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The Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament is both an annual fishing tournament and 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization.

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2026 Kick-Off Event Photos!
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2026 Kick-Off Event Photos!

A heartfelt thank you to the sponsors, volunteers, attendees, and our record-breaking 100 anglers who made this year’s tournament and banquet such a success! Your incredible generosity is truly making an impact. 💗 The official press release is out, and we can’t wait to share the photos of all the fun and camaraderie with you sometime tomorrow! We will also update everyone as soon as the video recap is ready. Keep an eye out! Sincerely, Katie Lewis Tournament Director #CharityTournament #CommunitySupport #GivingBack #StayTuned
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A heartfelt thank you to the sponsors, volunteers, attendees, and our record-breaking 100 anglers who...

Congratulations to Team Vice Versa for winning this year's 1st Place Overall Trophy sponsored by The Busch Family! 🥂🍾Members of the team are Captain Sammy Milazzo, Mate Hudson Wampler and anglers Greg Faukler, Hunter Barron, Reed Martin, Scott Martin, and Steve Keys. Excellent work! 👏 https://marathonsailfish.com/2026-results/ #1stPlace #GrandChampions #FishingForACause #SailfishTournament #MarathonFL #Islamorada #TournamentWinners
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Congratulations to Team Vice Versa for winning this year's 1st Place Overall Trophy sponsored by...

Congratulations to Team Rhumline-Land & Sea Market for winning this year's 2nd Place Overall Trophy sponsored by the Dedinsky Family! Members of the team are Captain Todd Picariello, Mate Kyle Bohanan and anglers Matthew Sexton, Luca Picariello, and Danny Hampson. Fantastic work you guys! 🥂🎉 #2ndPlace #MarathonSailfish #FishingForACause #TournamentFishing #MarathonFL #Islamorada #SailfishTournament #TeamWork
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Congratulations to Team Rhumline-Land & Sea Market for winning this year's 2nd Place Overall Trophy...

Congratulations to Team Headin' South for winning this year's 3rd Place Overall Trophy sponsored by @eddieforbes! 🥂Members of the team are Captain Marty Lewis, Mate Robbie Hiro and anglers JW Drott, Mark Busch, Danny Lombardo, Ben Zdan, and Ariel Medero. #3rdPlace #MarathonSailfishTournament #FishingForACause #MarathonFL #SaltwaterFishing #KeysFishing
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Congratulations to Team Headin' South for winning this year's 3rd Place Overall Trophy sponsored by...

Congratulations to Luca Picariello from Team Rhumline Land and Sea for winning this year's Top Male Angler Trophy with 5 releases! 🏆This trophy was sponsored by @islabellabeachresort. We told you he wouldn’t have any trouble in the big leagues! Taking home both the Top Junior and Top Male Angler titles in the same year is a legendary way to finish his junior career. Huge congratulations to Luca on this massive sweep! 👏 #TopMaleAngler #DoubleWinner #Champion #MarathonFL #SailfishTournament #TournamentLife
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Congratulations to Luca Picariello from Team Rhumline Land and Sea for winning this year's Top...

Congratulations to Paula Hart from Team Reel Locos for winning this year's Top Female Angler Trophy with 3 releases on Day 2! This trophy is sponsored by @oceansothebysrealty . #TopFemaleAngler #WomenWhoFish #LadyAngler #TournamentWinner #ReelLocos #OceanSothebysRealty #KeyColonyBeach #FloridaKeys #SportFishing
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Congratulations to Paula Hart from Team Reel Locos for winning this year's Top Female Angler...

Congratulations to Luca Picariello from Team Rhumline Land and Sea for winning this year's Top Junior Angler Trophy with 5 releases! This trophy was sponsored by @lowerkeysbaitandtackle . Luca is officially finishing his Junior career as a back-to-back champion! As he ages out and passes the torch to the next generation of young anglers, something tells us he won’t have any trouble holding his own in the big leagues next year. Way to go, Luca! 👏 #TopJuniorAngler #BackToBack #PassingTheTorch #FutureOfFishing #JuniorAngler #MarathonFL #KeysFishing
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Congratulations to Luca Picariello from Team Rhumline Land and Sea for winning this year's Top...

