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Ocean City, MD August 10, 2009 – The 36th Annual White Marlin Open came to a close Friday night with two Maryland state records being broken during the five day fishing tournament. Sean Healey of Prides Crossing, MA, fishing aboard the Orion out of Palm Beach, Fl., took home a $903,442.00 paycheck with the winning 93.5 lb. white marlin; however, the new state record blue marlin stole the show.
The winning blue marlin weighed 1,062 lbs., and shattered the existing Maryland state record of 942 lbs., set in 1989 by Jim Daniel. The fish earned Robert Farris of Charlotte, NC, and the crew aboard the No Problem a $454,999.00 paycheck. The fish was caught on 80-lb. class tackle, and took over three hours to bring to the boat. Another Maryland state record broken at this year's event was the scalloped hammerhead shark, caught by Jamie Gill aboard the Lisa. The 254 lbs. shark bested the existing record by 60lbs., and earned the crew a $4,500.00 paycheck. Read more
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Angler Robert Farris of Charlotte, North Carolina aboard the No Problem out of Fenwick Island, Delaware set a tournament and a state record with his blue marlin at 1,062 lbs. After fighting the fish for over three hours on 80-lb tackle, the crew brought the fish, currently worth about $555,000, to Harbour Island.
Posted on August 05, 2009.
Angler Jamie Gill aboard the Lisa out of Ocean City brought in a new first place shark, a big scalloped hammerhead tipping the scales at 254 lbs. The shark moves into first place, and snags $4,500.
Posted on August 05, 2009.
For a boat that has been having a great deal of success this year, it's no surprise to Ocean City locals that the Nontypical just showed up on the leaderboard. Captain Jim Hughes was aboard when he landed the state-record mako shark earlier this summer (876 lbs.). The Nontypical brought us a second-place worthy white marlin at 83 lbs., caught by angler Terry Layton.
Posted on August 04, 2009.
Sean Healey hooked his second white marlin ever at 9:30 a.m. this morning. After an hour long fight on a disabled boat, Sean and his crew boated a 93.5 lb. white marlin, the largest white since 1980. The fish, which the crew of the Orion brought in by truck, currently stands to win $890,000.
As soon as Sean hooked the white, the transmission on the Orion died. The boat, which was stuck in forward, could only circle in wide loops. Sean had to walk around the boat, fighting the fish for an hour as it jumped in and out of the water before he finally brought it aboard. An amateur marlin fisher, Sean had no idea what he had just caught, but his crew certainly did.
Posted on August 04, 2009.
We've had a whole slew of dolphin and tuna brought to the scales at Harbour Island, and the leaderboard has changed considerably.
The Out of Bounds brought in two dolphin, good for first and third, but was bumped out of the top spot by Gerard Wittstadt on the Two Days. That fish, 37 lbs., takes that $13,500 purse for now. The Shadowfax (tournament boat #1) swept into first in the tuna category with a 249 lb. big eye, caught by angler Doug Salter.
Posted on August 03, 2009.
Robert Wagner moves into first place in the tuna categories with a 150.5 lb. bluefin caught aboard the Emmanuel. Robert's fish takes that $170,000 prize, as long as he can hold on.
After several attempts by other boats, Mike Fulgham on the Phat Mann finally cracked the minimum weight for dolphins with a 25.5 lb. fish. Since the Phat Mann was entered in the Daily Meat Fish calcutta, Mike's fish is currently worth over $13,000.
Posted on August 03, 2009.
You can read more news at the White Marlin Open Blog.
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