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