2nd place Marlin .Marlin and Tuna tournament
La Cruz Nayarit Mexico August/14/2010
Captain Steve Torres and the Crew of the Ana Maria take 2nd place
Marlin at last weekends tournament ,
295 black Marlin caught the 2nd day
of the tournament for 2nd place
owner of the Ana Maria Jmark Martin
with team Tiburon -
Captain Steve Torres
and Freddy Rodriguez.
1st place Marlin, Marlin and Sailfish Tournament
Topolobampo Mexico May/30/2010
Captain Steve Torres and the crew of the Ana Maria do it again,
taking home 3 cars at last weeks 19th annual Marlin tournament
held in
Topolobampo Sinaloa Mexico, catching
thelargest Marlinsince 1997 6 lbs short
of the tournament record 415 lbs! The
blue beast was caught with the first 50
wt Tiburon Reels on the Marketcustom
madefor Captain Steve, with 130 lb GFA
Spectra and a100 yards of top shot100
lb Mono Philament Diamond Momoi.
She bit a live Skip Jack
trolling a littlebefore1 pm. We fished 2
days before thetournamentlearning the
fishing grounds.The first morning
Captain Steve found anice structure at the bottom of
the ocean perfect for big Marlin Read more.






Barra De Navidad Fishing Tournament January 23 2011 -
with Ana Maria Sportfishing Charters
Great week of fishing from start to finish. We prefished the day
before the tournament checking out the fishing grounds it was
perfect conditions nice warm water 80-82 flat blue sea's our first bite
of the day was a small striped Marlin probable about 60 lbs jmark
reeled her in quick and Freddy pulled the Marlin aboard for a quick
photo and then released her to be caught later.
Day 1 of the tournament We headed out aboard the Ana Maria at 8
am, same great conditions clean warm water and alot of stripers
about 40 miles offshore. We had our first hook up about 11 am
Captain Steve Torres yelled hook up and Jmark Martin was in the
fighting chair ready to go We relled in a small striped Marlin 26 kilos
in about 15 minutes and back on the hunt, 2nd hook up came about
an hour and a half later caught by Freddy Rodriquoz a little bit
bigger in size 29 kilos,
Day 2 Same plan we hit the fishing grounds about 8:30 am and the
bite was cold for us, until about 2 pm when we found a Mahi
Paradise they were jumping everywhere as soon as we had one in
the cooler another was ready to be gaffed We caught 22 in total 7
that qualified.
Day 3 We found even warmer water temps and had our first bite
around 10 am anotgher striped Marlin 28 kilos about 2 hours later
we had our 2nd bite of the day our biggest Striper of the tournamnt
39 Kilos we trolled for more Marlin for about an hour, thenn decided
to back to the mahi hotel there were still jumping all over the place
but there was alot more traffice then the the day before probable
20-25 boats enjoying the mahi fishing we caught 5 more qualifers
trolled for Marlin abother hour then headed back to the Marina for
the final weigh in.
1st Place Team Ana Maria January 2011
Ana Maria Sportfishing set new Marlin record in the 51st
marlins tournament in San Blas.
Day 1
1st day of the tournament captain Steve decided to head north we
had spotted some big Dorados in the same area the day before and
decided to test our luck but it was cold not even a bite.
Day 2
Captain Steve said we are going to the bank to troll some big live
baits and catch a Marlin around 10 am thats exactly what happened
the black hit a live skip jack leaped in the air and the fight was on1
hour 10 minutes later the beast was on the boat great fight great
video of the black marlin leaping in the air the Black Marlin set a new
record for San Blas Tournament 517 lbs!! full
Day 3
We hit the bank again lots of bait and smaller tuna's we hooked 3
smaller yellowfin tuna's in the morning all about 30-40 lbs then
decided to troll back slow and see if we pick anything up, around 1
pm We had a big Dorado strike Jmark reeled in the big Dorado in
about 10 minutes and We headed back. The first 2 days there had
not been any qualifiing Mahi mahi so we headed back for weigh ins
and thought we had won Dorado also but 10 minutes to 6pm We
were knocked down by .8 of a kilo so we took 2nd place Dorado 33
lbs and 1st place Marlin 517 lbs Great Tournament We will definetly
be back next year.
1st Place Marlin Team Ana Maria June 2011
2nd Place Marlin Team Ana Maria August 2010
1st Place Marlin Team Ana Maria May2010
Ana Maria Sportfishing Win 1st place Marlin in the internatinal
La Cruz Nayarit tournament July/16/2011
Captain Steve Torres and Ana Maria Sportfishing does it again!
Puerto Vallarta fishing tournament Day 1 July 15
The boats set out at 7 am Captain Steve had caught 4 marlins the
previous week and had marked a couple hot spots around the rock,
the crew caught some bigger live baits and we starting trolling just
after 10 am we had our first hook up Steve hit the throttle and the
fight was on Mark reeled in the 335 lb Blue Marlin in an hour and a
half . The rest of the day was pretty cold after that but we had our
trophy fish.
Puerto Vallarta fishing tournament Day 2 July 16
We had a big rain Storm that lasted all night and continued into the
early Morning for the ride out by 9 am it was clears sky's. and about
the same time as the day before a little after 10 am we had our first
hook a big Sailfish to bad this is not a Sailfish tournament so the
crew released the Sail and We starting trolling again but no more
bites we starting heading back to the marina at about 4pm. We had
heard 2 other Marlin catches today on the radio so we were running
back with our fingers crossed and ended up on top by about 20 lbs.
Congratulations to all the contestants this year for making another
great tournament
click here to see more photos
1st Place Marlin Team Ana Maria July /16 2011
|
Team Ana Maria win 1st place Marlin at 56th international
Marlin and Sailfish Tournament held in Puerto Vallarta
Mexico.
Ana Maria Sportfishing won 1st place the 2nd day of the 3 day
tournament with a 481 lb black Marlin. Ana Maria crew Freddy
Rodriquoz hooked the tournament winner with live bait on a
downrigger at 10:30am, Owner Mark Martin tokk the reel and
reeled the monster Marlin in in was a 2 hour fight but at the end
the huge marlin came aboard the boat belly up. it is the 6th
tournament won in the last year and half and the crew just keep
hooking big Marlin. after starting the year off winning by a land
slide in Barra de Navidad, then winning and braking the record
in San Blas came home to win both tournaments here in
Vallarta 1st in La Cruz in July the here at the 56th annual Marlin
and sailfish tournament November 2011 even with the back to
back wins captain Steve still did not beat his own record that
he holds from 2007 708 lbs
1st Place Marlin in 56th international Marlin and Sailfish Tournament