THE CAJUN CANYONS
BILLFISH CLASSIC

 The Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic hosted at Cypress Cove Marina & Lodge and presented by the Louisiana Office of Tourism celebrated twenty years of competition in style featuring fresh Louisiana Seafood, nightly dinner parties, and free-flowing spirits. The fishing was fantastic with twenty-four teams catching forty-six blue marlin, five white marlin, and one sailfish during the competition.

 

Team Briar Patch with Captain Corey Hurst took the top boat and first-place billfish release boat honors with seven blue marlin earning $92,775 plus a beautiful trophy and prizes. Briar Patch angler Mary Katheryn Adams won top lady angler catching three blue marlin and Brantley Adams earned the Top Junior Angler trophy with three blue marlin releases.

 

Team Southern Charm with Captain Landon Bell won first place blue marlin with angler Gregg Trenor's tournament record-setting 728.40-pound fish that anchored the teams' winnings of $111,450. Trenor also did the angling on three additional blue marlin and one white marlin release for Southern Charm to win the coveted Top Angler award.

 

Team It Just Takes Time captained by Myles Colley released four blue marlin and a white marlin to earn third place release team and boated a 591.9-pound blue marlin caught by Nick Pratt on the final day of fishing to take third place blue marlin winning a total of $94,920.

 

Team Supreme Captain Chase Lake got hot on the final day catching three blue marlin and a white marlin to bring their total to six blues and a white winning second place billfish release team in the tournament earning $55,665. The first day of competition was big for team Double J Captain JJ Tabor putting his angler Andre Leblanc on a nice fish besting a 610.4-pound blue caught on stand-up gear to take second place blue marlin winning $38,520.

 

A Work of Art team with Captain Jason Buck capitalized on entering all the blue marlin and billfish release optional categories as well as the tuna optional categories to win $57,420 for their 522.4-pound blue marlin caught by Christian Fast and first place 86.90-pound tuna caught by Garrett Ford. Other teams making the stage with tuna optional winning fish include Chassin Lulu, $10,980, Second Wind $8640, Wynsong $3,780 and Rising Sons $1800 for a total tournament payout of $475,950. Please join us next year for the 2025 Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic May 26-31, 2025.