A big-fish program rather than a numbers program. Rising Sons earned 1,000 of its 1,400 points from heaviest-marlin awards alone, taking two separate heaviest-marlin titles in one season.
Heaviest marlin at the Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic at 618.5 lbs. Second place and heaviest marlin at the New Orleans Invitational Billfish Tournament. Third place at the Louisiana Gulf Coast Billfish Classic. Won the Blue Marlin Gulf Cup with a 609-pounder.