BlueWater Boats & Sportsfishing – July 2019

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TOURNAMENT

NEWS

You should

have been there!

THE INTERNATIONAL GAME FISH ASSOCIATION

CHANGES AT THE IGFA

In addition to the changes highlighted

in the Newslines section of this issue,

the IGFA recently announced several

changes to its Slam & Trophy Club angler

recognition programs, and new eligible

species for Line Class, Tippet Class and

Junior/Smallfry world records. Approved

at the annual IGFA Board of Trustees

meeting in January, these changes took

effect at the beginning of May this year.

New eligible species

Two new species will be added to the

IGFA’s Line Class, Tippet Class and Junior/

Smallfry record categories: snubnose

pompano (Trachinotus blochii) and

milkfish (Chanos chanos). Both species

are highly sought after by anglers in the

Indo-Pacific region and will also comprise

part of the new IGFA Inshore Grand Slam

Club and the Royal Slam Club.

New Inshore Grand Slam

& Royal Slam Clubs

Historically, the IGFA’s Inshore Grand

Slam Club has included four species:

bonefish, tarpon, permit and snook. To

make this popular award more accessible

to anglers around the world, the IGFA has

now expanded the list of eligible species

to include:

• Atlanticbonefish


• Pacificbonefish


• Atlanticsnook


• Pacificsnook


• Atlanticcuberasnapper


• Pacificcuberasnapper


• Tarpon


• Permit


• Snubnosepompano


• Gianttrevally


• Roosterfish


• Bluefintrevally


• Milkfish


• Effective May 1, catching any three
  of these species in a single day –
  in accordance with IGFA International
  AnglingRules– constitutesan Inshore
  GrandSlam.


• Catching anyfourin a day constitutes
  anInshoreSuperGrandSlam.


• Catchinganyfivein a dayconstitutesa
  FantasySlam.


• Catching all 13 species over the angler’s
  lifetime earns them the new IGFA
  Inshore Royal Slam.

Bonefish records reclassified

Effective May 1, the IGFA will begin

maintaining separate Atlantic and Pacific

record categories for bonefish (Albula

spp.) in the same way that it does

for snook (Centropomus spp.). With at

least 11 different species of bonefish

found worldwide, this will provide more

opportunities for anglers to pursue

world record catches of this iconic

gamefish. Current bonefish records will

be reassigned based on where they were

caught to reflect these new categories.

ROYAL BILLFISH SLAM

IN UNDER ONE YEAR

Trent Glaub recently had his name

added to the list of anglers that have

achieved the prestigious IGFA Royal

Billfish Slam. Even more impressive,

Trent was able to achieve this feat in

just under 12 months.

The first fish he crossed off was a

black marlin that he caught fishing

off Los Suenos in Costa Rica on

March 20, 2018. To catch all nine

billfish species required for the Royal

Slam he also fished off Florida,

Hawaii, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico,

Mexico and Guatemala.

Trent’s quest ended on March 16,

2019 in Kona, Hawaii where he was

able to complete his Royal Slam by

catchinga shortbillspearfish.