January 20th was a very exciting day on our little island here. The first annual Wahoo Challenge took place and was a huge sucess. Boats from all over Belize came and took part in this fishing tournament attempting to catch as big and as many Wahoo as possible.
A wahoo is a large gamefish that inhabits the waters of the Carribean. It is world renound for being the fastest fish in the ocean reaching speeds of around 60 mph and giving daring anglers the fight of their life. Belize has been a hot spot for wahoo fishing for many years and the world record of 158 lbs 8 oz came in the water just north of Belize in southern Mexico.
After the tournamnet was all said and done, it ended up that some good friends of our family and a neighbor just a few houses down the beach collected all of the prizes. Charlie Reed and Ivan Staines in the boat Catch of the Day took in over eight thousand dollars in prize money and won overall (average of two biggest fish caught), cumulative (most fish cuaght), and Ivan's son even won the junior angler prize.
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