An angling team comprised of one Bermudian and two US residents proved to be the true 'survivors' of the deep blue sea after yesterday's final day of the 38th annual Bermuda International Light Tackle Tournament.

Seventy-three-year old local Crayton Greene and 68-year-old Bill Duval and Wayne Booth, both from Virginia, combined to form the Survivors team as experience prevailed over youth.

Survivors obliterated the rest of the angling fleet by netting 90 fish during the four-day tournament for a staggering total of 21,698 points - some 12,135 more than second-placed Sand Haulers who totalled 9,563 after landing a total of 55 fish.

Host club, Bermuda Anglers Club finished third with 9,416 points after landing a total of 49 fish.

Booth had the highest individual points total of 8,252 and also landed the largest fish of the tournament - a 69-lb Yellowfin Tuna on 12-lb test line.

Duval finished second with 7,345 while Greene rounded out the top three with 6,092 points. The winning trio are multiple winners of the annual tournament.

Meanwhile, high point boat honours went to Peter Rams and Craigin Curtis' Overproof while second-place went to Russell Young's Sea Wolf and third to Sinclair Lambe and Alfred (AB) Basden onboard Jamie C.

Anglers encountered three to five foot seas chumming along the north-west side of Argus Banks yesterday. No angler was permitted to trawl during the tournament.

"We had a fine time every day and we were a real team and we killed them every day," commented Booth after yesterday's final day of fishing.

"We had the attitude that every day we were going to catch a lot of fish and that we were going to be first - and we did it every day. We decided it was all in our heads so we had to convince the captain and the mates every day, and we did it.

"They don't call us the survivors for nothing."

Pleased with the week's events was tournament director James Pearman. "We had six teams come down from the United States and also a few new faces," he said. "This is our 38th annual tournament so we have been going a long time.

"I had a lot of help from my wife (Cindy) and as far as I can tell it has been a very successful tournament. There were some very nice fish caught and already we are looking towards next year."