Winner of Jimmy Johnson’s Atlantic City Quest for the Ring Championship Fishing Week

A 679-pound blue marlin took home 1st place and $295,000 in the inaugural Jimmy Johnson's Atlantic City "Quest for the Ring" Championship Fishing Week.

by OTW Staff
Jimmy Johnson Atlantic City Quest for the Ring

The crew of Roll Groove celebrating 1st place.

Jimmy Johnson’s Atlantic City “Quest for the Ring” Championship Fishing Week wrapped up in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, with offshore anglers vying for over $1 million in prize money.

Roll Groove Sportfishing out of Ocean City, MD brought a 679-pound blue marlin to the dock, giving them first place and a prize of $295,000.

David Johnson (below) and his crew aboard the 62-foot Viking “Business” won the heaviest white marlin division and a prize of $205,000 with a 73.3-pound fish.

Jimmy Johnson Atlantic City Quest for the Ring Championship Week
David Johnson and his crew won the white marlin division and $205,000. with a 73.3-pound fish.

Basketball G.O.A.T. Michael Jordan and his crew aboard the 71-foot Viking “Catch 23” won the Catch and Release Tournament Division (Powered by Yamaha) and $94,600 with 12 white marlin releases and 1 blue marlin.

NBA Hall-Of-Famer Michael Jordan (fourth from left) poses next to the 70-pound white marlin he landed on Wednesday. Jordan and his crew won the “Catch and Release” category with 12 white marlin and 1 blue marlin.

The tuna category was won by “Texas Tea” out of Manasquan Inlet, NJ with a massive 227-pound bigeye tuna.

The “Texas Tea” crew with their 227-pound big eye tuna.

Jimmy Johnson’s Atlantic City ‘Quest for the Ring’ Championship Fishing Week (JJFISHWEEKAC) celebrates the magic of Atlantic City as a destination tournament and features extreme competition and celebratory parties each night of the week for the teams and their guests and families. JJFISHWEEKAC is brought to you in partnership with Meet AC and the Atlantic City Sports Commission, hosted by Contender Boats, powered by Yamaha Outboards, and fueled by Papa’s Pilar Rum.

Final standings and cash prizes

8 on “Winner of Jimmy Johnson’s Atlantic City Quest for the Ring Championship Fishing Week”

  1. Jeff H.

    Sorry, but catch-and-keep tournaments should be ended. Especially with billfish. Stocks are in peril, and if not right now, soon will be. We all need to be conservators of our fish, or our right to fish for them may soon be ended!

  2. Mark Hudson

    Then stop ordering fish at resturants one fish per boat will not deplete a species killed undersize bycatch does

  3. Bob veith

    SAS greed…Billfish should only be catch and release…boycott the event

  4. John Tierney

    This is an incredible sport. More people should try this type of fishing. I’m in favor of catch and release.

  5. Bunker

    dying at the caption “NBA Hall-Of-Famer Michael Jordan (fourth from left) poses next to the 70-pound white marlin”, cause I really wasn’t sure which one MJ was in that sea of white. Hahah

  6. Mark Hudson

    Btw I am a catch and release advocate and believe in fish farming.

  7. Him Jim

    Any of you SJW thinking that 1-keeper sport fishing is depleting the oceans are just emotional and uninformed. It’s like when we banned plastic straws because they pulled one out of a Turtles nose. Meanwhile, idiots keep drinking water out of plastic bottles. Oh and next time after you stop at McDonald’s or Wendy’s, look at the amount of garbage you generate.

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