EL SUERTUDO REPEATS IN LOS CABOS BILLFISH TOURNAMENT

• The Los Cabos Billfish Tournament unofficially kicked off the Cabo season in style, with 49 teams fishing for $742,500. This year, the fleet tallied 70 billfish: 55 striped marlin, 13 blue marlin and three black marlin. Teams earned 300 points for blue or black marlin releases and 1.5 points per pound for any over the 300-pound minimum weight; striped marlin, sailfish and spearfish were release-only and scored at 25 points each.

The team aboard , captained by Greg DiStefano, once again had the hot hand in 2020, scoring 1,244 points and winning First Place Team honors. Angler Jeff Richardson caught a 350-pound blue marlin to win the Day One jackpot, as well as third-largest marlin jackpot—and he was just getting warmed up. On the second day of fishing, Richardson was up to bat again, where he landed a 396-pound black marlin,