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Huge Start to 2013 MBGFC Tournament Season

88 Boats Won $822,000 in Cash Awards at the MBGFC Memorial Day Tournament
You Never Know Weighs In 756 Pound Blue Marlin

You Never Know Weighs In 756 Pound Blue Marlin

Angler Sydney Turner caught this 756-pound, 120-inch blue marlin on the boat You Never Know.

Tournament season started with a bang at the Mobile Big Game Fishing Club’s Memorial Day Tournament. You Never Know weighed in a 756-pound blue marlin,_ Tico Time_ won $144,000, and Double J swept the wahoo category for $85,000. Here are the full tournament results:

Blue Marlin

1st Place 756.00 – You Never Know – Sydney Turner
2nd Place 499.70 – Summer Breeze II – John Reintjes
3rd Place 361.20 – Tico Time – Dennis Wilkerson

Dolphin

1st Place 39.40 – Reel Worthless – Johnny Johnson
2nd Place 39.20 – Kelkat – Robert Crismon
3rd Place 37.60 – Reel Worthless – Johnny Johnson

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Wahoo

1st Place 70.60 – Double J – Greg Gaubert
2nd Place 67.40 – Double J – Jay Leto
3rd Place 47.40 – Double J – Neal Foster

Tuna

1st Place 117.40 – Iona – Louise Deb Hebert
2nd Place 111.80 – First Choice – Dale Artigue
3rd Place 110.60 – High Cs – Dk Walker

Catch & Release

1st Place 625.00 – Dolphin IV – Tom Pace
2nd Place 625.00 – Breathe Reel Deep – Andy Yarborough
3rd Place 625.00 – Cotton Patch – Peter Martin Jr
4th Place 625.00 – Crikey – Andre Moore
5th Place 500.00 – Mollie – Chance Young
6th Place 500.00 – C-Ya – Jeff Landry
7th Place 500.00 – Donny D III – Will Kaelin

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Top Junior Angler

619.80 – Donny D III – Will Kaelin

Top Club Member

625.00 – Crikey – Andre Moore

Top Male Angler

648.00 – Cotton Patch – Peter Martin Jr

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Top Lady Angler

865.20 – You Never Know – Sydney Turner

Top Large Boat

1037.80 You Never Know

Top Small Boat

25.20 Miss Print

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Tournament Champion

You Never Know

Cash Awards

Trador’s Hill $2,280 Summer Breeze II $26,190
Dolphin IV $3,195 Breathe Reel Deep $27,540
Kelkat $4,644 Mollie $28,080
Cotton Patch $9,270 First Choice $50,205
Sea Hunter $11,280 Iona Louise $68,625
Donny D III $13,905 Reel Worthless $70,956
Hot, Black & Sticky $19,080 You Never Know $78,480
A Work Of Art $22,500 Double J $85,050
High Cs $31,500 Tico Time $144,000

Click here to see all the action from the weigh dock and the awards ceremony from archived live streaming of the 2013 Memorial Day Tournament.

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