60 Boats

The Classic kicked off its first tournament.  All white marlin and sailfish were only to be tagged and released.  The blue marlin’s legal limit was set at 92”, five inches above federal guidelines.  The purse was $300,000.  Eight blue marlin were brought to the scales.  David Pippin on the boat “Miss Orleans” weighed in a 917.4  lb. blue marlin that had to be disqualified by the tournament due to large prop slashes in the fish.  Shannon Faulkner, an 18 year old fishing on his grandfather’s boat.  “Never Content,” took top honors and $130,000 with his 631.8 lb. blue marlin.  There were 6 blue marlin and 2 white marlin tagged and released.

Blue Marlin

First
Never Content – Shannon Faulkner- 631.8 lbs

Second
Game Plan – Bobby Nicholson – 325.4 lbs

Third
Cat-N-Round – Michael Sullivan – 289.1 lbs

Tuna

First
Bud Man – Carmen Still – 185.9 lbs

Second
Never Rest – Jim Holmes – 166.9 lbs

Third
Leezer Time – Doug Newman – 164.0 lbs

Dolphin

First
Tempruss – Joe Ballow – 51.0 lbs

Second
Color Me Gone – Ted Taylor  – 49.2 lbs

Third
Waste’n Away II – Raymond Heck – 44.3 lbs

Wahoo

First
Color Me Gone – Ted Taylor – 71.0 lbs

Second
Pamella Lynn – John Nicholas – 68.2 lbs

Third
Pamella Lynn – Mike Hixon – 60.1 lbs