Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic Raises the Blue Marlin Minimum Length to 110 Inches to Help Conserve Stocks
Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic Raises the Blue Marlin Minimum Length to 110 Inches to Help Conserve Stocks September 10, 2018; Biloxi, Mississippi: In a proactive move to help conserve marlin populations and enhance the sport, the tournament committee for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic today announced it is raising the minimum length to [...]
Reel Addiction Wins 2018 Classic
After a pursuit lasting more than a decade, Team Reel Addiction finally topped the field of 117 boats to win the 2018 Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic. Angler Chase Pate of Pensacola, Florida, Capt. Scooter Porto, owners Rocky and Laurie Jones, and mates Zach Taylor, Seth Brennan and Nate Dennis boated a 796.9-pound blue marlin [...]
Short and Sweet
By Capt. Dave Lear June 9, 2018; Biloxi, Mississippi: It was the shortest fight among the four blue marlin weighed in this year’s Classic. But angler Chase Pate of Pensacola, Florida, Capt. Scooter Porto and the team on Reel Addiction made sure it was the sweetest. Pate took about 30 minutes to coax the wild [...]
Big Bang
By Capt. Dave Lear June 8, 2018; Biloxi, Mississippi: The 22nd annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic got started with a bang as Team Supreme christened the scales with a 739.1-pound blue marlin not long after they opened at 3 p.m. Angler Alex Krake cranked on the fish for 11 hours after it died. Krake [...]
Going for the Green
By Capt. Dave Lear June 7, 2018; Biloxi, Mississippi: One by one they slowly churned past the tournament control boat to be checked off the list. Nearly 120 big center consoles, catamarans and sport-fishing convertibles, most with filled fuel bladders lashed to the deck or cockpit, departed the Point Cadet Marina at 11 a.m. Thursday [...]
Attention to Details
By Capt. Dave Lear June 6, 2018; Biloxi, Mississippi: One person could not do it alone. To put on a big-game tournament the caliber and magnitude of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic requires a sizable and dedicated staff. Each member works on different tasks but the combined effort is necessary to complete the countless [...]