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by Ernesto ⌂ @, Troncones, Wednesday, June 03, 2015, 11:24 (4175 days ago)

A Big Hats off to Santiago Valdavinos and His Brother Adan , Numbers 1 & 2 in the World for Tag & Release Bill Fish 2013 , Santiago broke a 30 year drought by releasing 105 Bill Fish in a year ,Buen Hechos Amigos !

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by JeffMN ⌂ @, Minneapolis MN USA, Wednesday, June 03, 2015, 14:59 (4175 days ago) @ Ernesto

I'll second that, Ernesto. I hadn't realized there were captains in Zihua so committed to C & R. Do you (or you, Keith) know if they've tried circle hooks?

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by LadyM in Zihua, Wednesday, June 03, 2015, 15:19 (4175 days ago) @ JeffMN

I don't know about other captains but Julio uses circle hooks when he fishes for large game.

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by JeffMN ⌂ @, Minneapolis MN USA, Thursday, June 04, 2015, 11:54 (4174 days ago) @ LadyM in Zihua

That's great to hear, Carol.

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by Tigre69, Thursday, June 04, 2015, 17:22 (4174 days ago) @ JeffMN

A few are, they are beginning to catch on.

As a wholesale hook dealer I have given away circa 20,000, the majority were tossed, but like the tagging effort I was told wouldn't happen, times are a changing. Thankfully

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by Tigre69, Thursday, June 04, 2015, 17:36 (4174 days ago) @ Ernesto

Note:

Only 3 captains have tagged & released 100 billfish in one year, last one was in 1983. Santiago was the third one, Adan had 67.

Please bring tags, Free of charge from:

James Wraith ( james.wraith@noaa.gov )
Fisheries Biologist
SWFSC
8901 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
https://swfsc.noaa.gov/FRD-billfish/

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