12 May 2012. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Report by www.Picantesportfishing.com

The 2012 International Game Fish Association Offshore World

Championship is starting up this weekend. There are plenty

of great prizes and lots of prestige for the fishermen.

Everyone is already a winner since to be invited to compete

in this tournament you have to have won a qualifying IGFA

tournament and be invited to this tournament.

There have been some rule clarifications to make the

tournament easier to police. This year the rules state that

each team gets a different boat each day and has to use

that captain to keep it a level playing field. Circle hooks

are to be used on any natural bait. Twenty-four dead baits

are being supplied to each boat, but the boats can fish for

their own live bait using the required 30 pound Momoi Hi-

vis fluorescent yellow line.

This year there are 46 teams representing more than 20

countries participating in the tournament. The real

excitement will start tomorrow night with the rules

briefing and boat draw followed by the kickoff dinner. From

Team Picante and all the Picantesportfishing.com employees,

good luck to all the participants and crews. And as can be

seen in the photo: Bienvenidos.