Two months. Four tournaments. Twelve days of sports fishing. This is the Bahamas Billfish Championship (BBC), the oldest billfish tournament series in the world. Yet it came down to the final five minutes of fishing for the team aboard Wave Paver, Florida-based Jr Davis’ 61ft Garlington, to land the big win. In fact, Wave Paver’s…
After completing its 40th season of competitive billfishing in 2013, the Bahamas Billfish Championship (BBC) continues to evolve. The 2014 series will consist of four tournaments equally spread across the months of May and June, with each event focusing on the renowned fishing grounds of the Abacos. New tourney president and director Jennifer Dudas has…
Fishing all four tournaments of the 40th Bahamas Billfish Championship (BBC) proved a charm for Avon Park, Florida-based Cruiser Crews, owner/angler of the 61-Viking, Cowpoke, and his champion team. Though Crews and his wife Christy have fished one of the series tournaments since 2002 and won the Treasure Cay event last year, it was the…
There’s nothing like a brand new boat to put a champion shine on the competition. That’s just what Florida’s Frank Rodriguez and his team did by winning the highly competitive four-leg 2012 Bahamas Billfish Championship (BBC) aboard Rodriguez’ new 70ft Viking Convertible, Fa-La-Me. “We have fished the BBC for several years,” explains Fa-La-Me’s Capt. Rob…
Some anglers fish the Bahamas Billfish Championship (BBC) for fun and others to win. Team Zues, a 58-foot Dean Johnson were definitely in the latter category
The old idiom, “always a bridesmaid, never a bride” didn’t ring true this year for Barry Weshnak and his team aboard his 52-Viking, Miss Annie.