May 23 - And some get rained out! Sorry to say the 2013 Spanish Main Series fell apart at the last minute. Needed was a min. of 2 boats and unfortunately one of our contestants has cancelled. Everyone have a great time and we hope you see a bunch of fish!
Other ABMT Doings - Plans for "Marlin Fest 2013" are coming along! Arts and Crafts vendors and restaurant owner/managers are now being contacted for their participation. MF will be a week of fun activities for visitors and residents alike. Plans include a Golf Tournament, a full day BVI Excursion (lunch at luxury resort), a 2 day Center Console Tournament (all billfish, tuna and wahoo on 30lb.) and a Magen's Bay BBQ Beach Party. Activities can soon be purchased on this website and special hotel rates will be available. Sponsors and fishing friends - this is a great opportunity to be with us for the ABMT "Boy Scout" Tournament and to enjoy a summer break! See MF2013 Info
See flyer on the ABMT's newly developing 'Wet N' Wild' Center Console tournament. This will be an exciting 2 day South Drop (Virgin Gorda to Vieques) event staged for the hardcores. Held during Marlin Fest 2013 (same time as annual "Boy Scout" Tournament). Sponsors are needed for this and MF Golf Tournament. Latest 'Wet N' Wild'
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05/01/13 - See the ABMT website results. Thus far in 2013 there have been 9,816 unique visitors who have read 20,625 pages! Thanks for your readership and we invite you to come fish our tournaments!
“I love the game,” Barlia says. “I love seeing a blue marlin come up in the spread. It’s fury, how excited it gets when it’s after a bait. There are no words to describe how great it is!”
SPANISH MAIN - 2013 CARIBBEAN SERIES Treasure Chest - Three Hot Fishing Legs!
Fishing Days: Cap Cana (May 30, 31, June 2) BVI - Bitter End Yacht Club (Aug. 14, 15) USVI (Aug 18, 19, 20, 22)
Note! The 'Fish for Haiti' tournament can be fished inside of the Spanish Main's Bitter End, BVI Leg.
Features Bernard Passman Angler Award
The Pirates of the Caribbean eyeball this booty with envy! The Spanish Main Series (SMS) offers a unique angler prize that is designed by the famous Bernard Passman Galleries. See Feature on Passman. The coin is a handstruck 1570's King Philip II gold 4-escudo.
Gold coin is sandwiched between black coral and a gold backing. The piece is numbered and signed on the back by the Passman Galleries. Further enrichment comes when an emerald is inset into the gold knobs on the front frame to indicate the number of times that an angler has won the series. The pendant itself becomes a once in a lifetime award. The Bernard Passman privately commissioned pendant w/rare gold coin is valued at over $35,000. Note: The gold coin Bernard Passman pendant is reserved for the top scoring "angler" of the series.
The Challenge
The Spanish Main Series is made up of 3 events. Each leg is fished in a destination that abounds with billfish! Anglers compete in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic, Bitter End, British Virgin Islands and St. Thomas, USVI. Minimum participation of 2 anglers, maximum of 4 anglers. This series is designed to attract experienced anglers and crews. "Points" are earned for the release of blue marlin, white marlin, spearfish and sailfish (DR and BVI legs). The St. Thomas "Boy Scout" leg is a blue marlin tournament only. Observers are supplied.
Treasure Chest - The Booty
SMS Series Pot is $10,000 per boat (20% to BSA). Split 60/40. Observers are provided. Note - Legs 1 and 3 are fished inside of existing tournaments (Rick Alvarez's Cap Cana and ABMT "Boy Scout" tournament). SMS anglers pay only the entrance fee of those tournaments. Entrance fee into 'BVI Open' leg will be $2000 per boat for 2 - 4 anglers. A calcutta will be operated.
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2012 USVI OPEN ATLANTIC BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT "The Super Bowl of Sport Fishing Tournaments"
"BOY SCOUT" WINNER'S CIRCLE (Photos - Richard Gibson)
Latest report on the development St. Thomas 'Marlin Fest 2013' is posted at: 
See flyer on the ABMT's newly developing 'Wet N' Wild' Center Console tournament. This will be an exciting 2 day South Drop (Virgin Gorda to Vieques) event staged for the hardcores. Held during Marlin Fest 2013 (same time as annual "Boy Scout" Tournament). Sponsors are needed for this and MF Golf Tournament. 
05/01/13 - See the ABMT website results. Thus far in 2013 there have been 9,816 unique visitors who have read 20,625 pages! Thanks for your readership and we invite you to come fish our tournaments!
Angler Profile - May 2013 
Fishing Days: Cap Cana (May 30, 31, June 2) 
The Pirates of the Caribbean eyeball this booty with envy! The Spanish Main Series (SMS) offers a unique angler prize that is designed by the famous Bernard Passman Galleries. 
