20 Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 20, 1986 ‘un \f | SCorrld record | 4 Ze -setat Bill Fish tournament — - TERRACE — Members of the Skeena Angling Club recently returned home from the island of Hawaii with some unusual catches to add to their .fishing records, Stan Kerr of First Choice Travel caught a 55-pound Sail Fish and George Munson of the Northern Motor Inn caught and released a Sail Fish as well. Kerr said there has only been about seven Sail Fish hooked all year off the island of Hawaii. The catches, although significant on their own count, were not qualifiers for the Bill Fish tournament. There were 73 teams from around the world com- peting in the event with a world record set on a §0-pound test line by Gil Kraemer of the Laguna Niguel Fishing Club from Laguna Beach, Calif ornia. ‘Kraemer caught a 1,06244-pound Marlin and set a new world record. It took him one hour and 40 minutes to land the fish. Another team had a Marlin on the line for 9% hours before it got away. They estimated the fish to be 700 to 800 pounds. Only four of the 73 teams got skunked and caught no fish, Kerr said. The Skeena Angling Club received an invitation from the governor of Hawaii to enter a team in the 28th annual international event. On Sunday, Aug. 3 the group participated in a huge parade to kick off the competition. Kerr said the parade was a couple of miles in length. On Monday, Aug. 4 the fishing tournament began. Each morning participants would gather on their mm . respective boats which were captained by proficient Fj boat masters and deck hands. Boats would jockey for ishermen position in the harbor and at a given signal, set out to The Skeena Angling Club of sea with hopes of locating the elusive catches. eee a ee inthe § The 73 teams fished at various locations along a ed In ish Tone stag- 49.mile stretch of ocean from four to five miles off a shore. The groups fished eight hours a day for five (F_