Marlin February 2022

• I had been trying to fish the No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout, hosted by Capt. David Salazar and his wife, Kristen, at Guatemala’s Casa Vieja Lodge, but magazine deadlines kept getting in the way. In November 2021, the stars finally aligned, and we put together a Marlin team to fish it: myself, senior editor Capt. Jen Copeland, publisher Natasha Lloyd and group publisher Scott Salyers. This event is based on charity and an all-around good time rather than big money. Tournament rules penalize each angler $20 for a missed sailfish bite, with an additional $50 for a marlin miss and $100 for the dreaded “zing pow.” The money helps support the local primary school in Puerto San Jose, as well as other special projects in the community. In 2018, the proceeds…

editor@marlinmag.com IN MEMORIAM Robert T. Healey Sr. (right) passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at the age of 92. Born on St. Patrick’s Day in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1929, Bob attended St. Joseph’s University and the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his law degree. After 25 years of a successful South Jersey trial and business law practice, he turned his focus to the Viking Yacht Company, which he owned with his brother Bill. Together they grew Viking into the No. 1 sport-fishing yacht manufacturer in the United States. Bob served as Viking’s chairman of the board for 57 years, including a tumultuous period in 1991 when a federal 10 percent luxury tax was imposed on yachts. This caused hundreds of companies to go out of business, and thousands…

VIVA ISLA Typical of late May in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the weather calms down a bit and the water cleans up. Angler Tom Floyd had an outstanding day with Capt. Anthony Mendillo on Keen M, with photographer Scott Kerrigan capturing the action. “We had a few sail bites on the way out, some white marlin mixed with big dorado on the edge, and we left’em biting on the way home in calm seas,” Kerrigan says. LOCATION Keen M was fishing on the Isla Bank off Isla Mujeres, Mexico. TECH SPECS CAMERA: Canon EOS 1D Mk III LENS: Canon EF 70-200mm ISO: 250 APERTURE: f/5.6 SPEED: 1/1250 sec…

• With 15 locations in the United States as well as Costa Rica and Mexico—including four full-service yacht yards—Galati Yacht Sales is one of the largest privately held yacht dealerships in the world. It’s been family-owned and - operated since 1970, when Michael Galati Sr. moved from New York to the west coast of Florida with his wife, Anna Maria, and their five children, including Carmine. As kids, the Galatis all grew up in the boating business at the family marina, eventually assuming responsibility following their father’s untimely death in 1992. With the third generation now on board, the future looks extremely bright. You won the International Masters Angling Tournament in 2017 in Los Sueños, Costa Rica. What stands out about that event and that win in particular? The most memorable part…

(A) GRANDER PANAMA RUM is a single-origin product that is produced in the Las Cabras distillery in Herrera, Panama, using molasses produced only from locally grown sugar cane, a proprietary yeast strain, local water and barrel aging, nothing more. (C) BACARDI RESERVA OCHO AÑOS is a rare, limited-edition rum blend that is barrel-aged from eight to 12 years in American oak barrels before receiving an additional three months in Oloroso sherry casks. This imparts a smooth, velvety texture, deep mahogany color, and tasting notes of caramel, vanilla, orange and walnut. (B) CINCORO AÑEJO TEQUILA is aged 24 to 28 months, and embodies intricate tastes of agave, maple and dark chocolate, with a complex finish. It’s made from 100 percent Weber blue agave grown in the highlands and lowlands around Jalisco, Mexico, which…

• The past four-plus decades of the Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Jackpot have not only witnessed the unprecedented growth of the event, but that of the surrounding community of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, as well. Bob Bisbee founded the tournament in 1980 when he and 10 friends challenged each other to a friendly competition in their favorite Mexican destination, located at the southernmost tip of the Baja Peninsula. As the original event became established, the Bisbee family added the Los Cabos Offshore in 1997, and then the East Cape Offshore in 2000. Over the years, and under the direction of Wayne Bisbee and the Bisbee family, the three tournaments have paid out more than $104 million in prize money. Bob Bisbee died in 2018, but the family continues his rich…