Elaine “Lainey” Jones is one of the sport’s most accomplished female billfish tournament anglers.  She grew up in New Orleans fishing the Gulf of Mexico, where she developed a love for big-game angling.  She’s also been responsible for organizing a ladies tournament for the New Orleans Big Game Fishing Club, which has helped introduce more women to the sport of competitive angling. She has been an ardent supporter of the IGFA Great Marlin Race where she won the Bermuda Triple Crown IGMR event with a blue marlin that swam an incredible 4,164 nautical miles in 243 days. 

Lainey’s tournament accomplishments are so extensive that Marlin Magazine listed Lainey as one of the world’s top female anglers.  Fishing out her beautiful 77-foot Jarrett Bay, Mama Who, Lainey is always a serious contender in any billfish tournament she participates in.

A member of the Cairns Black Marlin Hall of Fame, Wright  has caught more marlin over 1,000 pounds than anyone.  In his five-decade career he released countless granders and captured 77.   These include a 1,442-pound black marlin that is still the largest ever weighed in Australia, and the women’s 80-pound record of 1,323 pounds--still standing after 38 years.   Wright is also recognized  for sharing his vast knowledge of fish, techniques and the history of the sport in numerous articles, and at seminars and events.