Hawaii Team Wins Million Dollar Purse In Blue Marlin World Cup
A fleet of 152 boats competed around the globe on July 4 in the 2023 edition of the single-day Blue Marlin World Cup. At stake was a record purse o...
A fleet of 152 boats competed around the globe on July 4 in the 2023 edition of the single-day Blue Marlin World Cup. At stake was a record purse of $1.241 million in combined prize money. After a lengthy day of fishing, Apex, a 54-foot Donnie Caison custom sportfisher based in Kona, Hawaii, emerged as the winner to earn the winner-take-all jackpot. Fifteen minutes after lines in the water, local time, Angler Tim Lemman began his 45-minute battle to defeat the 834.5-pound blue marlin. The blue measured 123 inches (lower jaw to fork length), with a girth of 70 inches.