JICHI Takes Second Overall in 2015 Bahamas Billfish Championship!

June 13, 2015

JICHI Takes Second Overall in 2015 Bahamas Billfish Championship!

Congratulations to JICHI! One blue marlin and two white marlin released during the final leg of the 2015 Bahamas Billfish Championship at Boat Harbour June 10-13, 2015 were enough to see JICHI stay on the leader board! Team anglers Albert Castro, Anibal Moya and JICHI owner/angler Luis Isias held onto the second overall in the BBC against a very competitive field! The 68-foot Paul Mann JICHI captained by Gene Lebron won the first leg in Guana Cay. Leg 1: Guana Cay April 22-25 Leg 2: Green Turtle Cay May 6-9 Leg 3: Treasure Cay May 27-30 Leg 4: Boat Harbour June 10-13

May 30, 2015

MA SHEILA Takes Second in Third Leg of Bahamas Billfish Championship; JICHI Holds Second Overall in Series

Congratulations to MA SHEILA (formerly the 59-foot Paul Mann CLEAN LIVIN’) for placing second in the third of four legs–the Treasure Cay leg–of the 2015 Bahamas Billfish Championship, with a 628-pound monster blue marlin and another white. Owner Will Tomlinson was the angler. The 68-foot Paul Mann JICHI is second overall in the entire series to date with a win at Guana Cay and a great showing at Treasure Cay. MA SHEILA is eighth overall. Boat Harbour, June 10-13, is the next and final leg in the series. Luis Isalas, owner of JICHI, is in second place for series top

March 29, 2015

NAIRA and ALINA dominate 49th Annual Orco Bank Blue Marlin Release Tournament

Huge congratulations once again to the Paul Mann 57’ NAIRA and the Paul Mann 58’ ALINA for dominating the 49th Annual Orco Bank Blue Marlin Tournament which took place March 28-29 out of the Curaçao Yacht Club in Willemstad, Curaçao. The overall winning team was NAIRA. ALINA team took second place.Top captain of the tournament was Bincho Mansur of NAIRA. The winning angler was Izaira Mansur on ALINA who was also top female angler. ALINA also put icing on the cake with the biggest dorado! Way to go Paul Mann boats!! Both NAIRA and ALINA are based in Aruba.

January 10, 2015

Pelican Bay Yacht Club Tournament

Pelican Bay Yacht Club Tournament (Ft. Pierce, FL) January 6-10, 2015. The sailfishing for 2015 started out great in Florida as the Paul Mann 67-foot Lisa K checked in after a 10 sailfish day off Hutchinson Island on the Treasure Coast of Florida. Not enough for the win, but what a great day! Big congrats to the Lisa K team!

August 15, 2014

Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament August 11th-15th, 2014: 11 releases score second place for Paul Mann 76-foot ANN WARRICK. HOG WILD and SNIPER take top honors, too!

Congratulations to Owner Chip Lacy, Capt. Brad Diaz plus crew and team of Frank Adams, Joey Belton, Owen Maxwell and Jeff Reibel aboard the 76 foot ANN WARRICK for taking second in the Pirate's Cove Big Game Tournament with 11 billfish releases totaling 630 points! Congratulations also goes to the HOG WILD for the Top Youth Angler, Jimmie Horning and to the SNIPER for the Top Male Angler, Dan Stefano with scores totaling 350 points each! Thanks to Skeeter Sawyer and Lusk Photography for the photos!

August 10, 2014

Eleven releases earn JICHI second place in the 42ND USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament! August 7th-10th, 2014

Eleven blue marlin was not quite enough for top boat in the in the 42nd USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament (ABMT) held in St Thomas US Virgin Islands but it was sure good for second place in one of the most prestigious blue marlin release tournaments in the world. JICHI, the 68-foot Paul Mann custom out of Miami began the tournament with a phenomenal seven blues the first day. On Day 2, JICHI went fishless yet still held the lead with seven fish while other boats kept the pressure on by releasing a few fish. On Day 3 JICHI team

August 6, 2014

Living the Life! Photo gallery of the Reaves family and fishing aboard their Paul Mann 65-foot SOUL CANDY!

Want to see a real sportfishing family’s dream? Take a look at these wonderful photos by Todd Reaves, selected from those taken during the family’s 83-day fishing vacation aboard their Paul Mann 65', Soul Candy. The crew included mom, Storey, the kids, William (15), Smith (9) and Isobel (7), as well as Todd’s father, Bill, plus they rendezvoused with good friends along the way. The Reaves fished 20 of the 83 days and caught 19 billfish including eight whites, 10 blues and a sailfish, and saw many, many more. How great was the fishing on the Reaves’ Paul Mann? Storey

July 26, 2014

18th Virginia Beach Invitational Billfish Tournament July 23rd-26th, 2014

The Paul Mann 58-foot SNIPER takes first place in the 2014 VA BEACH INVITATIONAL Billfish Tournament! This makes for two consecutive years that SNIPER has taken the first place win! SNIPER has also now placed first in the tournament four different years! Pretty work and a huge Congratulations to Captain-Owner Jimmy Bayne and his crew! Great fishermen!

July 15, 2014

2014 South Carolina Governors Cup

Congratulations to Owner Gary Wyatt, Capt. Matt Key and mate Will Frederick and team of the 1993 Paul Mann 56' SPORTSMANN! Taking 1st Place Wahoo for the series was Gavin Wyatt with 62.6 pounds. 1st Place Youth goes to Bennett Wyatt and 2nd Place Youth to Thomas Henry Key. The team finished the tournament with 1,875 pts. keeping the SPORTSMANN on the Leader Board.

July 12, 2014

Fourchon Oilman’s Association Invitational July 10th-12th, 2014

Big congratulations to the captain and crew aboard the Paul Mann Custom 58-foot DIRTY BUSINESS (formerly SECOND CHANCE out of Charleston) now in Grand Isle, LA! The DIRTY BUSINESS team took top team, top yellowfin and top blackfitop spots in the Fourchon Oilman’s Association Invitational. The yellowfin, especially, was huge!