08/03/2023 | Last Day Decides Big Fish Classic

Port-A-Bella

Rough seas played a major role in the 10^th Annual HUK Big Fish Classic, reducing the

Real One

tournament essentially to a one-day affair with the entire leadership overhauled on the last day. There were 69 boats participating with an eye on a piece of the $740,900 purse. In the end, the big winner was the Port-A-Bella with a 228.5-pound bigeye tuna that brought home $224,205. Rounding out the biggest fish division was a 171-pound big eye tuna caught aboard the Real

Black Irish

One, right, and a 130-pound swordfish boated by the Black Irish, at below left. Photos courtesy of Fish In OC