Boat captain and owner, Kanhai Mannah and his crew aboard Conan II dominated the inaugural two-day Island Property Owners Association (IPOA) Get and Go Grocery Red Fish Tournament at its marina, No 12 Western Main Road, Chaguaramas on April 2.
The Barataria-based Mannah and his crew of Terrance Ramsepaul, Rishe Paria, Joey Ramsepaul, Joel Khan and Jerome Johnson were declared the overall champions of the 16 participating crews after capturing the top prize of $10,000 and the “Bail Out’ Challenge Trophy for the largest redfish catch on the day of 23.5 lbs and the “Best Pool” tally overall of 52.4 lbs
Speaking at the awards ceremony on Sunday, which included the competitors dining on some of their catches over the course of the competition, Robin Phillips, Vice President of the IPOA -a registered non-profit organization said his organisation was very pleased with the response to the first staging of the event and hoped that with the help of more entries it becomes a mainstay on the calendar.
Among the many sponsors who contributed to the successful staging of the event were Guardian Group (Gold), Carib Brewery Limited (Silver) as well as
Elee Agencies, Movie Towne, Blue Waters Limited, Fat Boy/Ice Land, Belray, Mario’s Pizzeria Limited, Massy Distribution, Excellent Stores Limited, ABIL-Sunshine Snacks, Fine Line Distributors Limited, WITCO, Ammsco Marine & Engineering Limited, Rotoplastics, Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA), National Canners Limited, Lera Monkey, HADCO, D. Mankee, A.S Bryden’s, Unilever, Bermudez Group Limited, Angostura Limited, and Bail Out Limited.
Overall Red Fish Tournament winners:
1. Kanhai Mannah - (Conan II) - 23.5 lbs - $10,000 & Bail Out challenge trophy
2. Dillon Ragoonath - 20.2 lbs - $5,000
3. Richard Ali - (Zash) - 14.7 lbs - $3,000, Angostura Hamper, Fine Line Hamper
4. Ricardo Babb - $1,000, Angostura Hamper, Fine Line Hamper
5. Richie Rampersad - (Slak Tide)- $1,000, Angostura Hamper, Fine Line Hamper
Salmon
1. Joel Khan - (Conan II) - 3.2 lbs - Yamaha Generator
2. Richard Ali - (Zash) - 2.1 lbs - Yamaha Hamper
3. Paul Beharry - (Sidken) - 2.1 lbs - Yamaha Lube & Fine Line Hamper
Cro Cro
1. Richard Ali - (Zash) - 3.2 lbs HADCO Hamper and a slow cooker
2. Paul Beharry - (Sidken) - 3.1 lbs - HADCO Hamper
3. Kanhai Mannah - (Conan II) - 2.9 lbs - Hadco Hamper
Boat Pool
Winner: Kanhai Mannah (Conan II) - 52.4 lbs - Rotoplastic Cooler & National Canners Hamper
Female Angler
Michelle Medina - (Ammsco Alpha)- Angostura Hamper, HADCO Hamper, and a Dove Hamper
Junior Angler
1. Brandon Rampersad - (Slak Tide) - Fishing Rod, Life Jacket, & Sunshine Snacks Hamper
2. Dylan Quesnel - (Sea Q) - Fishing Rod, Life Jacket, & Sunshine Snacks Hamper
Special Prizes: Stephen Jackman (Repsol Hamper), Phillip Abraham (Sunshine Snacks Hamper), Stephanie Dalchan (booklet Movietowne vouchers),
Katwaroo Ramdass (booklet of Movietowne vouchers), Liam Paria (raffle winner).