White Marlin Open | World's Largest Billfish Tournament

47 Years and Over 71 Million in Prize Money

The White Marlin Open is a 47-year-old deep-sea fishing tournament held annually in Ocean City, Maryland. The tournament awards prize money for catches of white marlin, blue marlin, tuna, wahoo, dolphin and shark. The first tournament, held in 1974, drew 57 boats, 150 anglers and paid $20,000 in prize money with the top award of $5,000. The 2019 event drew 404 boats, over 3,500 contestants, and paid out $6.1 million dollars in prize money including the top individual award of $1.5 million dollars.

2020 Summary

433

Boats

6.8MIL

Prize Money

3.5K

Anglers

1.85MIL

Top Prize

2020 Winners

First Place White Marlin

Brandon Golueke

Canyon Blues / Ocean City, MD

97 lbs. | $1,850,000

Second Place White Marlin

Taylor Fields

Drillin & Billin / Hatteras, NC

77 lbs. | $1,762,000

Second Place Tuna

Travis Ort

Restless Lady II / Ocean City, MD

114.5 lbs. | $1,414,000

47th White Marlin Open Pays World Record Purse

The 2020 White Marlin Open wrapped up Sunday night with 2 new tournament record fish, 3 newly minted millionaires and a world record tournament payout. The 433 registered boats braved a world pandemic and a menacing hurricane to haul in fish that were collectively worth $6.8 million dollars during the weeklong event – it represents the most tournament money ever awarded in fishing.

The top prize of $1.85 million went to the “Canyon Blues” out of Ocean City, MD for the huge 97-pound white marlin caught by Brandon Golueke from Chester, MD on Saturday....