2008 TOURNAMENT RESULTS 2008 TEAM STATISTICS Click on links for details. 79 Teams, Over 400 Anglers Participants Boat List with Entry Categories $1,536,850.00 Cash Awards RECORD PAYOUT FOR GULF COAST Tournament Awards Blue Marlin Optionals Dolphin Optionals Tuna Optionals Wahoo Optionals Release Optionals 2008 CATCH STATISTICS Click on links for details. 35 Billfish Released 92.1% Release Ratio 15 blue marlin 15 white marlin 5 sailfish Catch Summary Catch Detail by Boat 2008 TOURNAMENT AWARDS Award Summary by Award Award Summary by Team CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2008 TOURNAMENT WINNERS! June 24-29, 2008 MAGNIFICENT BLUE PERPETUAL TROPHY sponsored by Galati Yacht Sales and Viking Yachts Honey, a 60 Huckins, won this year's honored placement on the Magnificent Blue Perpetual Trophy with 1 blue and 2 white marlin releases for a total of 800 points. Congratulations on an outstanding release effort! 2008 TOP RELEASE TEAMS Boat Captain Points & Fish Honey Ray Coleman 800.0 points / released 1 blue marlin and 2 white marlin Bella Maria Wayne Lewis 775.0 points / released 1 blue marlin, 1 white marlin and 1 sailfish Quick Time Chad Linkous 600.0 points (on time) / released 1 blue marlin and 1 white marlin 2008 TOP CREW Boat Captain Fish & Points Honey Ray Coleman Mate: Troby Sebree from Destin, FL 800.0 points / released 1 blue marlin and 2 white marlin Quick Time Chad Linkous Mate: Devon Rigsby from Daphne, AL 600.0 points (on time) / released 1 blue marlin and 1 white marlin Desiderata Jeremy Mullis 600.0 points / released released 1 blue marlin and 1 white marlin 2008 TOP BLUE MARLIN Boat Captain Angler Lbs. Up To It Jeremy Miles Dave Perry 406.3 (106.5") C-Ya Laine Landry Joel Broussard 406.2 (106.0") Moveable Feast Tommy Braden Jay Howard 405.4 (103.0") 2008 TOP DOLPHIN Boat Captain Angler Lbs. Shell Shock Marc Wren Jeremy Floden 50.0 Moveable Feast Tommy Braden Eric Anderson 48.6 Titanium 5.0 Sparky McCann Jan Rosenberg 43.7 2008 TOP TUNA (all yellowfin) Boat Captain Angler Lbs. Up To It Jeremy Miles Dave Perry 145.1 Hello Darlin' Don Williams Jason Benton 142.3 Cazador Brian Bruhmuller Mickey Sears 130.3 2008 TOP WAHOO Boat Captain Angler Lbs. Smooth Finish Jacob Dawson Aaron Aery 54.7 Hot, Black & Sticky Chris Salter Darrin Heatherly 48.6 Gaynel Jim Lunsford Walter Billups 48.0 2008 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Top Overall Angler sponsored by Gulf Coast Panama Jack Hugh Scott, Jr., Jolly B, 628.3 points released 1 blue marlin and 1 white marlin, and weighed a 28.3 lb. dolphin. Top Release Angler Blan Marriott, Sea Spray, 600 points released 1 blue marlin and one white marlin. Top Lady Angler Sherry Polk, Share-E, 410.9 points released 1 white marlin and 1 sailfish, and weighed a 35.9 lb. wahoo. Top Junior Angler Logan Spence, Contingency, 175.0 points / Logan (10) released a sailfish. 2008 EARLY BIRD WINNER This year's Early Bird winner is Brian White on Sophie Louise. Brian received a check for $1,000 and free dockage at the Baytowne Marina during Tournament Week.

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