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
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VBBT August 24-27, 2016 Seventy-five Teams Entered
Aug 26-Day 2 update- 4:00 p.m.
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