years togrow theBlack&Blue intoa tournament that
has, fordecades,hadup to230 teamscomprisingover
1,000participantspayingclose to$100,000/team to
enter.Thirdplace thisyearalone,becauseofall the
add-onbets,paid$2.5million. “Weweregrowingour
tournamentbycontactingall theseother tournament
directorsaround theworldandcross-promotingeach
other’s tournaments,”hesays, “but in theprocess, the
amountofcharityandphilanthropy the tournament
hasprovided to thepeopleofCaboSanLucashas, in
fact, grown thispartofMexico.”
Wayne’sdadbought thefirstambulance in town.
The family tacklestore’sbaseradio inNewportBeach,
used for theirfleetofplanesflying insupplies,became
theradio for the town incaseofemergencies.These
SAVINGTHEGREATWHITERHINO
Rhinoceros poaching threatens todecimate the species inAfrica. In 2014, therewere 1,200 instances of
poaching reported inSouthAfrica alone. To address theever-growing threat and tohelppreserve the
legacy andensure the longevityof thegreatWhiteRhino, Bisbee’s Fish&WildlifeConservationFund
created the
NkweConservationProgram
in 2013.
Theprogram is a three-pronged response to theepidemic.UnderWayne’s closewatch, theNkwe
program created a conservation sanctuary forWhiteRhinos, abreedingprogram and,most aggressively,
a tactical training academy that prepares armed combatants tobattlepoachers in thewild. In theworks
is aprogram tobring severalWhiteRhinos to a sanctuary inTexas, whose climate is similar to the rhino’s
nativeSouthAfrica. Visit
Bisbeesconservationfund.org
formore information.
This is, simplystated, the
SuperBowloffishing
tournaments,andthewhole
anglingworld iswatching.
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