holding distributed many gifts to the top 5 teams, in addition to prizes and awards for the Biggest Mahi, Biggest Tuna, Biggest Amberjack, Best Lady Angler and Best Junior Angler.

 

And because one of the main objectives of this tournament was to help those in need, the fishes caught were sold and the money collected was donated to the Emirates Red Crescent  - Fujairah after the amount was multiplied by Palma Holding, the main sponsor of the tournament. 

 

The results are as following:

Position	Team Name	Participants Names	Nationality
1	TEAM HOT ROD BOAT: HOOKED	William Roman (C)	American
		Hani Maher	Egyptian
		Ahmed Khalil	Egyptian
		Rabah Halawani	Lebanese
2	TEAM OCEAN ACTIVE BOAT: HIT IT	Nick Bowles (C)	British
		Trev Skinner	Australian
		David De Kock	South African
		Damon Beattie	South African
		Chuck Arnold	American
3	TEAM AL GAWAS  BOAT AL GHAWAS 38	Abdalla Al Zaabi (C)	Emirati
		Conrad Vermeulen	South African
		Andre Kritzinger	South African
		Eduan Mostert	South African
		Mohamed Eltaweel	Egyptian