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Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic

Team Supreme (above left), the Krake family’s Viking 72, set a Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic record with eight blue marlin releases, earning them 1st Place Billfish Boat and 1st Place Release Boat. Captain Chase Lake and mates Seth Brennan and Gam Hunter secured the Top Crew award.

The Viking 58 Rising Sons’ captain Jimmy “Cricket” put Jaselyn Berthelot (above right) on the largest blue marlin of the tournament – a 618.5-pound fish. Jaselyn released three blues and a white to help Rising Sons claim 1st Blue Marlin, 3rd Place Billfish Boat and 3rd Place Crew.

Mark Padgett on the Viking 90 Nikki Bella weighed a 596.4-pound blue to take 2nd Heaviest Blue Marlin. Third Heaviest Blue was Gregg Trenor’s 501.6-pound fish caught on the Viking 62 Southern Charm/All In.

The Viking 80 It Just Takes Time released eight blue marlin to earn 2nd Place Release Boat. Junior angler Leah Pratt was on fire with six of those fish! Leah was honored with Top Angler, Top Lady Angler and Top Junior Angler – a first for the tournament.

Breathe Easy, a Viking 72, released four blue marlin, good for 3rd Place Release Boat. Chaz Chauvin weighed a 57.5-pound fish, which took 3rd Place Tuna. The largest tuna of the event, a 62.6-pound fish, was hooked by Mary Katherine Adams, fishing on the Viking 68 Briar Patch. The Venice, Louisiana-based tournament hosted 25 teams catching 51 blue marlin and seven white marlin.

HMY Lowcountry Cup

Captain Sean Dooley led his Viking 74 team to 2nd Place Billfish Release and 2nd Place Blue Marlin Release at the 3rd annual HMY Lowcountry Cup out of Charleston, South Carolina. The team of Thomas “Smalls” Garmany, Justin Healey, Pat Healey, Ryan Higgins and Drew McDowell released three blue marlin and six sailfish while weighing a dolphin and blackfin tuna.

Todd Willard’s Viking 48 Fish On claimed 3rd Place Billfish Release and 3rd Place Blue Marlin Release with three blues and three sails. Fish On’s Miles Cothran was the 2nd Place Youth Angler. The Heaviest Mahi was caught on the Viking 62 Pachanga – a 43.1-pound fish. Dylan Wallace weighed the Heaviest Tuna at 22.8 pounds on Dave Sykes' Viking 56 Syked Out. Third Place Tuna was caught on the Viking 46 Got Game with a 16-pound blackfin. This is the third of five legs in the South Carolina Governor’s Cup series.

Walker's Cay Blue Marlin Open

Ken Hager’s Viking 62 Taylor Jean released two blue marlin and two sailfish to take 1st Place Overall at the Walker’s Cay Blue Marlin Open in the Bahamas. “I’d never fished here before,” said captain Blaine Birch. He said that a friend told him, "When you find the fish, stay there.” It worked.

Anakalea, Ricardo Cilloniz’s Viking 72 released a pair of blue marlin and a sailfish, good for 2nd Place Overall. Squid Chain, a Viking 48, weighed the Heaviest Tuna at 32.8 pounds. This event is part of the Sport Fishing Championship.