Overview
- The South Florida Sails finished the three-day Walker’s Cay Blue Marlin Open with 2,925 points after six blue marlin releases, beating the New Jersey Sea Birds by about 1,475 points over the weekend.
- The Sport Fishing Championship scores teams by catch-and-release species with blue marlin worth 450 points each, and the Sails’ six releases drove their decisive lead.
- Ben Simmons was announced as the Sails’ controlling owner in December 2025 and is listed as the franchise’s majority owner while remaining an NBA free agent.
- Coverage differs on Simmons’s personal role at the event: some outlets report he did not fish and served only as owner while others describe him as competing as an angler, so his direct participation is unresolved.
- The SFC runs multiple scored tournaments and a fall Zane Grey Championship Playoffs, and growing celebrity ownership is raising the league’s visibility and commercial profile.