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Sailfish champ again

 This is Paul Janensch with a Treasure Coast Essay about this season’s Treasure Coast Sailfish Championship recently decided.  For the third year in a row, the winner of the three-tournament series was Showtime! – with an exclamation point  – captained by Wink Doerzbacher.  The anglers aboard Showtime! caught and released a total of 45 sailfish in the Pirates Cove Sailfish Classic, the Light Tackle Sailfish Tournament and the Pelican Yacht Club Billfish Invitational.  The winner did not emerge until the final afternoon of the Pelican Yacht Club event.  With their 45th catch, Showtime! anglers broke a tie with Vintage, captained by Hans Kraatz.   A steady wind pushed the fish down from the north.  The 22 boats competing that day caught a total of 147 sailfish.  No wonder our stretch of the Atlantic is called Sailfish Alley.  I’m Paul Janensch.