Bahamian angler Pete Rose hit a home run yesterday, landing a 48-lb Amber fish on 14-lb test onboard captain Sloan Wakefield?s to clinch the 41st Bermuda Anglers Club International Light Tackle Tournament for team Dr.G & The Stiff Rods.

Team 3D?s (6,194) and Chip ?N? Dolls (5,884) finished second and third respectively.

Rose, who shares the same name as the former Cincinnati Reds baseball player, also claimed high point individual honours with 4,532 points from 15 hook-ups.

Bill Duvall was second with 3,587 and David Skinner third with 2,752.

Rose?s catch was the heaviest caught during yesterday?s final round of the tournament, beating out Duvall?s 35-lb Blackfin Tuna, and was more than enough to earn his team qualification to next year?s prestigious IGFA Rolex Offshore Championships in Cabo, Mexico.

Rose and team-mates Scott Garrett and Wayne Booth landed a total of 30 fish over the course of the four-day tournament, accumulating 8,480 points, en route to reeling in top honours.

Duvall?s 73-lb Allison Tuna, landed on Monday, earned the Richmond, Virginia resident the high point fish award. Captain Peter Rans? was overall high point boat (9,083) having landed the most fish (32) over four days of trawling on Challenger Banks.

Captain Reggie Horsem?s (6,297) and captain Keith Winter?s (6,261) claimed second and third placed honours for overall high point boat.

Duvall celebrated his 30th year competing in the tournament by landing the proverbial ?big one? on Monday on the southern bank of Challenger.

?This one really worked me out,? Duvall said. ?I don?t ever remember an Alison Tuna taking that much line from me.?

Duvall?s specimen took two hours and 20 minutes to haul on deck.

?This has been one of the poorest years for fishing,? the 70-year-old US angler added. ?There are not many fish on the banks like there usually is at this time of the year.

?This is a great group of fishermen and boats . . . and when they can?t find a lot of fish then there?s not many out there.?

Rose, who resides in Freeport, Bahamas, attributed this week?s success to experience.

?I started fishing for Tuna, Wahoo and Dolphin when I was five years-old,? he said.

Rose bettered his previous personal best fish caught in local waters, a 40-lb Yellowfin Tuna.

?This is the best fish I?ve caught on 12-lb test. I hooked it up about 10.10 a.m. and landed him about 10.40,? he added.

?When I first hooked him it just felt like I had the bottom . . . the fish never moved. And then all of a sudden he gave up and started coming up to the boat.?

Rose?s team-mate Garrett added: ?We just got very lucky and had a great day. We had a very good game plan and were well prepared. But overall I would describe the past week as very spotty for everyone.?