Roatan

September on Roatan is a special month. Independence Day is September 15th and is marked by parades, lots of food and drink and general celebration. Of course, it’s a holiday, so no commerce is conducted! The children practice marching and the bands practice for a month or more before the day. The girls and boys are dressed up in their best dresses and outfits, it’s a wonderful family day.

The second special event this year is the annual Fishing Tournament, which is an IGFA Offshore World Championship Qualifying Event over 3 days and this year it started on Thursday, September 15th, so Independence Day took on extra value this year. The fishing tournament attracts boats and fishermen from all over the region; it’s a tag-and-release tournament and the trophies awarded are spectacular and highly coveted. The tournament resulted in 3 Blue Marlin released by the 1st Place team, 2 Blue Marlin Released by the 2nd Place team, and 2 Blue Marlin Released by the 3rd Place team, a great success for the XIIth Annual International Fishing Tournament of Roatan. The overall champion was Devin McNab. For those of you who can’t get enough fishing stories, or who weren’t here and would like to live the tournament vicariously, go to their Facebook page for lots of photos-

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Roatan-International-Fishing-Tournament/234272643263156

See other things to do on Roatan at http://www.roatanbayisland.com/roatan/things-to-do-roatan.html

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