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2024 East Cape Offshore FInal Wrap up

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 10, 2024

East Cape, B.C.S., Mexico – Bisbee Tournaments, presented by HDI Marine, began their 2024 season, 7/31/2024 - 8/2/2024, with a total Jackpot of $1,674,675 at the Bisbee East Cape Offshore at East Cape in Baja California Sur!  

More Teams Capitalize on ECO Third and Final Day

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 7, 2024

On Friday, August 2, 2o24, the East Cape Offshore fleet crowded the Start Line as Wayne Bisbee
counted down the final seconds until the start –“TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE,” and the roar of the fleet’s engines going full throttle was deafening

Bisbee's 25th East Cape Offshore Tournament Wednesday review

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 2, 2024

 Before noon on Wednesday, August 1, 2024, ECO Central was extremely busy with a steady stream of call-ins reporting hookups for blue marlin, striped marlin, yellowfin tuna, dorado, and boated and lost fish.

Bisbee's 25th East Cape Offshore Tournament begins

• Gary C, Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 1, 2024

On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, for the twenty-fifth year in a row, the Bisbee Team opened for Registration at Spa Buenavista promptly at 3:00 p.m. 

2023 23rd Annual BISBEE'S EAST CAPE OFFSHORE TOURNAMENT AWARDS

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 9, 2023

Shortly after dinner Wayne Bisbee along with Trish and Clicerio Mercado assisted in the handing out of the Checks and trophies. After he took care of a few odds and ends including the “Early Bird drawing”. There were a total of 11 checks handed out in the following order. You can find the actual breakdowns for each award below the checks.

Day 3 belonged to Gamefish Division

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 8, 2023

The radio remained remarkably quiet as those Teams searched for the right fish earning them the right to be on the Awards Stage on Saturday night.

Day 2 (Friday) Teams keep the Weigh Station Rocking

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 7, 2023

The chatter on secret channels was all about the sea temps, which were in the high 80s. Many Teams elected to focus on the Gamefish Categories and Jackpots (Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna), while others chose to tackle Billfish in both Catch and Release Categories.  In the Release Category, all Billfish, including Striped Marlin, Sailfish, Spearfish, and larger Black and Blue Marlin required a minimum weight of 300 pounds. 

ECO Day One Worst Start ever!

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 4, 2023

Bottom-line what Wayne dubbed the worst start ever evolved into one of the best single days in recent memory.

With a steady stream of all the species in the contest. Later after lines out at dinner Wayne, and Axel Valdez, the voice of “Radio Control” acknowledged it had been a memorable day at the scale.

Bisbee's 24th ECO attracts 98 WANNA BE Millionaires!

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 3, 2023

Wayne was excited to welcome the 98 teams competing for approximately $1.8 million (U.S.).

Bisbee begins 2022 season with MILLION DOLLAR-plus winner in Bisbee East Cape Offshore in Baja Sur!

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 7, 2022

Team Stella June’s 375-pound black marlin caught on the second day of the 3-day event held in the East Cape area earned the Team an enormous $1,286,385 payday at Saturday Nights 23^rd East Cape Offshore Awards banquet held on the sand in front of the Buena Vista Oceanfront and Hot Springs Resort managed by the Valdez Family for the past 46 years.

2022 Bisbee East Cape Offshore-Last Chance

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 6, 2022

Wanna be a millionaire? So did the ninety-seven teams still hoping to get in the hunt on the final day of the 23^rd Annual Bisbee ECO! With the first two days of fishing behind them, a few awaiting the 7:30-am start were hoping to add to their successes.

Joe Musich aboard "Buena Fortuna" released a dorado 25 minutes after the flare gun went off – the first fish of the day. Hopefully, he would live up to the name of his boat, translated as "Good Fortune!"

ECO Hump Day was Grand

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 5, 2022

Long after lines out, Team Stella June arrived with a black marlin that was the first qualifying billfish to be brought to the scale during the first two days of competition. The usual debate, "Would it qualify?" ricocheted through the enormous crowd of spectators. The noisy debate continued as the scale was zeroed, and the giant fish was hoisted up. Seconds went by as the numbers settled on the scale and stopped. "THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE POUNDS," Wayne Bisbee declared.

Bisbee ECO Day One was DoDo Day

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 5, 2022

Ninety-seven boats crossed the starting line determinedly – with a plan. Although, admittedly, some looked like they had no "plan" in mind!

Some teams targeted a single species, billfish, dorado, or yellowfin tuna.

Those Teams targeting billfish complained that they found the dorado to be a nuisance. However, most billfish hooked did not meet the Tournament's minimum weight of 300-pounds, so they were released.

