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IN PICTURES: MAHI MADNESS FROM THE 20TH ANNUAL BULL AND COW TOURNAMENT

By
Alex Rickert
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Team Dream Weaver earns a $20,000 payday as the top overall boat, posting a combined bull and cow weight of 68.6 pounds.

An armada of 53 boats set their sights offshore on May 2-3 in search of the ocean’s fastest-growing fish for the 20th Annual Tom Thumb Marathon Offshore Bull & Cow Dolphin Tournament. Dodging storms while battling driving rain on the second day of the two-day contest, anglers battled it out to boat the largest combined weight of a male and female mahi-mahi, adding blackfin tuna, wahoo and tripletail to their bluewater hunts. An awards banquet at Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters saw more than $30,000 in cash prizes and trophies awarded to the winning boats and anglers. For more information, including full results and details about next year’s tournament, visit

marathonoffshoretournament.com.

Team Reel Addiction celebrates their second-place Largest Cow Dolphin award.
Top female angler Tonya Toro weighs her fish.
Team Memory Maker celebrates their Biggest Wahoo win, hauling in a 19.7-pound fish.
Team Ms. Cheryl weighs some of their prized catch in the Bull & Cow Tournament. The crew landed the largest dolphin at 48.4 pounds, taking second place overall in the contest.

The Winners’ Circle

Largest bull & cow combined:

1st Place: Dream Weaver, 68.6 lbs ($20,000)
2nd Place: Ms. Cheryl, 59.8 lbs ($3,000) 
3rd Place: Rum Front 49 lbs ($1,000)

Largest bull dolphin: Ms. Cheryl, 48.4 lbs

Largest cow dolphin: Dream Weaver, 28.8 lbs

3 largest dolphin combined weight: Dream Weaver, 92.2 lbs

Largest wahoo: Memory Maker, 19.7 lbs

Largest blackfin tuna: Moisture Missile, 23 lbs

Largest tripletail overall: Two Conchs 39 YF, 10.3 lbs

Top female angler largest dolphin: Tonya Toro, 32.5 lbs

Top junior angler largest dolphin: Cody Pepper, 16.8 lbs

Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert made the perfectly natural career progression from dolphin trainer to newspaper editor in 2021 after freelancing for Keys Weekly while working full time at Dolphin Research Center. A resident of Marathon since 2015, he fell in love with the Florida Keys community by helping multiple organizations and friends rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Irma. An avid runner, actor, and spearfisherman, he spends as much of his time outside of work on or under the sea having civil disagreements with sharks.

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