FLORIDA’S RECORD - BREAKING SAILFISH BITE

A series of hydrometeorological and biological events must have occurred off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, during the 39th annual Pelican Yacht Club Invitational Billfish Tournament in January, when a total of 969 sailfish were released in just four days — 712 of them on Day Two — breaking records by the handful. Capt. David Grubbs’s 73-fish tournament broke Capt. Scott Fawcett’s 2012 record of 57. Grubbs and the commercial kingfish fleet were credited for