Twenty boats vied for over $350,000 in the 15th annual Orange Beach Billfish Classic held at The Wharf Entertainment Complex after the tournament's bold move to the weekend before Memorial Day. The Done Deal brought in the only blue marlin of the tournament at 408 pounds and took home $132K, but the fishing proved excellent for many more.

The Reel Worthless took home top tag & release honors with three blue marlin and scored a check for $67K; second place and $54K went to Conundrum with two blues and one white marlin and third went to the Chasin' Tail with two blues who won $23K. There were a lot of nice meat fish weighed as well with hoards of big dolphin and a beautiful 145 pound Yellowfin on the Iona Louise, who took home $35K, that wowed the crowd of over 2,000

The tournament prides itself for throwing the classiest parties on the circuit and donating 100% of all profits to charitable marine conservation efforts. At the end of the day, the tournament donated $30,000 to The Billfish Foundation and CCA Alabama, bringing the total donated to date to well over $600,000

All involved agreed that the 2013 event was a huge success and everyone is looking forward to making the 2014 addition the best yet.