ABOUT BGB

WHAT IS BGB?

Big Game Battle Invitational Fishing Tournament began with three recreational fisherman & their boats. Now, with over 50 participants the Big Game Battle Tournament has become a staple to Nantucket summers & the New England fishing community. The annual event is an offshore sport fishing tournament held on the history-rich Island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Anglers are able to fish of the coast of Nantucket, to the East or South in search of a large variety of game fish from Bluefin, Yellowfin, Albacore, Mahi, Blue & White Marlin, Big Eye and more. Participants leave from the Nantucket Boat Basin, which is conveniently located to best access these waters.

Since the tournaments inception, this invitational event has raised over $1 Million for many charities, including but not limited to:

• The Corey C. Griffin Foundation

• The Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute

• The Jimmy Fund

• Juvenile Diabetes

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society

• The Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester

• The Nantucket S.T.A.R. Program

• ALS, Camp Harbor View

• The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

• The International Rett Syndrome Foundation

• Home Base—a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program