Mollie wins 2017 Gulf Coast Triple Crown Championship.
The team fishing from Mollie, a 66-foot G&S captained by Jeff Shoults of Destin, Florida, won the prestigious Gulf Coast Triple Crown Championship series, clinching the title after the Blue Marlin Grand Championship in Orange Beach, Alabama.
“It is a little more difficult dealing with different teams each tournament,” Shoults said during the awards presentation.
“But my crew makes it easy by explaining what’s going on and keeping everything together.
We worked hard this season and I’m confident we’re going to win some more money in future tournaments.
The Triple Crown is scored on a hybrid system that includes both weight and release points for the top three finishes in the blue marlin divisions of each tournament.
Teams can earn bonus points for series participation, weighed marlin and tournament marlin records.
To win the trophy, Mollie finished second in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic with a 654.2-pound blue marlin; they were also the top release boat with four more blues.
Lyon’s Pride, a 62-foot Viking owned by Bob Lyons, with Capt.
Daniel Menard and mates Robert Eliason and Kendall Sauls, finished second with 350 points.
The team fishing from Mollie, a 66-foot G&S captained by Jeff Shoults of Destin, Florida, won the prestigious Gulf Coast Triple Crown Championship series, clinching the title after the Blue Marlin Grand Championship in Orange Beach, Alabama.
Eric Hayles and Chance Young are the two mates working the cockpit of the charter boat based along Florida’s Emerald Coast. It’s the first time in the seven-year history of the series that a charter boat has won it all. Mollie had a different set of anglers for each event.
“It is a little more difficult dealing with different teams each tournament,” Shoults said during the awards presentation. “But my crew makes it easy by explaining what’s going on and keeping everything together. We worked hard this season and I’m confident we’re going to win some more money in future tournaments. But at this point in our careers, it’s very gratifying…
