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Thomas Lyte have designed and handcrafted the Louisiana Champions Cup Trophy, a fully bespoke award created for sport fishing. Through a partnership with the Louisiana Champions Cup (LCC), the trophy was unveiled at the New Orleans Big Game Fishing Club annual awards banquet at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, 5 April 2025.
LOOKING AHEAD - With anglers Allen Krake, his wife Lisa, sons Allen Jr. and Alex, and Lennie Stephens, plus mates Seth Brennan and Hunter Smith, Team Supreme aims to make history by claiming a third consecutive Gulf Coast Triple Crown in 2025.
01.07.2025
2024 FURUNO GC Division
Winner
Captain Chase Lake
Captain of the Year
Written By:
Carol M. Bareuther, RD
09.11.24
Plaquemines Parish Day
TOURNAMENTS - Louisiana Champions Cup Receives Endorsement from the State and Crowns Inaugural Grand Champion / Newly launched series unites six prominent tournaments, showcasing Louisiana’s rich fishing culture.
Billfish Classic brought big fish, big boats, big dollars to Grand Isle, Venice / Big boats. Big fish. Live TV. And yes, a big deal.
642 lb Blue Marlin
BOAT NAME
Miss Maysen
CAPTAIN
Danny Watts
ANGLER
Brandon Babin
The 2022 Louisiana Billfish Classic will be held April 27-May 1, 2022 in Grand Isle The prestigious Louisiana Gulf Coast Billfish Classic (LGCBC), Louisiana’s annual premiere offshore fishing tournament, will be held in Grand Isle from April 27, to May 1, 2022, and include fun and entertainment for the whole family.
APR 2022
TEAM FOG CUTTER
4 BLUE MARLIN
05.10.21
JOSH TICE
683.5lb. Bluefin Tuna
Giant bluefin tuna weighed in during Billfish Classic / A massive 683.5-pound bluefin tuna was the highlight of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Billfish Classic weigh-in at Grand Isle’s Hurricane Hole Marina on May 2.
Epic blue marlin bite in the Gulf / Team ‘Fog Cutter’ wins inaugural Louisiana Billfish Classic with four blues in one day / Chris Hall has been on lots and lots of blue marlin trips in exotic locales all over the world — but none as wildly successful as he and his crew experienced a couple of weeks ago right in his own backyard in the Gulf of Mexico.
April 27, 2022
BHP
600
