b'Silver Sailfish Derby Records Best First Day of DerbyRea Trophy 659 sailfish releases on January 5, 2012 during 75th Derby.winner (Previous record was 258 sailfish releases in 2006 Derby) . Nick Smith (c) is flanked by Capt. Ray Best Second Day of DerbyRosher (l) 397 sailfish releases on January 6, 2006 during 69th Derby. & mate Alex (Previous record was 373 sailfish releases in 2004 Derby). Castellanos Best Derby Total1,174 sailfish releases by 46 boats fishing in the 3-day longAngler to Win the Derbys Rea Trophy the Most Times75th Derby January 57, 2012.At the time, a worldNick Smith of Stuart, Florida, has won the prestigious Rea record for Atlantic sailfish during three consecutive days ofTrophy 6 times (1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001 & 2002).The tournament fishing (Previous record was 958 sailfish releasesMrs. Henry R. Rea Trophy is the Derbys Top Individual by 50 boats in 2006 Derby).* Angler Award and is presented to the angler who releases the most sailfish. Chip Sheehan (l) on Cookie Best Tournament 3-Day Total by a Derby Boat in 2004Team Get Lit from Miami (Capt. Ray Rosher, Kitt Toomey, Peter Miller, Carlos Garcia) with 59 sailfish releases duringBest Single Day Total by one 69th Derby in 2006.Angler in Derby Chip Sheehan of Boynton Beach fishing aboard the Cookie Best Single Day Total by onewith 19 individual sailfish releases Boat in Derby on Day #2 of 2004 Derby.Team Get Lit led by Capt.(of note: Angler Jim Gill of Quinton Dieterle of CoralWest Palm Beach posted an Gables with 36 releasesimpressive 18 individual sailfish on Day #1 of 2012 Derbyreleases on Day #2 of the 2006 (Previous record held bySilver Sailfish Derby). team Get Lit , led by Capt. Ray Rosher, with 35 sails Day #2 of 2006 Derby).Most Individual Sailfish Releases in 3-Day Derby OverallTeam Get Lit turnsTie: Peter Miller of Miami aboard team Get Lit with 26 during 2004 Derby in scoresheetand fellow team mate Christopher Kitt Toomey of Miami aboard team during theGet Lit with 26 releases during 69th Derby in 2006.2012 DerbyMost Boats to Post Double Digit Score during Derby Most Anglers to Catch at least one Sailfish During Derby43 boats released 10 or more sails during the 2012 Derby. (Previous 177 different individual anglers during 2004 Derby. record was 36 boats during the 2006 Derby.)Derby Record for Heaviest Weight Fish Best Catch Per Boat/Day Overall Average for Derby138.5 pound yellowfin tuna caught by Scott Robins8.5 sails per boat day during 75th Derby in 2012 (Previousaboard team Weez In The Keys during the 2015 Derby record was 6.45 sails per boat day during 2011 Derby.(Eligible weight fish are: Kingfish, Dolphin, Wahoo, The Derbys historical tournament average is somewhereCobia and Tuna).between 1.3 and 1.5 sails per boat day).Best Single Day Catch Per Boat/Day Average in Derby14.3 sails per boat/day on Thursday, January 5, 2012.46 boats released 659 sails (Previous record was Day #2 during the 2011 Derby when 35 boats registered 8.2 sails per boat/day).Team Sandman represents in the 2012 Derby* These records do not include tournament totals for the Silver Sailfish Derbys held prior to 1992 when the event was three weeks, sometimes nearly 4 weeks long (1935 to 1991).Interestingly however, since the first Silver Sailfish Derby, held in 1935, there are only 2 occasions when the Derby fleet caught more than 1,174 sails (the number of sailfish released during the three-day Derby in 2012). The dates of those events were:1942 = 1,238 sails and 1948 = 1,579 sails.The Derby went from a three-day event to a two-day event in 2015.'