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TOP ANGLER....................Bill Evans    2nd place ..................Robert Collins

  3rd place ....................Gary Fletcher

  4th place......................Ken Harmon

Teams:

1st place team.... Bill Evans, Karen Comstock & Robert Collins            2nd place...... Gary Fletcher, Diane Fales & Rocky Franich

3rd place....... Ken Harmon, Daniel Dinger & Mike Hoffman

Daily High Anglers

Day 1- Kris Harmon; Day 2- Bill Evans; Day 3- Gary Fletcher

​             28 IRT Anglers =

        Roosterfish released 67

       (5 were Stick (34"+) Fish)




The  Official Hook of the IRT

2022 tournament results

MISSION STATEMENT -


To provide a platform for a competitive Roosterfishing tournamentusing a catch and release format, adhering to IGFA rules and species conservation.

(Est.1966)

Welcome TO IRT!

The International Roosterfish Tournament (IRT) is the oldest Roosterfish tournament in the world. We have always gathered at the VanWormer Resorts since 1966 (50 years) on the East Cape of the Sea of Cortez, Baja Sur, Mexico. Friends and the world's best Roosterfish anglers gather for a 3 day catch and release competition to match their skill to the most exotic and aggressive predator patrolling the Pacific shores from mid-Baja, Mexico to Peru. The Roosterfish.

INTERNATIONAL ROOSTERFISH TOURNAMENT (IRT)

Costa Rica

Have YOU caught a ROOSTERFISH!

Not many anglers have!

Do you want to be part of this elite group of anglers?

Come fish with us.>>>>




This tournament is a qualifier

for the

OFFSHORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

Our Roosterfish Champions have attended the OWC Tournament for over 14 years and have always qualified in the top half of the field.  The Offshore World Championship is held in Quepos, Costa Rica

OUR NEXT TOURNAMENT IS:

JUNE 2-6, 2023

at

Playa del Sol, 

a VanWormer Resort Hotel,

​Barriles, Baja Sur, Mexico

The Roosterfish Capital of the World!!