Congratulations to Team Headin' South, led by Captain Marty Lewis, for winning this year's Most Tagged Fish Trophy with 6 tagged fish! 🏆 This trophy was generously sponsored by@thetackleboxmarathonflakeys. Great job out there! #SportFishing #SaltwaterFishing #OffshoreFishing #AnglerLife #FishingLife
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Congratulations to Team Headin' South, led by Captain Marty Lewis, for winning this year's Most...

Congratulations to Ryleigh Daniels from Team Whiskey Bent, for winning this year's New Director's Choice Trophy sponsored by us! Ryleigh Daniels caught her first sailfish ever on day 1 of the tournament! She finished day 1 as the top female angler on the leaderboard and held that position until the afternoon of day 2. Ryleigh also caught the last sailfish of the tournament with just 3 minutes left of the tournament! Despite coming up just shy of the win, her grace and enthusiasm for the sport were exactly why Tournament Director Katie Lewis chose her for this honor. We hope to see you back next year, Ryleigh! #tournamenttime #marathonfloridakeys #competewithgrace #foragoodcause❤️
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Congratulations to Ryleigh Daniels from Team Whiskey Bent, for winning this year's New Director's Choice...

Congratulations to Team Vice Versa for securing 1st Place Overall! The crew had a total of 10 releases. Excellent work by Captain Sammy Milazzo, Mate/Angler Hudson Wampler, and anglers Hunter Barron, Reed Martin, Scott Martin, and Steve Keys. Outstanding job, guys! 🏆👏 #firstplace #tournamentwinners
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Congratulations to Team Vice Versa for securing 1st Place Overall! The crew had a total...

Congratulations to Team Rhumline-Land & Sea Market on their 2nd place overall finish! Special shoutout to Luca Picariello for claiming Top Male Angler and successfully defending his Top Junior Angler title! Fantastic work by Captain Todd Picariello, Mate/angler Kyle Bohanan, and anglers Matthew Sexton, Luca, and Danny Hampson! 🏆 #tournamentplacement #floridakeyssailfish
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Congratulations to Team Rhumline-Land & Sea Market on their 2nd place overall finish! Special shoutout...

Congratulations to Team Headin' South on their 3rd place overall win! Captain Marty Lewis at the helm, with mate/angler Robbie Hiro and anglers JW Drott , Mark Busch, Danny Lombardo, Ben Zdan, and Ariel Medero. Team Headin' South also won the Most Tagged Trophy with a total of 6 fish tagged! Great work guys! 👏 #floridakeyssailfish #tournamentplacement
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Congratulations to Team Headin' South on their 3rd place overall win! Captain Marty Lewis at...

Congratulations to Top Female Angler Paula Hart from team Reel Locos with 3 releases today! #topfemaleangler
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Congratulations to Top Female Angler Paula Hart from team Reel Locos with 3 releases today!...

The 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament has officially concluded! Congratulations to all the winners which we will be announcing individually shortly! Here are the final standings for the top overall teams. See you at the banquet at @flkeysaquariumencounters tonight at 6:30pm!
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The 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament has officially concluded! Congratulations to all the winners...

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Main Attraction's Harris Still tagging a fish earlier today. Video by @jjslater @slaterproductions

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Team Reel Locos' Paula Hart has released three fish today, putting her at the top of the female angler leaderboard. Whiskey Bents' Ryleigh Daniels and Makinley Edwards are both just one fish behind. One hour to go, good luck everyone!
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Team Reel Locos' Paula Hart has released three fish today, putting her at the top...

Less than two hours to go! Vice Versa is currently in 1st Place with 10 releases, Headin' South in 2nd with 8 Releases, and Rhumline - Land and Sea Market in 3rd place with 7 releases. Plenty of fishing left, could be a nailbiter of a finish!
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Less than two hours to go! Vice Versa is currently in 1st Place with 10...

Team Vice Versa just hooked up to a quad! They converted on 3 of those hookups courtesy of Hudson Wampler, Hunter Barron, and Steve Keys release in that order. This puts them in 1st place and moves Headin' South to 2nd, and Rhumline - Land and Sea Market in 3rd. Good luck to all teams, lots of fishing left!
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Team Vice Versa just hooked up to a quad! They converted on 3 of those...