The 42nd Bisbee Baja Season Begins

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 3, 2022

The 2022 Bisbee's East Cape Offshore edition begins with 97 teams who, for the third year in a row, are vying for another RECORD-BREAKING TOTAL of $1,614,425, according to the final numbers listed in CatchStat.  Anglers from Cabo to La Paz share optimism after the positive results of several successful events for specific species kicking off this season in Baja.

Important Rule Change

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Oct 14, 2021

BISBEE’S RULES ADDENDUM - EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 14 TO OCTOBER 23, 2021

For the 2021 Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshore and Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Tournament

This is a change/addition to what is published in the 2021 tournament magazine’s rules regarding the points/prize money deductions for non-qualifying marlin weighing less than 300 lbs. (specifically rule #18 of the 2021 published “General Tournament Rules”).

Rule #18 remains as is, with the following change/addition:

Bisbee East Cape Offshore Wraps it up with Awards

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 11, 2021

The 96 teams entered in the 22^nd Annual East Cape Offshore Tournament all had one thing in common – they were still in the hunt on the third and final day for the right fish that could put them on the leader board for this year’s already record-setting event.

entered in the 22^nd Annual East Cape Offshore Tournament all had one thing in common – they were still in the hunt on the third and final day for the right fish that could put them on the leader board for this year’s already record-setting event.

LOCAL TEAMS dominate Day Two!

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 7, 2021

In the Tuna Division, the only tuna brought to the scale was by Team “Don Julio,” by Sean Feeney, from La Costa, Calif., who also has a vacation home at Ranch Leonero. Often a participant in other local tournaments in the area, including the Las Palmas Dorado Shootout that his Team has won in the past, Team “Don Julio” will receive a total of $34,425. for their efforts.

Bisbee Jackpots --Elusive for Most

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 5, 2021

Early morning cloudy skies combined with thunder booming in the distance greeted the 97 East Cape Offshore teams as they gathered on Day One for their first day of competition. It was an impressive sight as boats ranging from 24- to 80-feet crowded the start line as the seconds ticked down to the 7:30-a.m. start.

The 2-2 Fantastic ECO kicks off with a Flourish

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 5, 2021

Wednesday morning at exactly 7:30-a.m., 97 boats responded to the red flare streaking across the sky fired by Cabo San Lucas Mayor Armida Castro, by roaring off in search of a qualifying BLUE OR BLACK MARLIN WEIGHING 300-POUNDS, A DORADO WEIGHING 30-POUNDS OR A TUNA WEIGHING 40-POUNDS.

In search of a piece of the record breaking Jackpot or $1,582,975.00 exceeding last year’s record of 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS by half-million dollars!

BLUE MIRACLE, EARLY BIRD DEADLINES & A HUGE EAST CAPE OFFSHORE!

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Jun 3, 2021

First, this past Thursday, we had an absolutely awesome movie premier event for “Blue Miracle” at the historic Granada Theater in Dallas, TX.

Bisbee’s 2020 East Cape Offshore Smashes Records!

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Aug 10, 2020

From around the world, 72-teams came to compete in Bisbee’s East  Cape ffshore three-day event on the fertile Sea of Cortez for a record jackpot of over $1,100,000, breaking three of its records.  The Bisbee’s Organization began the 2020 Season during the world-wide COVID-19 Pandemic with the event’s largest turnout, the first time the prize money cracked the million-dollar mark, and the largest blue marlin ever caught in the 21-year history of the East Cape Offshore. 

21st Annual Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament begins next week

• Gary Graham - That Baja Guy
• Jul 30, 2020

We are happy to announce that following several months’ assistance and direction from various Mexico and Baja Federal, State, and Municipal Government agencies establishing necessary protocols for a safe event, the much anticipated “21^st Annual Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament” will be held at the Buena Vista Oceanfront & Thermal Resort.

Bisbee ECO Awards $619,800 to Team El Suertudo

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 5, 2019

Winning both Day One and Day Two jackpots, plus getting the heaviest billfish for what is the largest payout in the history of the East Cape Offshore Tournament ever  –  “Team El Suertudo” collected a whopping $619,800.

Ninth Inning, Two Out

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 4, 2019

Prior to the 7 a.m. start, 66-teams crowded the start line as the flare rose across the horizon for the second and final day of the Bisbee East Cape Offshore Tournament. Would it be decided in the first inning or last at-bat?

$400,000 still up for grabs on Day Two

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 3, 2019

During the fiesta on the beach later, teams seemed optimistic and sure they would have a shot at the nearly $400,000 still left in the jackpot for Day Two.

ECO Jackpot Sets Twenty-Year Record

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 2, 2019

However, on the winning side, the total jackpot increased to a record $790,000, the largest amount in the 20^-year history of the ECO.

East Cape Offshore Tribute to Jesus “Chuy” Valdez

• Gary Graham-That Baja Guy
• Aug 1, 2019

What the caterpillar perceives as the end,

to the butterfly is just the beginning.

