2009 TOURNAMENT RESULTS

TEAM STATISTICS
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67 Teams, 350 Anglers
Participants
Boat List with Entry Categories

$1,292,000.00
Cash Awards

Tournament Awards
Blue Marlin Optionals
Dolphin Optionals
Tuna Optionals
Wahoo Optionals
Release Optionals


CATCH STATISTICS
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37 Billfish Released
97.4% Release Ratio

15 blue marlin
15 white marlin
7 sailfish

Catch Summary
Catch Detail by Boat

TOURNAMENT
WINNERS

Winners by Award
Winners by Team
IN THE MONEY
Jasper Time - $325,203.75
Reel Addiction - $217,731.25
First Choice - $192,377.50
A Work of Art - $96,647.50
Life is Good - $82,826.25
Desiderata - $62,525.00
You Never Know! - $42,440.00
Up To It - $39,046.25
Share-E - $26,872.50
Junk Yard Dog - $18,393.75
Testing the Water - $18,056.25
Britney Jean - $17,600.00
Reel Worthless - $16,875.00
Back Down II - $13,230.00
Pipe Dream - $10,125.00
Tico Time - $9,450.00
Hot, Black & Sticky - $8,100.00
Bad Company - $4,500.00


CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2009 TOURNAMENT WINNERS!
June 16-21, 2009
MAGNIFICENT BLUE PERPETUAL TROPHY
sponsored by Galati Yacht Sales and Viking Yachts
A Work of Art (68' Viking) won this year's honored placement on the Magnificent Blue Perpetual Trophy with 2 blue & 1 white marlin released for a total of 975 points.
Congratulations on an outstanding release effort!
2009 TOP RELEASE TEAMS
Boat Captain Points & Fish
A Work of Art Ron Woodruff 975 points: 2 blue marlin, 1 white marlin
Life is Good Ben Levi 800 points: 2 blue marlin
Reel Addiction Robert Davis 600 points: 1 blue marlin, 1 white marlin
2009 TOP CREW
Boat Fish & Points
A Work of Art Capt. Ron Woodruff and his mate John Gibson, both from Orange Beach, AL, led their team to 1,125 points with 2 blue marlin and 1 sailfish release, a 39.4 lb. dolphin and a 110.6 lb. yellowfin tuna.
Life is Good Capt. Ben Levi from Destin, FL and his mate Chris Schultzy from Jupiter, FL led their team to 837.9 points with 2 blue marlin releases and 2 blackfin tuna (22.6 lbs. and 15.3 lbs.).
Reel Addiction Capt Robert Davis from Pensacola, FL and his mates Travis Gill from Gulf Breeze, FL and Scooter Porto also from Pensacola, led their team to 793.6 points with 1 blue and 1 white marlin release, a 45.0 lb. dolphin, 41.6 lb. yellowfin tuna and 2 wahoo (35.2 lbs. and 71.8 lbs.).
2009 TOP BLUE MARLIN
Boat Captain Angler Lbs.
Jasper Time Tommy Braden Chip Temple 714.7 (121.5")
A NEW ECBC TOURNAMENT RECORD!
2009 TOP DOLPHIN
Boat Captain Angler Lbs.
You Never Know! Joey Birbeck Brian Schwan 47.8
Reel Addiction Robert Davis Rocky Jones 45.0
Up To It Jeremy Miles George Kendrick 41.8
2009 TOP TUNA (all yellowfin)
Boat Captain Angler Lbs.
First Choice Dennis Pasentine John Pasentine 171.1
Share-E Eddie Savoy Sherry Polk 170.4
First Choice Dennis Pasentine Jerry Jones 154.7
2009 TOP WAHOO
Boat Captain Angler Lbs.
Britney Jean Danny Timms Tommy Browning Jr. 72.6
Reel Addiction Robert Davis Rocky Jones 71.8
Desiderata Jeremy Mullis Tim Eggena 58.5
2009 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Top Overall Angler sponsored by Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa
Top Release Angler sponsored by XOJet
Jody Vice, fishing aboard Bad Company, accumulated 800 points by releasing 2 blue marlin.
Top Lady Angler sponsored by Panama Jack
Sherry Polk, fishing aboard Share-E, accumulated 370.4 points by releasing 1 white marlin (with a tag) and weighing a 170.4 lb. yellowfin tuna.
Top Junior Angler
Shawn Clemons, Jr., 15 years old, fishing aboard Experts Only, accumulated 227.6 points by releasing 1 white marlin and weighing a 27.6 lb. dolphin.
2009 TOURNAMENT SERIES AWARDS
Top WBS Angler : Chip Temple
Chip set the new ECBC record with a 714.7 lb. blue marlin!
Top IGFA Team : A Work of Art
As the Top Release Team (975 points/2 blue marlin, 1 sailfish) A Work of Art will be invited to the 2010 IGFA Offshore Championship Tournament.
2009 EARLY BIRD WINNER
This year's Early Bird winner is Joel Broussard on C-Ya. Joel received a check for $1,000 and free dockage at the Baytowne Marina during Tournament Week.
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