Junior Angler Luca Picariello with his second release of the tournament propels team Rhumline - Land and Sea Market into the 2nd place position!
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Junior Angler Luca Picariello with his second release of the tournament propels team Rhumline -...

The first hour of fishing is complete with 9 sailfish released so far. Headin' South is at the top of the leaderboard with Bluegrass Roots in 2nd and Rhumline -Land and Sea Market in 3rd.
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The first hour of fishing is complete with 9 sailfish released so far. Headin' South...

Day two of the 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament is officially underway! You can track the scores in real-time at MarathonSailfish.com/2026-results . Good luck Everyone! #SailfishTournament #TournamentTime
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Day two of the 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament is officially underway! You can...

That's a wrap on Day 1! 🎣 We have a powerhouse duo leading the Top Female Angler leaderboard! Both Ryleigh Daniels (1st Place) and Makinley Edwards (2nd Place) of Team Whiskey Bent are also junior anglers—what an incredible start! Rounding out the leaders: Top Male Angler: Nick Collins (Bluegrass Roots) Top Junior Angler: Hudson Wampler (Vice Versa) Great job to everyone on the board! Good luck to all participants tomorrow—we'll see you out there! 🏆
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That's a wrap on Day 1! 🎣
We have a powerhouse duo leading the Top...

WOW! What a finish to day one of the 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament! It was a nailbiter with a flurry of hooks ups and releases in the last minute. The final results for Day One are Headin' South in 1st Place with 6 releases, Bluegrass Roots in 2nd place with 5 releases and Team Rhumline - Land and Sea Market in 3rd place also with 5 releases. Great job all participants, get some rest and we will see you tomorrow at 8am for lines in!
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WOW! What a finish to day one of the 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament!...

Great shot taken aboard the Headin' South of Angler @captbenzdan with the one handed tag, wow this guy has more talent in one hand then many of us have in two! Speaking of talent these great shots were taken by photographer @mikeyfiniguerra of @mfinmedia. Less than half an hour to go of day one good luck everyone, catch'em up!
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Great shot taken aboard the Headin' South of Angler @captbenzdan with the one handed tag,...

Less than an hour of Day One fishing to go! The standings are as follows: 1st Place Headin' South (5 releases), 2nd Place Main Attraction (4 Releases), 3rd Place Silent Hunter (4 Releases). Just a sailfish or two seperate the top 7 boats currently. Good luck everyone!
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Less than an hour of Day One fishing to go! The standings are as follows:...

The afternoon bite is officially heating up! Team Main Attraction and Captain Alex Lewis have moved into 2nd place, hot on the heels of his dad, Captain Marty Lewis, aboard the Headin' South! The action doesn't stop there—we just had two fresh releases. Team Rhumline secured one, and Team Silent Hunter got the other, officially bumping Silent Hunter up into 3rd place!
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The afternoon bite is officially heating up! Team Main Attraction and Captain Alex Lewis have...

Noon Update! Headin' South is still holding on to the lead with 4 sailfish, with Vice Versa, Silent Hunter, and Bluegrass Roots hot on their heals with 3 releases each. Let's hope for an afternoon flurry! 🎣
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Noon Update! Headin' South is still holding on to the lead with 4 sailfish, with...

We are officially three hours into day one of the tournament with Vice Versa in 1st place, Headin' South in 2nd, and Silent Hunter in 3rd. This scoring update is powered by R&R Tackle! The competition is heating up, and we’re seeing plenty of participants putting their Helium balloons to work out there today! #floridakeys #sailfishtournament #tournamenttime
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We are officially three hours into day one of the tournament with Vice Versa in...

Here are the standings as of 10am, on day one of the 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament . Team Vice Versa is in 1st place with three releases, Headin' South in 2nd place, and Silent Hunter in 3rd place also with two releases.
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Here are the standings as of 10am, on day one of the 5th Annual Marathon...

Here are the standings so far! MarathonSailfish.com/2026-results/
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Here are the standings so far! MarathonSailfish.com/2026-results/

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Another great clip taken aboard the Main Attraction courtesy of @jjslater!

