“Floor Reel” Wins $6.2 Million In 2023 White Marlin Open
"Floor Reel clinches $6.2M at the 2023 White Marlin Open, setting a new record in thrilling billfish tournament action."
"Floor Reel clinches $6.2M at the 2023 White Marlin Open, setting a new record in thrilling billfish tournament action."
Dallas, Texas – Sport Fishing Championship (SFC), the governing body of saltwater tournament fishing, announced today that its annual Atlantic Division Championship is set to call the White Marlin Open home. The White Marlin Open will celebrate its 50th anniversary as SFC’s newest legacy tournament. “This is a historic day for
For the second year in a row, the last white marlin weighed netted a world record purse. In 2021, Sushi out of Ocean City, MD, took the top white marlin at the last minute and at the time collected (a then world record payout) of $3,200,000 for catching a fish.
You would be hard pressed to find two tournament wins that happened the exact same way. Between crew dynamic, trusted tackle, coveted fishing grounds and everything in between, the team that wrangles in that sweet prize-winning fish has their own unique story. This rings true for the team aboard the
White Marlin Open, Aug. 3, 2021”The $9.2 million purse has already started to be divided up after only one day of fishing. The purse is, as expected, weighed more heavily to billfish categories and two Virginia Beach boats are holding onto $5,700,000 of that purse after day 1 of 2021
White Marlin Open, 1st Place Release 500 pts.MidAtlantic, Most Points Overall 500 pts. It never hurts to have a former champ in the driver seat and for the third time in five years, Capt. Russell Sinclair of Merritt Island, Florida, has earned a coveted Captain of the Year Cup.
During the 2017 WMO, I fished with Capt. Ricky Wheeler on the Exile 65 Paul Mann out of The Canyon Club Marina in Cape May, NJ. After a classic crashing teaser bite, a plug was pitched on an 80W standup combo and it was ˜game on with a decent sized
White Marlin Open”Weighing in at 97 pounds, the Canyon Blues team, out of Ocean City, MD, not only moved to first place but weighed the third largest white marlin in the history of the 47-year White Marlin Open. Canyon Blues also took $1.5 million from the second place 77-pound white marlin
White Marlin Open, Aug. 7, 2020”The white marlin arrived Thursday as 360 boats fished on Day 4 of the 2020 White Marlin Open. In a hectic day at the scales that lasted past 10 p.m., the billfish prize money pool was tapped at $3,000,000.Adam Fye from Pasadena, MD aboard the
White Marlin Open”The White Marlin Open tournament dates have been extended by two days due to Tropical Storm Isaias, which is expected to pass by Ocean City on Tuesday. With that change, each boat is now permitted to fish any three days from Monday, August 3 through Sunday, August 9.As