M L

I am looking for the results of the GCOC. Has anyone heard anything? Lots of pre-tournament discussions on here but no one posting results.

onoahi

Fished it. Will post lengthy report later. We were 2nd and 3rd in tuna. Winner was 162#.

Winning dolphin was approx 35#, lots of them but mostly small.

One wahoo was 32# and the only one caught.

No billfish c&r though multiple had hookups.

Water at Independence Hub was beautiful and lots of fish.

Decent blue water few miles south of dbl nipple and anice rip forming up, we were a day or two early.

Most boats went to the canyon and/or squiggles area.

Xiphius

Wow nice tuna! How many boats fished?

Chris Couture

I think they had 12 boats....

recess

congrats on the tunas, glad to see some nice fish caught.

Donzi32

We fished the Tourney. Did not have very good luck. Went to Drillship, Horn, and Nautilus. Green water everywhere we went. Thought about Hub, but not sure on fuel. Caught small dolphin and some BF. Did not see any YF or mark anything that we thought might be YF. Shouldhave gone SE. Had good time though. Seemed like good group of people. Maybe bluewater will be in closer next year so more boats will fish.

BTW,if you have aspread out within a 1/2 mile of the "Shady Lady", please pull it in quick. They ran over 3 of our lines. He actuallyburied throttles to make sure he got them. Wehad spread out atNautilus trolling around. They were backed up to rig. We werewayout from rig. He took off with black smoke pouring outexhuast. Ran over lines, then came out of cabin with hands in air. Suckedline off of 3 30W's, then headed South?? You would thinkhe could see outriggers out! Youown me a couple of blue/white Islanders! I have no idea what they weredoing anyway. They showed up just after daylight and would stop, then accelerate quickly to other sideof rig. Then do it again and again.Did not see any lines out. Maybe looking for whales?:banghead

alexa041

Wow, you ran all the way to the independence hub, you must have some serious range. What size boat?

skindeep

We fished it and had a great time. We headed for the blue water off South Pass and ended up 145 miles from OB. Had to go into Cypress Cove to refuel to get home. Turned into quite a journey but we found a great rip and pretty blue water. Ended up with first place dolphin. Had a white around the boat for 3 straight passes around a big patch of grass. Watched him chase a chicken dolphin so we caught one and tried live baiting with no luck. It was cool to see him swim right up towards the boat.

They had 14 boats fish which was disappointing to the organizers. I really don't understand the excuse of poor water conditions.... There were 3 or 4 billfish hooked and a 162# YF and to my knowledge all were hooked in green or blue green water. If it is a pretty summer day with seas 1 foot or less I am headed fishing! Thanks to the organizers of the GCOC (no affiliation) for a fun tournament. Maybe next year we can get more participation.

By the way - top boat was a 27' Jupiter CC.

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Shady Grady

How many boats were supposed to fish it just curious?

like what is th norm

alexa041

As of about two weeks ago they were expecting 25-30 boats. I think they should hit that mark next year.