The annual Marathon Offshore Bull & Cow Dolphin Tournament dispatched more than 500 anglers to the offshore depths off the Middle Keys on May 4 and 5, searching for three of the Keys’ most sought-after pelagic species. After weigh-ins on both days were complete, team Salt Shaker ended as the big winner of the weekend, nabbing the tournament’s largest bull mahi at 36.7 pounds en route to a largest bull and cow combined weight of 52.4 pounds.
After two days of fishing and weigh-ins at Two Conchs Sportfishing’s world headquarters in Marathon, anglers in the 2024 Marathon Offshore Bull and Cow Tournament headed to Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters for an awards banquet with a bevy of trophies and plenty of cash prizes to go around. Photos by BARRY GAUKEL/Keys Weekly 
THE WINNERS’ CIRCLE
Bull & Cow Dolphin Combined Weight
1. Salt Shaker – 52.4 lbs.
2. Hurricane Fever III – 47.7 lbs.
3. Double J – 42.7 lbs.
Largest Bull Dolphin
1. Salt Shaker – 36.7 lbs.
2. Double J – 33.9 lbs.
3. Hurricane Fever III – 26.8 lbs.
Largest Cow Dolphin
1. Two Conchs/ Capt. JC – 25.2 lbs.
2. Honey Maker – 23.1 lbs.
3. Hurricane Fever III – 20.9 lbs.
Three Largest Dolphin Combined Weight
1. Salt Shaker – 69.3 lbs.
2. Two Conchs/Capt. JC – 57 lbs.
3. Hurricane Fever III – 52 lbs.
Largest Wahoo
1. Kraken – 38.6 lbs.
2. Salty A.F. Dusky – 20 lbs.
3. Rapid Fire – 18.3 lbs.
Largest Blackfin Tuna
1. The Fourth Line – 18.7 lbs.
2. Moisture Missile – 13.6 lbs.
3. Show N Tail – 10.4 lbs.
Top Junior Angler
1. Jacey Rogers/Sea Ya – 19.2 lbs.
2. Liam/Moisture Missile – 12.4 lbs.
Top Female Angler
1. Haily Dally/Two Conchs – 25.2 lbs.
2. Yomalie Thon/TC Marine – 15.5 lbs.
