Destin crew wins Orange Beach Billfish Classic with huge blue marlin
It took the crew aboard the Mollie a little over four hours to land a 776.4-pound blue marlin, worth $180,000 at the Orange Beach Billfish Classic.
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It took the crew aboard the Mollie a little over four hours to land a 776.4-pound blue marlin, worth $180,000 at the Orange Beach Billfish Classic.
The scales will be open from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, and 4-8:30 p.m. on Saturday at Baytowne Marina in Sandestin.
Elizabeth Arn lands 624-pound blue marlin for pending world record catch, breaking a 19 year old record of 549 pounds set by Destin's Jordan McCullough.
Go ahead and put another feather in that cap, captain. Out of 153 captains around the world fishing in 95 “In The Bite”-sanctioned events in 2020, Destin’s Capt. Jeff Shoults of the Mollie has won Captain of the Year for the Gulf of Mexico. In The Bite, tagged as the professional's sport fishing magazine, is the one that “most of the fishermen look up to … and pay attention to,” Shoults said. The coveted Captain of the Year designation is broken down into five divisions: Florida, Hawaii, International, Gulf of Mexico and East Coast. Shoults won the Gulf of Mexic...