What a shot taken aboard the Main Attraction by photographer @jjslater! Angler in the shot is Steve Anderson with the release at 8:18am. We have 6 sailfish released in the first 46 minutes of the tournament!
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What a shot taken aboard the Main Attraction by photographer @jjslater! Angler in the shot...

The 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament is officially underway! We have a flurry of sailfish released already! Will update soon, but you can check the live scoring as well at MarathonSailfish.com/2026-results.
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The 5th Annual Marathon Premier Sailfish Tournament is officially underway! We have a flurry of...

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Thank you, everyone, for another successful Kick-Off event! Thanks to your support, we are thrilled...

Join us in welcoming Team Blue Magic back to the tournament this year! 🎣 Like a good number of teams signed up, Blue Magic has been with us since our inaugural year. The unwavering support and participation of our supporters has been a cornerstone of this event’s growth, and we couldn’t be more grateful. Thanks for sticking with us and helping us donate $80,000 and counting to @mission.fishin and the @specialolympics_southfl . Welcome to the new teams as well it might just be a record turn out this year! 🤞 📍 In-person registration and swag pickup opens in exactly half an hour! Where: Behind the Fairfield Inn & Suites (Marathon, Florida). The Spot: Look for us under the large Tiki Hut. Online registration closes at 6pm sharp: MarathonSailfish.com/Register See you there! #TournamentTime #sailfish #sailfishtournaments
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Join us in welcoming Team Blue Magic back to the tournament this year! 🎣 Like...

Welcome to the tournament, Team Stormy Seas with Captain Dan Hayes at the helm! 🌊 Want to join them on the water? This is your final call! There are just a few hours left to get your team on the roster online or in-person. 📍 Where: The Tiki Hut behind the Fairfield Inn & Suites 🕒 When: Today, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM 💻 Online: MarathonSailfish.com/Register Let’s go fishing! 🎣 #MarathonSailfish ##FloridaKeys #SailfishTournament #FinalCall #TournamentReady
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Welcome to the tournament, Team Stormy Seas with Captain Dan Hayes at the helm! 🌊...

A massive thank you to @randrtackle , @rjboylestudio , and @westmarine for their continued support over the years. Because of their generous donations of high-end fishing gear and stunning artwork, Saturday’s Mega Raffle at Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters is going to be one for the books! Every ticket sold helps us fund our annual donations to: @mission.fishin 🎣 Local Schools & Families 📚 and the @specialolympics_southfl 🏅 Don’t forget: All tournament participants receive complimentary entry to our awards banquet. Not fishing? You can still join the party! Purchase your social tickets at MarathonSailfish.com/GetSocial #MarathonSailfish #RRTackle #RJBoyle #WestMarine #SpecialOlympics #FloridaKeys #AquariumEncounters #FishingRaffle #SupportLocal
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A massive thank you to @randrtackle , @rjboylestudio , and @westmarine for their continued support...

Welcome back, Team Silent Hunter! After a nail-biting finish last year—tying the 2nd and 3rd place release counts and only coming up short on the clock—Captain BJ Meyer and his crew are back for another crack at the title. We’re excited to see what they bring to the water this year! Want to get in on the action and help us raise money for a great cause? There is still time to join! Head over to MarathonSailfish.com/Register to sign up, or come see us at the Tiki Hut (Fairfield Inn) between 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM today! 🌊✨ Good luck to all our incredible teams—we can’t wait for the sailfish action to start! #MarathonSailfish #SilentHunter #SailfishTournament #FinalCall #FloridaKeysFishing
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Welcome back, Team Silent Hunter! After a nail-biting finish last year—tying the 2nd and 3rd...

Shout out to Marathon Seawalls Docks for being one of our awesome shirt sponsors this year! We are so grateful for their continued support year after year, it truly makes a huge difference in our event's success. Participants may pick up your shirts at the Tiki hut behind the Fairfield inn anytime this afternoon after 3pm. 5:30pm will be the Rules Reading. #SponsorShoutout #marathonfloridakeys #sailfishtournament
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Shout out to Marathon Seawalls Docks for being one of our awesome shirt sponsors this...

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