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    Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic

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    When
    Usually June
    Host port
    Biloxi
    Organizer
    Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic (MGCBC)
    Species
    Blue marlin, White marlin, Sailfish, Tuna, Wahoo, Dolphin (mahi)
    Format
    Team tournament with a mandatory captains meeting and weigh-ins at the scales. Categories include a heaviest blue marlin prize and a billfish release points division. The 2026 edition had 60 teams per the Marlin magazine report.

    A Biloxi, Mississippi billfish tournament, based at Point Cadet Marina in the 2025 reporting, with blue marlin and gamefish scored by weight and billfish releases scored by points. The 2026 edition, held in early June, had 60 teams per the Marlin magazine report.

    Organizer's siteOfficial results

    Results

    YearCategoryWinnerResult
    2026Billfish releaseBoujee Marlin (All In, 62-ft Viking), Capt. Hunter Smith4,200 points
    2026Billfish release, 1stBoujee Marlin (All In, 62-ft Viking), Capt. Hunter Smith4,200 points; $123,303
    2026Billfish release, 2ndNikki Bella (90-ft Jarrett Bay), Capt. Scooter Porto3,500 points; $109,983
    2026Billfish release, 3rdIt Just Takes Time (80-ft Spencer), Capt. Myles Colley3,500 points; $110,962
    2026Blue marlin, 2ndMiss Virginia, Capt. Justin Gallagher, angler Billy Stimpson509.1 pounds
    2026DolphinCold Motion, angler Helen DeLaney53.9 pounds
    2026Heaviest blue marlinFleur de Lis (63-ft Hatteras), Capt. Rusty Smith, angler Matt Cosci631.2 lb
    2026Top blue marlinFleur de Lis (63-ft Hatteras), Capt. Rusty Smith, angler Matt Cosci631.2 pounds; $225,949
    2026Tuna (heaviest)Devotion (60-ft Viking), Capt. Jason Hallmark, angler Josh Tice177.5 pounds; $43,642
    2026WahooSecond Wind (72-ft F&S), Capt. Marlin Brown, angler Mitch Jurisich47.1 pounds
    2025Billfish release, 1stFleur De Lis (63-ft Hatteras), Capt. Zach Taylor3,500 points (five blue marlin releases); $103,054
    2025Grand Champion, heaviest blue marlinBreathe Easy (65-ft Viking), Capt. Patrick Ivey, angler Craig Smith660.3-pound blue marlin; $607,669.89
    2025Heaviest blue marlin (Grand Champion)Breathe Easy (65-ft Viking), Capt. Patrick Ivey, angler Craig Smith660.3 lb
    2025Heaviest blue marlin, 2ndMollie (66-ft G&S), Capt. Jeff Shoults602.1-pound blue marlin
    2024Heaviest blue marlinTyler Massey, One More (44-ft Contender, Pensacola, FL)670.5 pounds
    2024Release, top catch-and-releaseA Work of Art5 blue marlin releases

    Winners as the organizer or the cited results publish them.

    Marlin magazine reports a 2026 purse 'topping $1.45 million' and a 2025 total of 'more than $1.78 million in total prize money'.

    Captains in published results

    • Capt. Rusty Smith, Fleur de Lis, 2026
    • Capt. Hunter Smith, Fleur de Lis, 2026, 2025
    • Capt. Patrick Ivey, Breathe Easy, 2025
    • Capt. Hunter Smith, Boujee Marlin, 2026
    • Capt. Justin Gallagher, Miss Virginia, 2026
    • Capt. Scooter Porto, Nikki Bella, 2026
    • Capt. Myles Colley, It Just Takes Time, 2026, 2025
    • Capt. Jason Hallmark, Devotion, 2026
    • Capt. Marlin Brown, Second Wind, 2026
    • Capt. Jeff Shoults, Mollie, 2025
    • Capt. Jason Bell, Black Smith, 2025
    • Capt. Zach Taylor, Fleur De Lis, 2025
    • Capt. Tyler Maxwell, Born2Run, 2025

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