With 199 vessels and almost $ 10 million Bisbee’s Black and Blue breaks records
Breaking record as the largest millionaire tournament in the world, the 41st edition of the traditional Bisbee’s “Black and Blue” makes history in 2021 with a purse of 9.8 million dollars and a record number in the registry of participating boats, showing that Los Cabos is a resilient destination, positioning itself as one of the most important destinations internationally:
Óscar Leggs, municipal president of Los Cabos: “This tournament is consolidated as the best in the world – we could venture to say- 199 boats, almost 10 million dollars in prizes, speaks of the fact that there is confidence in this type of tournaments there is confidence in Los Cabos and there is confidence that the economic recovery is with everything”
Clicerio Mercado, Bisbee’s Tournament Organizer: “It is the record sum in the 41 years of the Bisbee, in terms of participation not because in 2000 there were 239 boats, 6 fishermen per boat, more than 1200 fishermen, there are some with more”
Tourists from all over the world gathered this morning at the Cabo San Lucas Marina to witness the traditional starting gun. On this occasion, the governor of Baja California Sur, Víctor Castro Cosío, accompanied by the mayor of Los Cabos, Óscar Leggs, the secretary of tourism in the state, Maribel Collins and the director of tourism in the destination, Donna Jeffres, fired the shot. Inaugural event of this important event, which also marks the beginning of the high season, predicting 2022 with a greater economic and tourist recovery
Víctor Castro, Governor of Baja California Sur: “I hope that next year the restrictions of the pandemic will not be those of now and we can have teams from Asia here too, and that Baja California Sur, Los Cabos, will continue to be an attraction to World level, I am very happy because it is a good experience, I hope that next year we will exceed 200 boats”.
In addition, this year it concentrated Japanese vessels, reaching Asian audiences despite the restrictions that are imposed on the Asian continent for international tourists.
Víctor Castro, governor of BCS: “But today there is also a Japanese vessel, which despite having to quarantine upon return, their passion for fishing told me the translator made them defy everything to come to Bisbee’s a few years ago there were 10 Japanese vessels”.
The Bisbee’s Black and Blue tournament has positioned itself as the largest and most millionaire in international sport fishing that also has the ideology of “catch and release” which is also a category within the tournament and that obtains great prizes
Clicerio Mercado, Bisbee’s Tournament Organizer: “There are 3 places to fish and release, it reaches more or less 200, 000 dlls what is destined, exactly, there are points, the black marlin has 300 points, the blue also, the striped marlin 100 points, sailfish 100 points and swordfish 100 points”.
Without a doubt, this edition of Bisbee’s Black and Blue will mark the history of this tournament, with three days of good fishing, fun and above all, a watershed before a new normal where Los Cabos demonstrates its power of adaptation and recovery.
