BIMINI - Resorts World Bimini has announced a partnership with Bimini Big Game Club and Marina to host Wahoo Smackdown III - the popular fishing tournament that takes place on Bimini each November.
Scheduled for Thursday, November 21 to Saturday, November 23, this year's tournament promises to be just as successful as the two previous Smackdowns, which saw more than 150 anglers land over 6,000 pounds of wahoo. This year's first place prize is $5,000, followed by $1,500 for second and $1,000 for third. The largest catch prize is $2,500.
"We're honored to be the co-host of such an exciting event," said Dana Leibovitz, president of Resorts World Bimini.
"Wahoo Smackdown tournaments are known to bring some of the best anglers in the world to Bimini, the sports fishing capital of the World - a combination that could easily lead to a world record or two being broken."
Bimini's popularity as a sports fisherman's haven is due to its location along the Gulf Stream, which teems with migrating fish. The crystal clear waters are a fisherman's paradise, no matter what type of fishing is preferred.
Last year's big winner was Team Fishin A Loan, Frank Roach, Kevin Marsh, Billy Thomas and Dillon Kemp, who took home $7,500 in cash and prizes, landing 334.7 pounds of wahoo and the tournament's largest single catch (96.7 pounds). Among the notables who attended the tournament were writer John Hemingway (grandson of novelist Ernest Hemingway), and Nashville recording artist Craig Morgan, who was on the island filming a segment for his outdoor cable TV show.

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