2009 ECBC Pays Out Over $1.29 Million!
New Tournament Record Set with 714.7 lb. Blue Marlin
Destin, Fla. (June 24, 2009) – The 7th annual Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic (ECBC), which took place June 16-21 at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, remained the richest tournament on the Gulf Coast by handing out an incredible $1,292,000.00  in cash awards making this the fourth year in a row the tournament has paid out over a million dollars. In the process, a new tournament record was set in the Blue Marlin Division. Sixty-seven teams participated.
The call came into Tournament Headquarters at 7:30am Saturday morning. The 60-foot Hatteras Jasper Time was clearing the sea buoys with a fat 124-inch blue marlin onboard. Tournament director Shawna Meisner advised them to ice her down and bring her to the scales—the blue would be the first fish weighed when the scales opened at 4:00pm. The news spread like wildfire and a crowd was waiting anxiously as the fish was hoisted… and made 714.7-pounds! A new ECBC record was set and Jasper Time walked away with $325,203.75. Pretty amazing all by itself, but even more amazing when you know that it was angler Chip Temple’s first blue! This was also Capt. Tommy Braden’s second time to the scales—last year he brought in the third place marlin.
The 68-foot Viking A Work of Art, captained by Ron Woodruff, took 1st  Place Release Team with two blue and one white marlin released. The team took home $96,647.50 and will have their name inscribed on The Magnificent Blue Perpetual Trophy. Life is Good came in 2nd with two blue marlin released, and Reel Addiction took 3rd with a blue and a white.
The top dolphin, weighing in at 47.8 lbs., was caught by Brian Schwan fishing aboard You Never Know!, a 64-foot Viking captained by Joey Birbeck. Tommy Browning, Jr. fishing aboard the 67-foot Bertram Britney Jean with Capt. Danny Timms, weighed in a 72.6 lb. wahoo for first place... READ MORE
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2010 Tournament Dates
Tuesday, June 22 through
Sunday, June 27
67 Teams, 350 Anglers
37 Billfish Released
$1,292,000.00
NEW ECBC RECORD
714.7 LB. BLUE MARLIN!
QUALIFYING EVENT OF THE IGFA OFFSHORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
OFFICIAL EVENT
OF THE WBS
GULF COAST DIVISION
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