The guy that's my fishing buddy here just did the Oregon Tuna Classic. I did the Washington Tuna Classic with him last year, but didn't go on this one. Of course on this one the won. I'm not sure how many boats but I'd guess 50+ they pulled in around $18K and qualified for the Worlds Off Shore Fishing tournament in Costa Rica. So basically everyone on the boat now gets an expense paid guided fishing trip to Costa Rica for 4 days of the tourney.

All of the guys on that boat though are great guys and have spent years fishing the tournament for it to pay off is great to see. Side benefit I got about 40 pounds of albacore tuna as a consolation prize.

If you've never albacore tuna fished its pretty much a circus on water, and worth a try.