Awards Summary 2025

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Final standings are unofficial until after Board of Directors review.

Outstanding Billfish Boat - 1st Place

  • Boat: Claytime
  • Owner: Jon Clay
  • Captain: Phillip Fender
  • Catch: 2 blue marlin and 6 sailfish released
  • Points: 2400

Outstanding Billfish Boat - 2nd Place

  • Boat: Bull Pen
  • Owner: Todd Wigfield & Matt Byrd
  • Captain: Cordes Lucas
  • Catch: 2 blue marlin and 3 sailfish released
  • Points: 1800

Outstanding Billfish Boat - 3rd Place

  • Boat: Callisto
  • Owner: Robert Mason
  • Captain: Jay Weaver
  • Catch: 2 blue marlin and 2 sailfish released
  • Points: 1600

Outstanding Billfish Conservationist

  • Boat: Claytime
  • Owner: Jon Clay
  • Captain: Phillip Fender
  • Catch: 2 blue marlin and 6 sailfish released
  • Points: 2400

Outstanding Billfish (landed)

  • Boat: NA

Outstanding Dolphin

  • Boat: Storm Chaser
  • Owner: Ebben Aley
  • Captain: Ebben Aley
  • Angler: Steven Wilkins
  • Catch: 35.5 pounds

Outstanding Tuna

  • Boat: Mingo
  • Owner: Jody Tamsberg
  • Captain: Brad Payne
  • Angler: Joel Tamsberg
  • Catch: 28-pound blackfin

Outstanding Wahoo

  • Boat: Undue Risk
  • Owner: Michael Schlicksup
  • Captain: Michael Schlicksup
  • Angler: Houston Reed
  • Catch: 56.5 pounds

Outstanding Youth Angler- 1st Place

  • Boat: Man Cave
  • Owner: MCF Family Holdings LLC
  • Captain: Chase Merriman
  • Angler: Julia Gressete, 15
  • Catch: 1 blue marlin and 1 sailfish released
  • Points: 800

Outstanding Youth Angler - 2nd Place

  • Boat: Carolina Style
  • Owner: Brett Kraeling
  • Captain: Wren Fogle
  • Angler: Miles Cothran, 15
  • Catch: 1 blue marlin released
  • Points: 600

Outstanding Youth Angler - 3rd Place

  • Boat: Undue Risk
  • Owner: Michael Schlicksup
  • Captain: Michael Schlicksup
  • Angler: Ford Schlicksup, 11
  • Catch: 1 sailfish released
  • Points: 200

Outstanding Female Angler - 1st Place

  • Boat: Cha Cha
  • Owner: VOR Sportfishing LLC
  • Captain: Bennett Griffin
  • Angler: Ashley Sims
  • Catch: 1 blue marlin and 3 sailfish released
  • Points: 1200

Outstanding Female Angler - 2nd Place

  • Boat: Sweet Spot
  • Owner: Sweet Spot Marine
  • Captain: Chris Kubick
  • Angler: Holly McAlhaney
  • Catch: 4 sailfish released
  • Points: 800

Outstanding Female Angler - 3rd Place

  • Boat: Lady S
  • Owner: Mark Smith
  • Captain: Mark Smith
  • Angler: Carson Smith
  • Catch: 2 sailfish released
  • Points: 400

Outstanding Billfish Boat - 1st Place

  • Boat: Viking 74
  • Owner: Pat Healey
  • Captain: Sean Dooley
  • Catch: 3 blue marlin, 3 sailfish and 1 white marlin released
  • Points: 2625

Outstanding Billfish Boat - 2nd Place

  • Boat: Cha Cha
  • Owner: VOR Sportfishing LLC
  • Captain: Bennett Griffin
  • Catch: 3 blue marlin and 3 sailfish released
  • Points: 2425

Outstanding Billfish Boat - 3rd Place

  • Boat: Claytime
  • Owner: Jon Clay
  • Captain: Phillip Fender
  • Catch: 3 blue marlin released
  • Points: 1825

Outstanding Billfish Conservationist

  • Boat: Viking 74
  • Owner: Pat Healey
  • Captain: Sean Dooley
  • Catch: 3 blue marlin, 3 sailfish and 1 white marlin released
  • Points: 2625

Outstanding Billfish (landed)

  • Boat: NA

Outstanding Dolphin

  • Boat: Showtime
  • Owner: Fred Hardwick
  • Captain: Jon Meade
  • Angler: Fred Hardwick
  • Catch: 42.6 pounds

Outstanding Tuna

  • Boat: High Yield
  • Owner: High Yield Sportfishing
  • Captain: Paul Wiseman
  • Angler: Bernard Linney
  • Catch: 16.4-pound blackfin

Outstanding Wahoo

  • Boat: Redemption
  • Owner: Wes McAfee and Lee Ravenel
  • Captain: Wes McAfee
  • Angler: Jack Branch
  • Catch: 29.3 pounds

Outstanding Youth Angler- 1st Place

  • Boat: NA

Outstanding Female Angler - 1st Place

  • Boat: Cha Cha
  • Owner: VOR Sportfishing LLC
  • Captain: Bennett Griffin
  • Angler: Ashley Sims
  • Catch: 3 blue marlin and 3 sailfish released