Every May, the Gulf’s best big-game teams
start a now five-tournament chase from
Orange Beach through Mississippi and the
Florida Panhandle, before the champion is
crowned in July at the season finale.
It all begins and ends at The Wharf.
Second Triple Crown Championship in three years for the Orange Beach team, and a fifth Triple Crown for captain Jason Buck.
2011 Gulf Coast Triple Crown Winner – Patron
A NASCAR-style points chase,
built for big-game
fishing.
A NASCAR-style points chase,
built for big-game
fishing.
The late Sonny Middleton had an idea — then the team spent nearly a decade turning one idea, a championship series for the Gulf’s biggest offshore tournaments, into the Triple Crown. Fish any sanctioned event on the circuit and a team is automatically entered; fish all five and the odds of taking the crown go up. Points are awarded for first-through-third-place finishes in both the weighed blue marlin and catch-and-release divisions, tournament after tournament, until one team is crowned champion each July at the season finale in Orange Beach.
Latest news
The Gulf Coast Triple Crown is heading back to Panama City Beach in 2027, adding the Bay Point Billfish Open as the circuit’s fifth qualifying event. Bay Point was part of the original Triple Crown lineup back in 2011 — its return brings the series to a full five-tournament season for the first time in over a decade.
Read the full announcement →
2027 Season
Fish any sanctioned tournament below and your team is automatically entered in the Triple Crown points chase. Registration happens directly with each host tournament — click through to sign up.
Orange Beach, Alabama
May 19-22, 2027
Biloxi, Mississippi
June 9-12, 2027
After the final boat backs into the dock each July, the champagne comes out — bottles emptied under the weigh tower, flame stacks lighting marlin circle, and a crowd that’s been building all week finally erupting. It’s less a trophy ceremony than a party, and it’s the moment every team on the circuit is fishing toward all season.
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| Rank | Team / Boat | Captain | Home port | Points | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
A Work Of Art |
Jason Buck |
Orange Beach, AL |
925 |
OBBC – 1st Place Catch & Release ECBC – 1st Place Catch & Release BMGC – 1st Place Weighed Blue Marlin @ 641.2 lbs. BMGC – 2nd Place Catch & Release |
|
2 |
It Just Takes Time |
|
Orange Beach, AL |
525 |
MGCBC – 3rd Place Catch & Release ECBC – 2nd Place Catch & Release BMGC – 1st Place Catch & Release |
|
3 |
METAL MASHER |
Landon Bell |
Orange Beach, AL |
425 |
OBBC – 2nd Place Catch & Release ECBC – 1st Place Weighed Blue Marlin @ 780.4 lbs. |
|
4 |
FLEUR DE LIS |
Brent Johnston |
Palmetto Creek |
250 |
MGCBC: 1st Place Weighed Blue Marlin @ 631.20 lbs |
|
5 |
SET A COURSE |
|
|
250 |
OBBC: 1st Place Weighed Blue Marlin @ 595.8 lbs |
|
6 |
BOUJEE MARLIN |
|
Orange Beach, AL |
250 |
MGCBC: 1st Place Catch & Release |
|
7 |
MISS VIRGINIA |
Justin Gallagher |
Destin, FL |
175 |
MGCBC: 2nd Place Weighed Blue Marlin @ 509.1 lbs |
|
8 |
DOUBLE J |
J.J. Tabor |
Baton Rouge, LA |
175 |
OBBC: 2nd Place Weighed Blue Marlin @ 491.8 lbs |
|
9 |
NIKKI BELLA |
Louis (Scooter) Porto |
|
175 |
MGCBC: 2nd Place Catch & Release |
|
10 |
QUICK TIME |
Pip Al-Jarza |
|
175 |
ECBC: 2nd Place Weighed Blue Marlin @ 494.3 lbs |
