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2019 Texas Billfish Classic Final Results

August 5, 2019 By InTheBite Editor

Texas Billfish Classic
July 17-20, 2019
Freeport, Texas
 
28 boats, 22 blue marlin, 4 white marlin, 7 sailfish 
Release Division:
1st Place: Done Deal, Captain Jason Buck
6 blues, 1 white
2nd Place: Bali Ha’i, Captain Anthony Lopez
4 blues

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Filed Under: Featured Stories, Fishing, General News, News, Tournament Results, Tournaments Tagged With: 2019, amigo, Blue Marlin, Captain of the Year, Captains, Done Deal, freeport, gulf coast division, heaviest marlin, texas, texas billfish classic

2018 InTheBite Captain of the Year Cup: Winners Update

October 3, 2018 By InTheBite Editor

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Filed Under: Captain of the Year, Featured Stories, General News, News Tagged With: airmar, Captain of the Year, COTY, Done Deal, East Coast Division, gulf coast division

2017 Captain of the Year Jason Buck: Takes the W at Orange Beach Billfish Classic

May 22, 2018 By InTheBite Editor

Congratulations to Captain Jason Buck & the Done Deal team for winning the 2017 Captain of the Year Gulf Division AND for coming out on top for the Orange Beach Billfish Classic tournament over the weekend! Special thanks to tournament director, Johnny Dorlane, for presenting the award.

Filed Under: Captain of the Year, Featured Stories, News, Tournament Results Tagged With: 2017 Orange Beach Billfish Classic, Blue Marlin, Captain of the Year, Done Deal, gulf coast, gulf division, InTheBite, sportfishing, tournament results

Top 5 Marlin of 2017- So Far

July 19, 2017 By InTheBite Editor

Check out this list of the top 5 Blue Marlin weighed in so far in 2017 Captain of the Year Divisions. The IGY Marinas Int’l Division leads with team Flyer, led by Captain Bryce Garvey fishing the Bermuda Big Game Classic who harvested a 871 lbs. Blue Marlin. Pretty work crews!

IGY Marinas Intl’ Division

#1)Capt. Bryce Garvey, Flyer, 600 Points -Bermuda Big Game Classic, Largest Marlin, 500 Pts. 871 lbs.

Costa Sunglasses Gulf Division

#2)Capt. Scooter Porto and Reel Addiction team with 771lb Blue Marlin caught during the 46th Annual Pensacola International Billfish Tournament.

Release Ruler Hawaii Division 

#3)Capt. McGrew Rice on the Ihu Nui II hit big and won the Skin’s Tournament with a 731.5-pound blue marlin and TR release points. Photo courtesy of the Honokohau Charter Desk.

Costa Sunglasses Gulf Division

#4) Capt. Jason Buck, Done Deal, 500 Points- Blue Marlin World Cup, Largest Marlin, 600 lbs.

Billfish Foundation East Coast Division

#5)Capt. Brian Harrington, Run Off, 500 Points -Big Rock, Heaviest Marlin, 533.8 lbs. , 500 Pts.

   

Filed Under: Captain of the Year, Featured Stories, General News, Tournament Results Tagged With: Big Rock, Bryce Garvey, Captain of the Year, Done Deal, Jason Buck, Run Off Big Rock Winne

Done Deal Wins World Cup Blue Marlin Championship

July 10, 2017 By InTheBite Editor

Palm Beach, Florida: With a record payout on the line and redhot fishing worldwide, the story of this year’s Blue Marlin World Cup Championship centered on what some may consider an overlooked destination: the Gulf of Mexico. And yet with a fleet of 144 boats fishing in some of the planet’s best big-fish hot spots – including Bermuda, Madeira, Cape Verde and Kona -the Gulf produced the only two qualifying blue marlin in the one-day shootout.
The team aboard Gunnslinger was first to report a fish in the boat: their 110-inch blue marlin weighed 556.1 pounds and met the tournament’s qualifying minimum weight requirement of 500 pounds. But it was Jon Gonsoulin’s Done Deal that would seal the deal, scaling a beautifully-proportioned 600-pound blue marlin. They won the tournament cash plus the optional Big Blue Challenge, taking home a cool $1 million payday. Not bad
for a day of fishing. Done Deal is a 70-foot Viking captained by Jason Buck; angler Wilks Hammock was on the rod soaking a live bait off the Southwest Pass of Louisiana when the fish struck. In addition to their weighed fish, the team also released three additional blue marlin in what proved to be a superb day of
sport-fishing action.
With the increase in the base entry and the added jackpot in the Big Blue Challenge, it’s a new record payout for the World Cup. Winning $1,000,000 for a single blue marlin is the dream of any big-game angler, and the Blue Marlin World Cup reached that milestone this year. Seven of the participating teams were fishing in the Gulf region, and that is the first time since 1989 that the Gulf had produced a World Cup winner. Overall, the fishing was terrific in the Gulf. The Reel Fire team released four blues in the tournament. That’s great fishing anywhere.
The Blue Marlin World Cup is a one-day shootout held on July 4 each year. Blue marlin are the only eligible species, with a required minimum of 500 pounds, in a winner-take-all format. Teams fish from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. in their respective time zones around the world, producing a very exciting event that has attracted a tremendous following on social media.
Tournament director, Robert “Fly” Navarro, says the World Cup team is already planning for a bigger and better tournament next year. You don’t need to fish an exotic destination to catch big blues. It is anticipated that more boats from the Gulf and also the East Coast will be participating in the July 4, 2018 Blue Marlin World Cup. Note the date on your calendar, and sign up early to match your blue marlin fishing skills against the rest of
the world.
For more information, visit www.bluemarlinworldcup.com.

Filed Under: General News, Tournament Results Tagged With: Blue Marlin World Cup, Done Deal

#captoftheyear Done Deal’s Jason Buck

May 21, 2015 By InTheBite Editor

History in the making

History in the making

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Team Done Deal all smiles for the Gulf Coast Division Captain of the Year Cup

On Sunday, May 17, 2015 InTheBite presented the first ever [Read more…]

Filed Under: Captain of the Year, Featured Stories Tagged With: Done Deal, Jason Buck

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