Bahamas Billfish Championship Leg 3/South Carolina Governors Cup Leg 2/Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic Update

May 17, 2014 By InTheBite Editor

The BBC Leg 3 Treasure Cay Championship June 4-7, 2014 Captain of the Year Cup International Division. Captain Eddie Wheeler Marlin Darlin took over the top spot day 2. Fa La Me and Wave Paver round out the top 3. Stay tuned for news and updates from your tournament source. Scoreboard updates click here

Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic wraps up June 8 and the big news is the 843.7 lbs blue marlin weighed in by Iona Louise. A few other fish are being weighed. For updated results click here

BBC Leg 2 Green Turtle Cay: Congratulations to captain Artie Meadows (500 pts) on TORTA for winning the Turtle Cay Leg. 2nd Place BOOMER (300 pts) and 3rd place Captain Kenneth Cummins (100 pts) on HOOKER. The International Division event will be one to watch as many teams will be competing in all of the BBC events and the bonus Championship Cup points of 250 could make a huge difference in the final outcome of the first ever International Captain of the Year. Will the fleet find a bite Southeast of the Light again, out in the deep off the Mushroom, way down by Hole-In-The-Wall or around Cherokee Point? Only time will tell and we are certain the Captain of the Year Cup International Division standings will be changing in this Sanctioned series. Good luck to all the participants in this year’s Championship and stay tuned to InTheBite for a direct link to the updates.

The 2nd leg of the South Carolina Governors Cup Bohicket Invitational Billfish Tournament June 4-7, 2014. East Coast Division Captain of the Year Cup event. Stay tuned for news and updates. Click here for live updates

The first leg of the South Carolina Governors May 21-24, 2014 is in the history books. Captain Ryan Riggs (500 pts) FULL PULL took 1st Place. Second place went to captain Dan Woody (300 pts) on SKYED OUT and 3rd place went to captain Mark Rogers (100 pts) on RASCAL. SPORTIN’ LIFE Captain Mike Glasner(500 pts)scored the biggest blue weighing in at 448.2 lbs.. The second of the twenty three sanctioned Cup events. Live scoring is available for the even.

Team Marlin Darlin 1st Place BBC Leg 3 Treasure Cay

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Check out the June issue's "Navigating the High Seas" for a breakdown of how the rapidly changing landscape of marijuana law effects the sportfishing industry. What is your boat's take on the use marijuana?