Record Yellowfin Tuna Payout
State Record Yellowfin Tuna Division Added to 2018 Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic May 7, 2018; Biloxi, Mississippi: MGCBC tournament officials today announced an additional division to the 2018 contest, which will be held June [...]
Aries Earns Top Honors
By Capt. Dave Lear June 12, 2017; Biloxi, Mississippi: Aries is the first sign in zodiac astrology and is associated with energy and fire. Those traits also apply to Team Aries, which earned the top [...]
Fast and Furious
By Capt. Dave Lear June 11, 2017; Biloxi, Mississippi: Blame it on a wet spring, the absentee Loop Current or the usual scapegoat El Nino. Whatever the case, many long-time Gulf anglers agree the start [...]
Thrust, Parry and Salvo
By Capt. Dave Lear June 9, 2017; Biloxi, Mississippi: The first round of fights are over. The outcome on many more is yet to be decided. The weigh scales at the Point Cadet Marina were [...]
Team Effort
By Capt. Dave Lear June 9, 2017; Biloxi, Mississippi: Offshore, the action is underway with several swordfish and at least two blue marlin boated amongst the 120 teams competing in the 2017 MGCBC. Scales open [...]
Big Guns
By Capt. Dave Lear June 8, 2017; Biloxi, Mississippi: As the 120 boats in this year’s Classic plot a course deep into the iridescent blue depths of the Gulf, a certain expression bears repeating: The [...]
Swordplay
By Capt. Dave Lear June 7, 2017, Biloxi, Mississippi: Stacks of hundred dollar bills are still being carefully counted as the bets add to the growing pot. Yet even as registration for the 2017 Mississippi [...]
Countdown
April 11, 2017; Biloxi, Mississippi: By Capt. Dave Lear The countdown has begun. With less than two months before the start of the 2017 Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic the hook files are out, fresh [...]
Conservative Shift
January 25, 2017; Biloxi, Mississippi: The Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic, one of the premier big-game fishing tournaments in the world, today announced the decision to increase the minimum length requirement for blue marlin to [...]
En Garde!
January 06, 2017; Biloxi, Mississippi: By Capt. Dave Lear In the sport of fencing, En Garde is the French warning for participants to be on their guard and ready for action. But for the contestants [...]