GENERAL
INFORMATION
The
seventh annual
Los Sueños
Signature Billfish
Series will consist
of two tournaments
to be fished out
of the world-class
Los Sueños
Marina in Playa
Herradura, Costa
Rica. The tournament
dates are January
26-29, 2011
for Leg I and
March
2-5, 2011
for Leg II.
Format:
Both tournaments
are exclusively
catch and release.
Sanctioning:
The Los Sueños
Signature Billfish
Series is sanctioned
by the World Billfish
Series (WBS) and
the International
Game Fish Association
(IGFA). Anglers
competing in the
Los Sueños
tournaments are
automatically
enrolled in the
WBS and compete
for points in
the Pacific Rim
Division.
For further information,
please visit www.worldbillfishseries.com
or www.igfa.org.
Target
Species:
Marlin (all species)
and Pacific sailfish.
Scoring:
Points will be
awarded for each
successful release,
500 for any species
of marlin and
100 for Pacific
sailfish. |
Monitoring:
Each team will
be required to
provide a pre-approved
(by the tournament
committee) observer
who will rotate
on participating
boats. Observers
will be assigned
to the boats by
the tournament
committee and
will not participate
aboard the boat
that brought them.
All releases must
be verified by
the observer and
all marlin releases
may also have
photo and/or video
confirmation with
a date and time
stamp.
Entry
Fee:
$7,000 per boat
per tournament
or $10,000 per
boat for the series
(both tournaments).
The entry fee
includes eight
social tickets
for tournament
events; four angler
bags; and T-shirts
and caps for anglers,
crew and the observer.
In addition, the
entry fee qualifies
boats to win trophies
and cash prizes
as defined below.
Prizes:
All boats are
eligible for trophies
and cash prizes,
to be awarded
to the top three
boats per tournament
based on overall
billfish release
points. Prize
money will be
distributed 50%
to first place,
30% to second
place and 20%
to third place.
The
cash prize purse
will vary in accordance
with the number
of entries received. |