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Aug 22-27 Tournament Updates MA500 & Va Beach

August 22, 2016 By InTheBite Editor

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MA500 August 21-26, 2016 157 Boats $3.3 Million Purse August 26, 2016 11:00 p.m. est update

Cash Prize Winners

* Please note over fifty individual cash awards are possible due to the wide variety of calcuttas which participants may enter. See below the payout for the species indicated. Payouts vary by the number of calcuttas each participant enters. It should be noted that no less than seven winners received a payout of more than six figures and an additional 13 winners received payouts of $25,000 or more!

Heaviest White Marlin – 77 lbs. – MJOLNIR – James Smith – Stuart, FL – $749,650

2nd Heaviest White Marlin – 72 lbs. – Haulin’ and Ballin’ – Kristin Jezierski – Pasadena, MD – $81,216

3rd Heaviest White Marlin – Three way tie – 68 lbs. – Shark Byte – Peter Cherasia – Rumson, NJ – $110,168

MR Ducks – Stephen Lewis – Ocean City, MD – $53,768

Sea Wolf – Anthony Martina – Mickleton, DE – $31,208

Heaviest Blue Marlin – 754 lbs. – Easy Rider – Bob Nabrzeski – Lighthouse Point, FL – $531,513

2nd Heaviest Blue Marlin – 432 lbs. – Fantasia – Anthony Demarco – South Brunswick, NJ – $181,382

* No qualifying 3rd Heaviest Blue Marlin was caught

Heaviest Tuna – 230 lbs. – Pez Machine – Stuart Hitchner – Barnegat Light, NJ – $374,096

2nd Heaviest Tuna – 156 lbs. – Miss Budweiser – Michael Flanigan – Palm Beach, FL – $263,035

3rd Heaviest Tuna – 76 lbs. – Reelin’ Feelin’ – Adam Youschak – Wildwood, NJ – $176, 015

Heaviest Dolphin – 53 lbs. – Fishing for MD – Dayton, MD – $26,226

Heaviest Wahoo – 75 lbs. – Moore Bills – Edward Bondarchuk – Lighthouse Point, FL $69,442

Most Points Atlantic Tackle Billfish Calcutta (Cape May) – Super Crew – Gentilini Motors – Woodbine, NJ – $9,870

2nd Most Points Atlantic Tackle Billfish Calcutta (Cape May) – Canyon Lady – Jamie Diller – Stone Harbor, NJ – $5,922

3rd Most Points Atlantic Tackle Billfish Calcutta (Cape May) – Judge – Marty Judge – West Conshohocken, PA – $3,948

Most Points Atlantic Tackle Billfish Calcutta (Ocean City) – Billfisher – Jon Duffie – Ocean City, MD – $18,330

2nd Most Points Atlantic Tackle Billfish Calcutta (Ocean City) – Makara – Thomas McMurray – Tiburon, CA – $10,998

3rd Most Points Atlantic Tackle Billfish Calcutta (Ocean City) –Boss Hogg – Robert Warder – White Marsh, MD – $7,332

The following received calcutta winnings for various positions on the leaderboard during the tournament:

White Marlin

67 lbs. – Theresa Jean – John Tomasini – Thurmont, MD – $48,880

65 lbs. – Viking 72 – Pat Healey – New Gretna, NJ – $68,432

65 lbs. – Texas Tea – Michael Savino – Brooklyn, NY – $36,660

65 lbs. – Reel Addiction – Brian Crudeli – Lumberton, NJ – $31,772

Tuna

72 lbs. – Saltitude – Jody Brown – Lititz, PA – $28,670

72 lbs. – Davis 70 – Finchaser Charters/Team Buddy Davis – Staten Island, NY – $18,894

71 lbs. – Got Game – Sean O’Donnell – Glenmoore, PA – $7,332

69 lbs. – Intuition – Tom Kilareski – Bethlehem, PA – $4,888

68 lbs. – Makara – Thomas McMurray – Tiburon, CA – $24,440

67 lbs. – Goin’ in Deep – Larry Hesse – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – $62,980

65 lbs. – Intuition – Tom Kilareski – Bethlehem, PA – $2,444

Wahoo

68 lbs. – Shark Byte – Peter Cherasia – Rumson, NJ – $21,620

56 lbs. – Placid C’s – George Conway – Atlantic Highlands, NJ – $15,698

49 lbs. – Magic Moment – Jim Bugg – Easton, MD – $1,222

Dolphin

35 lbs. – DA Sea – Ed Dunn – Grasonville, MD – $44,438

24 lbs. – Canyon Lady – Jamie Diller – Stone Harbor, NJ – $26,508

22 lbs. – Gina Lisa – Gina Addeo – Staten Island, NY – $10,810

Point Winners

Most Points White Marlin – 1650 – Billfisher – Jon Duffie – Ocean City, MD

2nd Most Points White Marlin – 1350 – Makara – Thomas McMurray – Tiburon, CA

3rd Most Points White Marlin – 1275 – Super Crew – Gentilini Motors – Woodbine, NJ

Most Points Blue Marlin – 300 – No Problem – Mark Becker – North Myrtle Beach, SC

2nd Most Points Blue Marlin – 300 – Haulin’ and Ballin’ – Kristin Jezierski – Pasadena, MD

3rd Most Points Blue Marlin – 188.5 – Easy Rider – Bob Nabrzeski – Lighthouse Point, FL

Most Points Tuna – 137.5 – Reelin’ Feelin’ – Adam Youschak – Wildwood, NJ

2nd Most Points Tuna – 115 – Pez Machine – Stewart Hitchner – Barnegat Light, NJ

3rd Most Points Tuna – 99 – Judge – Marty Judge – West Conshohocken, PA

Most Points Overall – 1800 – Billfisher – Jon Duffie – Ocean City, MD

Catch Report

White marlin released – 780

White marlin boated – 30

Blue marlin released – 25

Blue marlin boated – 5

Tuna boated – 36

Wahoo boated – 7

Dolphin boated – 17

For Official Tournament Update Click Here


VBBT August 24-27, 2016 Seventy-five Teams Entered

Aug 26-Day 2 update- 4:00 p.m.

 11.29.52 PMFor Real Time Scoring Click Here

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