2005 BISBEE'S BLACK & BLUE MARLIN AND
BAJA FISHING TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 24, 2005, Wayne Bisbee, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, :

We are fast approaching another exciting season. It has been a great thrill to direct "The Black & Blue" that was started by my father over two decades ago. It's hard to believe that it's now the richest fishing tournament and one of the oldest tournaments in the world. During these 20-plus years, we have paid out over $25 million dollars in prize money, and last year alone in the Cabo San Lucas fishing event, the amount of your "trolling miles", if combined would take a boat around the world at the equator twice. Yes, it truly is an awesome event!

This year and beyond, our staff is making a total commitment to improve the overall quality of the tournaments, yes, even improving radio control to better relay weigh station updates, data on daily jackpots, etc. Although it has been my absolute pleasure and honor to organize these great events, the fact is THEY BELONG TO YOU. To reinforce our commitment to this position, and to improve services, please look for a survey in the next couple of weeks asking for suggestions and other input. We will also be expanding the Rules Committee to include anglers and boaters, and creating a Tournament Advisory Committee that will be responsible to give feedback each year. We look forward to any volunteers and believe these two groups to be vital for our future. Please take some time out of your busy schedule to complete the survey, it's of great importance. We will communicate back to you with the top suggestions and how we plan to implement them.

As we come into summer, and the Bisbee's East Cape Offshore Tournament is drawing near, we wanted to give you a heads up that entries for all three of our Baja fishing tournaments are steadily coming in now, and we're rapidly shaping up to see some great things this year. In fact, some of these "Early Bird Drawing" entrants have already anted up for the Black & Blue's new Mucho Macho $5,000 Daily Category. This could mean that the $2.5 million dollar mark could not only be seen, but surpassed, getting us ever closer to the unprecedented $3 million mark. Just a little food for thought, that if you're going to play, you may want to take the "I'm all in" position this time!

The Bisbee's East Cape, Buena Vista, Offshore Tournament will be held on August 2nd-6th, fishing days 3rd, 4th, & 5th. It will again be hosted by Chuy Valdez and his family at their beautiful Buena Vista Beach Resort. Boat and hotel reservations can be made by calling 800-752-3555 or contacting HotelBuenaVista.com.

For those of you bringing your own boats to Buena Vista, there will be plenty of fuel and room directly in front of the resort to anchor and moor. They've even doubled up on the water taxi service this year ensuring that you'll be able to shoot back and forth between your boat and the resort with ease.

If you haven't joined us in the past for this one, you really should. It has a modest entry fee and a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere that is shared by everyone. Further, the fishing at the East Cape in August is great, providing you a perfect opportunity to keep your angling skills honed as fall approaches.

This year's Black & Blue fishing tournament in Cabo San Lucas is October 25th-29th, fishing days 26th, 27th & 28th. All of the tournament functions will again take place at the beautiful Puerto Paraiso Entertainment Plaza in Cabo San Lucas. We'll be updating you with new special events as they develop.

The Bisbee's Los Cabos Offshore Tournament will be October 21st-23rd. It will again be held in conjunction with the Pete Lopiccola Billfish Tournament at Cabo San Lucas. You can fish in both tournaments simultaneously. This gives you a chance to win even more prizes, and in addition to fishing for marlin, tuna and dorado, you'll be "Fishing For A Cure" since their proceeds go to Cancer research.

Congratulations to the 2004 Early Bird winner "Dorado III" and Scott Jolcover. We will again be offering the "Early Bird" drawing between all of the teams that have entered by August 1, 2005. The drawing's winning team gets their $5,000 entry fee back. The same is possible for all of the Baja Offshore Circuit tournaments where the team entry of $1,200 will be returned. We will be drawing the Early Bird winner at each Awards Banquet. Remember, for every month prior to the event that you enter, you will receive an additional "chip" that will be placed into the drawing. So, if you enter the Black & Blue for example, in February, 7 months prior to the 8/1/05 deadline, your name will be entered into the drawing 7 times versus just one! The earlier you get your entry in, the more chances you will have to fish for FREE.

For those of you on the East Coast, who would like to fish our tournaments with your own boat and crew, Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) will be loading yachts in the Bisbee's Express in South Florida during summer for delivery to Baja in time for our events. Dockwise is the world's leading yacht transport firm and they will provide you with the highest degree of professional service available in the industry. For scheduling and details you can visit their web-site at yacht-transport.com, or call Adam Tarleton, avasco@attglobal.net, 619-855-9004.

For any additional information and 2005 applications, please give Tricia a call at 714-556-2281, tricia@bisbees.com, or visit bisbees.com. We thank you for your interest and we look forward to being with you in Los Cabos and Buena Vista!

Bisbee's tournaments are brought to you with the support of many great sponsors. We ask that when making your purchasing decisions you first give our sponsors an opportunity to provide you with their quality products and services.

LAST YEAR'S GREAT SPONSORS: Snell Real Estate (snellrealestate.com): is an independent real estate broker specializing in the finest properties in Los Cabos. They are recognized as the area's leader having pioneered the use of U.S. Title Policies in Mexico for all of their transactions, and third party insured U.S. Escrow accounts, and by understanding the local laws regarding ownership in Mexico. Founded in 1987, Snell is the exclusive representative of Villas Del Mar of Palmilla, Cabo Del Sol, Punta Ballena as well as over 85% of the available residential ocean front property in Los Cabos.

AND: Melia San Lucas, Puerto Paraiso Entertainment Plaza, Buena Vista Beach Resort, the new Cabo Chips, Penn Fishing Tackle, Eagle Claw, Costa Del Mar Sunglasses, Villa La Estancia, Bertram Yachts, Terramar Destination Management Company, Dockwise Yacht Transport, Underwater Lights, Jimsair, Los Cabos Vacation Rentals, Alutecnos, Mikelson Yachts, Innovative Sport Yachts, Knight and Carver, West Marine, Pelagic, Sufix, Hi-Five Lures, Precision Marine Hardware, Barela Fish Sculptures, Thomas Spangler Photography, Cuervo Especial, No Worrys, Vertex Entertainment, Senor Greenbergs, Baja Life and Alegria Magazines, Tournament Control, Inc. and Moet & Chandon.