East Cape Offshore Two-Day Format a Winner

• Gary Graham -That Baja Guy
• Jul 31, 2019

When 2018’s Los Cabos Offshore Tournament punctured the One Million Dollar mark last year with its two-day format, the Bisbee Team heeded the input of its participants who urged the East Cape Offshore to match the LCOT format. 

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• pharmacepticacom
• Oct 19, 2018

Join Us in Honoring Dad's Amazing Life

• Gary Graham
• Oct 15, 2018

We have chosen what we feel is the most appropriate place and time to gather in remembrance and celebrate Dad's life. 

18th Bisbee ECO Shatters Records

• Gary Graham
• Aug 5, 2018

“May Bob Bisbee's Spirit touch our fish and honor his legacy …”

With the above tribute inscribed on Team Awesome’s East Cape Offshore Tournament shirts, their wish to include and honor the man who founded the Bisbee tournaments was underscored.

Bisbee ECO Third day yields more qualifiers

• Gary Graham
• Aug 4, 2018

“In spite of it seeming as though there were long quiet spells on the VHF during the three days, the outcome of this year’s ECO was impressive!”  Wayne Bisbee observed. “There were qualifiers brought to the scale all three days.

$657,125 prize money serves as incentive for more teams

• Gary Graham
• Aug 3, 2018

Still, it was enough to add to the frustration of those teams searching for the right place at the right time – looking for their chance to make the Leaderboard for a shot at some of that ECO record-setting $657,125 prize money.

Glory! Glory!

• Gary Graham
• Aug 2, 2018

Day One began with a touching tribute to Bob Bisbee in the morning.  This is the one of a few tournament he has not attended in person, but we believe he was with us in spirit -- watching the day play out, as he always has. 

Bisbee East Cape Offshore draws a crowd

• Gary Graham
• Aug 1, 2018

Throughout the afternoon was a steady, but not overwhelming, stream of participants wandering through the hotel’s large dining room which was decorated with mounts of the marlin, dorado and yellowfin tuna, reminders of the targets of the teams for the next three-days of fishing

ECO A Big One for Bisbee Record Book

• Gary Graham
• Aug 7, 2017

This year, ECO had a great turnout, best fishing and the first time in the history of the event that qualifying marlin over 300 pounds were weighed all three days.

Don’t miss the remaining Los Cabos Offshore, October 19 - 22, 2017 and Black & Blue, October 24 - 28, 2017. Hope we see all of you there.

In closing, Bisbee thanked the Valdez Family of Hotel Buenavista Beach Resort for their help and hospitality adding that the dates for next year are July 31-August 4, 2018.

Sometimes Barely is Enough

• Gary Graham
• Aug 5, 2017

The tournament awards ceremony to hand out out eleven checks to the winning Teams totaling $590,375. Will be held on the beach overlooking the Sea of Cortez in front of the host Hotel Buenavista Beach Resort beginning at 7:00 p.m Saturday evening  (8/5/17).  

Take a Time Out

• Gary Graham
• Aug 4, 2017

Meanwhile, a mere seven minutes later, Team Tag Team’s Hunter Heryford arrived at the scale with a 39-pound dorado that would be the largest of the tournament thus far, though they were not in the “Gamefish Division.” Heryford managed to lure it in on a “Zucker” black and purple in a click under 30-minutes, their only bite of the day.

Wayne’s World

• Gary Graham
• Aug 3, 2017

As the two crews whooped and hollered, drowning out the sounds of camera shutters clicking, Wayne Bisbee confided, “This is the first time in the history of the ECO that all the jackpots were covered in the first couple of hours.”  Little did he know, but by the time for “lines out,” there would be four qualifying billfish brought to the weigh station:

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BULL RIDER LASSOES LARGEST MARLIN TO WIN 2016 BISBEE’S EAST CAPE OFFSHORE TOURNAMENT

• Capt. Dave Lear
• Aug 12, 2016

Owner Rick Twamley, fishing aboard his 60-foot Hatteras Bull Rider, made a first and lasting impression by boating a 427-pound blue marlin on the first day of the 2016 Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament. That fish, captured on a green and yellow dorado lure after a 68-minute fight, earned Capt. Lucas Parelta and the team the top payout of $340,701. The total purse among this year’s 65-boat fleet was $543,825.

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• ronaldAcers
• Oct 22, 2015

Hot Rod Roars Into Winner’s Circle

• Capt. Dave Lear
• Aug 8, 2015

John Peelman and Team Hot Rod know what it takes to win. The Fresno, California angler and his veteran crew adapted to difficult conditions and brought the winning fish to the scales Friday afternoon to earn top honors in the 2015 Bisbee’s East Cape Offshore Tournament.